Market & data
Smaller households, same floor area: a quiet shift in demand
Population statistics record a trend the market feels only with delay: households keep getting smaller. When two people live where four used to, what changes is also which floor plans get searched for.
What the census data says
The national statistics office tracks household composition within its population series, and the long-term direction is clear: the average household has ever fewer members.1
Alongside the census, the household consumption survey follows how households live and spend, so both pictures can be read together.2
How this spills into flats
A smaller household does not necessarily mean a smaller flat, but a different one: two bedrooms instead of three, a work corner instead of a children's room, a larger living space instead of a row of small rooms.1
Buildings built for families with several children therefore often carry floor plans that get remodelled, work that shows up in listings as fully adapted.1,2
Who this number helps
Whoever chooses between two similar flats can ask which of them fits the households statistics record today, because those buyers are also the most numerous.1