Press Stock of dwellings, end of 2021: 43.1 million dwellings

Increase of 0.7%, or 280,000 dwellings, on 2020

Press release No. 318 of 28 July 2022

WIESBADEN – There were 43.1 million dwellings in Germany at the end of 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the stock of dwellings rose by 0.7%, or roughly 280,000 dwellings, on the previous year (2020: 42.8 million). Compared with 2011, the stock of dwellings increased by 6.0% or 2.5 million dwellings.

Basic data and long time series are available in table Residential buildings, dwellings, living floor space (31231) in the GENESIS-Online database.

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