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Intensity of construction. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Intensity of construction. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Alt Camp 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.5 2.6 18.5 21.4 22.0 19.3
Alt Empordà 1.8 1.7 2.4 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.7 1.4 3.3 3.6 7.1 23.2 35.1 33.1 27.2
Alt Penedès 2.9 3.1 1.5 3.1 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 2.9 1.9 4.5 21.0 25.5 34.8 24.1
Alt Urgell 1.2 0.4 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.4 1.5 3.2 1.0 3.6 12.7 27.7 17.1 17.2
Alta Ribagorça 4.3 2.4 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.4 0.7 0.7 7.4 33.2 52.8 83.2 57.4
Anoia 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 2.6 1.3 2.6 18.2 26.8 24.3 18.2
Aran 3.2 2.5 9.2 5.5 1.2 0.8 5.2 5.9 3.7 2.7 0.6 3.2 2.7 6.9 30.1 38.6 38.8 91.8
Bages 0.9 0.7 1.9 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.9 1.1 5.1 19.2 36.8 21.9 18.3
Baix Camp 1.5 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.5 3.5 14.7 30.3 32.7 37.7
Baix Ebre 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.0 3.4 7.6 34.1 59.8 34.2 26.4
Baix Empordà 3.0 2.1 6.4 2.6 1.7 2.6 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.9 3.8 12.2 23.3 40.4 35.0 28.3
Baix Llobregat 2.9 1.7 2.1 2.9 2.6 1.7 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.7 2.0 1.5 2.2 5.9 9.3 7.6 7.2
Baix Penedès 1.2 1.2 2.6 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.1 2.2 4.9 24.4 42.5 48.7 43.6
Barcelonès 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.0 2.0 3.4 4.1 3.6 3.9
Berguedà 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.2 1.1 7.8 16.0 25.7 20.7 22.2
Cerdanya 11.6 5.9 6.0 2.2 5.8 2.3 3.4 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.4 2.6 7.3 15.7 23.4 46.7 44.4 53.4
Conca de Barberà 0.9 0.3 1.4 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 3.3 0.7 0.6 1.7 15.8 24.3 19.3 8.9
Garraf 4.7 2.7 3.7 3.1 3.4 0.9 2.3 0.6 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.5 5.2 16.0 22.7 18.7 18.6
Garrigues 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.6 0.8 2.6 0.7 1.4 3.8 23.3 40.7 8.7 6.2
Garrotxa 1.7 2.3 1.6 2.4 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 5.1 3.6 9.3 21.4 29.2 17.1 16.2
Gironès 3.6 1.2 2.0 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.8 2.1 5.2 7.1 16.2 26.3 19.7 24.3
Maresme 2.0 1.5 3.0 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.4 1.6 2.5 11.3 18.0 14.6 14.0
Moianès 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.5 1.2 : : : : : : : : : : :
Montsià 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.5 1.8 2.6 4.6 7.0 42.3 54.4 57.0 38.3
Noguera 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.0 0.5 0.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4 8.6 24.8 38.9 22.8 16.8
Osona 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.3 2.1 1.9 4.1 20.8 26.2 22.9 20.1
Pallars Jussà 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.7 2.7 18.7 28.8 71.6 37.2 14.2
Pallars Sobirà 5.5 0.4 1.0 5.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.8 8.9 8.1 22.8 55.4 69.5 63.9 59.3
Pla d'Urgell 1.3 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.3 3.2 6.9 38.8 40.7 23.8 19.4
Pla de l'Estany 4.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.7 1.0 2.3 4.3 3.0 3.6 18.6 20.5 13.7 10.7
Priorat 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.7 5.3 15.8 10.2 10.6 8.6
Ribera d'Ebre 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 2.4 3.5 5.3 32.1 22.0 26.0 9.3
Ripollès 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.8 2.5 7.4 19.8 27.0 24.4 18.4
Segarra 0.8 0.5 1.7 3.5 1.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.1 4.7 18.0 22.1 16.4 24.3
Segrià 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.9 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.5 1.5 1.4 2.2 8.4 18.5 28.1 28.3 22.5
Selva 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.2 2.2 2.9 6.7 21.5 33.1 31.0 28.6
Solsonès 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.5 1.3 0.2 3.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 4.9 1.3 4.2 12.7 17.8 13.6 20.5
Tarragonès 1.4 0.7 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.4 2.3 0.7 3.1 2.7 4.4 18.4 25.7 23.7 24.1
Terra Alta 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.2 6.7 10.0 9.4 9.4 4.0
Urgell 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.4 1.3 1.0 3.4 2.5 6.3 39.1 42.7 37.8 15.0
Vallès Occidental 2.0 1.7 2.4 2.7 1.9 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.4 2.5 1.2 3.2 12.3 20.0 17.1 17.3
Vallès Oriental 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.1 2.9 10.0 16.7 17.4 16.5
Catalonia 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.8 1.7 3.7 11.9 17.8 15.4 14.2
Metropolità 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.2 2.4 6.7 10.7 9.5 9.2
Comarques Gironines 2.4 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.8 8.0 20.6 32.0 27.2 25.0
Camp de Tarragona 1.3 0.8 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.6 0.9 2.0 2.0 3.8 16.9 29.1 29.8 30.4
Terres de l'Ebre 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.8 3.7 7.0 35.2 49.3 39.7 26.8
Ponent 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.6 2.1 7.5 23.6 32.5 26.3 19.9
Comarques Centrals 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.0 2.0 1.4 5.0 19.3 29.9 22.4 19.2
Alt Pirineu i Aran 4.6 2.2 3.4 2.0 1.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 3.0 3.8 11.8 25.8 46.9 38.4 41.1
Penedès 2.6 2.0 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 2.0 1.4 4.3 19.4 : : :
Barcelona 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.7 1.2 2.7 8.3 12.4 10.7 10.1
Girona 2.6 1.5 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.9 8.3 20.8 32.6 27.5 25.5
Lleida 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.9 2.2 7.8 23.9 34.0 27.5 22.6
Tarragona 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.0 2.0 2.5 4.7 22.2 34.0 32.2 29.5
Source: Ministry of Social Rights.
Note: The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

Last update: April 25, 2022.

Statistics HABIT

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.

Methodological aspects

The intensity of the construction is an indicator that considers the number of housing starts per 1,000 inhabitants.

Current Territorial Distribution

At present, Catalonia is divided into 41 counties, 1 singular territorial entity (Aran) and 8 areas of the Territorial Plan, according to the latest territorial changes, which affect the areas of El Penedès and the Central Counties, Aran and El Moianès.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".