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Housing starts. By projected surface area. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Housing starts. By projected surface area (m² constructed). Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2016
Up to 50 m² 51 - 75 m² 76 - 100 m² 101 - 125 m² 126 - 150 m² Over 150 m² No data Total
Alt Camp 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 7
Alt Empordà 3 32 52 50 21 116 1 275
Alt Penedès 0 2 9 11 11 71 0 104
Alt Urgell 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Anoia 6 4 4 2 5 82 0 103
Aran 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 8
Bages 0 2 3 58 18 37 0 118
Baix Camp 1 3 49 29 25 54 1 162
Baix Ebre 1 2 10 3 2 18 1 37
Baix Empordà 3 5 19 17 190 104 1 339
Baix Llobregat 4 8 13 157 162 993 66 1,403
Baix Penedès 0 1 83 2 8 15 1 110
Barcelonès 39 11 62 239 604 1,465 0 2,420
Berguedà 0 0 0 7 1 11 0 19
Cerdanya 0 0 3 8 2 23 4 40
Conca de Barberà 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 9
Garraf 7 7 8 7 50 59 0 138
Garrigues 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 6
Garrotxa 1 2 22 2 3 13 0 43
Gironès 3 11 39 31 50 80 0 214
Lluçanès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Maresme 0 5 20 22 43 412 0 502
Moianès 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 6
Montsià 0 2 2 2 7 15 1 29
Noguera 0 0 1 3 13 8 1 26
Osona 2 2 4 5 9 86 0 108
Pallars Jussà 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 8
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Pla d'Urgell 0 3 2 3 3 16 0 27
Pla de l'Estany 0 0 0 1 2 15 0 18
Priorat 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5
Ripollès 0 0 9 3 4 9 2 27
Segarra 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Segrià 0 21 68 44 20 52 0 205
Selva, La 3 6 44 10 54 42 0 159
Solsonès 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
Tarragonès 0 6 1 9 47 102 0 165
Terra Alta 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
Urgell 0 0 0 18 1 11 1 31
Vallès Occidental 37 21 44 70 104 933 0 1,209
Vallès Oriental 5 23 17 27 14 131 0 217
Catalonia 115 183 595 852 1,479 5,012 81 8,317
Metropolità 85 68 157 515 927 3,935 66 5,753
Comarques Gironines 13 59 187 116 325 380 0 1,080
Camp de Tarragona 1 9 50 43 75 165 0 343
Terres de l'Ebre 1 4 13 5 9 39 0 71
Ponent 0 21 69 67 39 93 0 289
Comarques Centrals 2 4 8 71 28 139 0 252
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 4 7 13 2 34 4 64
Penedès 13 14 104 22 74 227 0 454
Barcelona 100 86 186 605 1,022 4,286 66 6,351
Girona 13 58 187 124 324 394 4 1,104
Lleida 0 25 76 73 41 113 0 328
Tarragona 2 14 146 50 92 219 0 523
Source: Ministry of Governance, Public Administrations and Housing.
Note: Superfície projectada: Superfície total construïda de l'immoble/nombre d'habitatges.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 16, 2017.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Constructed surface
Surface contained within the exterior perimeter of the walls of a home. In buildings with more than one home the proportional part of the common spaces or services is imputed to each of the homes.
Projected surface
Surface obtained from the ratio between the total constructed surface area of a property and the number of rooms in the property.

Methodological aspects

The data on housing started, is obtained from new works certificates issued by colleges of surveyors of Catalonia, and the intentions of promoters and constructors are outlined. Data is included on the construction of housing that enjoys official protection listed by protection scheme. The completed housing is taken from end of construction certificates issued by colleges of surveyors.