Market & data

New builds are cut smaller: what completed-dwelling data says

How many dwellings were completed is easy to remember, but the more interesting figures sit one row lower: average areas and the structure by number of rooms. They show what kind of flat gets built today versus twenty years ago.

August 23, 20262 min read2 sources

What the tables record

The annual release on completed buildings and dwellings brings areas and room counts of new flats, so the structure of new construction can be followed over time.¹

Monthly indices of works show the tempo: how much was built in which period, which gives the annual tables context.²

How to read the areas

The average area of a new flat shifts with the mix of buildings under construction: a year with more large urban apartment buildings lowers the average, a year of family houses raises it.¹

That is why the average is always read together with the structure: the count of one- and two-room flats against four-room ones says more than one average number.^1,2

Who these numbers help

Whoever compares an older flat with a new one sees in these tables what the older floor plan actually competes against on the market.¹

Annual completed-dwelling releases are public on the statistics pages.¹
Monthly work indices appear continuously and give the tempo of construction.²