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Main dwellings. By useful surface

Main dwellings. By useful surface Catalonia. 2011
Value % over the total
Less than 30 m² 8,548 0.3
From 30 to 59 m² 339,439 11.5
From 60 to 89 m² 1,343,051 45.6
From 90 to 119 m² 778,442 26.4
From 120 to 149 m² 223,017 7.6
From 150 to 179 m² 110,336 3.7
From 180 m² and over 142,110 4.8
Total 2,944,944 100.0
Units: Number.
Source: Idescat, based on the Census of Buildings INE's.
Main dwellings. By useful surface Spain. 2011
Value % over the total
Less than 30 m² 50,438 0.3
From 30 to 59 m² 2,504,636 13.9
From 60 to 89 m² 8,715,848 48.2
From 90 to 119 m² 4,112,698 22.7
From 120 to 149 m² 1,310,374 7.2
From 150 to 179 m² 568,273 3.1
From 180 m² and over 821,427 4.5
Total 18,083,694 100.0
Units: Number.
Source: INE.

Last update: December 19, 2013.

Methodological note

Dwelling

A structurally separate and independent enclosure that, due to the manner in which it was built, rebuilt, transformed or adapted, is intended to be inhabited by people or, even if it was not, constitutes the normal residence of someone at the time the census was taken. By way of exception, enclosures which at the time of the census are being utilized for other purposes (such as those strictly being used as locales) are not considered dwellings, despite having been initially intended for use for human inhabitation.

Family dwelling

A dwelling intended for the inhabitation of one or various persons, not necessarily related to one another, which does not constitute a group.

surface area of a dwelling

Is measured from within its exterior walls, without considering uninhabitable basement and attic space. A dwelling's surface area includes 50% of the area of the terrace, if it is covered and unenclosed, and 100% if it is enclosed.

The source of this information is the Population and Housing Census, which is carried out by the INE and, every ten years, provides information on the main characteristics of dwellings.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.