12f4 -- 6. Buildings and dwellings, 2020

... confidential BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS (RA)
Population:
The primary source of Statistics Finland's data on buildings and free-time residences is the Population Information System of the Digital and Population Data Agency into which municipal building supervision authorities report data concerning building projects subject to building permits.
Shelters and kiosks of light construction, buildings used only in agricultural production, or saunas and outhouses of residential buildings are not included in the building stock. Free-time residences are also not included in the building stock but in the stock of free-time residences. The building stock and the stock of free-time residences do not contain the same buildings as an individual building is classified as belonging to either the building stock or the stock of free-time residences. Permanently occupied free-time residences are included in the stock of dwellings and therefore also in the building stock, but not in the stock of free-time residences. The statistics on buildings and dwellings have adopted the Classification of Buildings 2018 instead of the Classification of Buildings 1994. This affects variables in the Paavo Database as well:
- In the new classification the detached houses that have been reported to be in leisure-time use are included in the building stock and no longer in the stock of free-time residences. By contrast, rental holiday cottages have moved from commercial buildings to free-time residential buildings.
- Residences for communities and dwellings for special groups have moved from commercial buildings to residential buildings.
- In the old classification low-rise (two-storey) blocks of flats were included in 'other detached and semi-detached houses' but have now moved to blocks of flats. The variable 'Dwellings' (ra_asunn) included previously only dwellings in residential buildings. From now on, it includes dwellings in other type of buildings (e.g., commercial or office buildings) as well. In addition, a new variable, 'Other dwellings' (ra_muu_as), has been added to the data group. Statistical year:
Data in this group are valid as at 31 December 2020 Data protection:
Data on dwellings are protected if there is only one building, one residential building or fewer than 10 dwellings in the area. Protected fields have the value '...'.
Data on free-time residences is not protected.

Postal code area

2022 postal code areas
Paavo postal code areas (statistical postal code areas) have been produced at Statistics Finland for statistics production by postal code area. The limitation has been made using geographic information methods. The basis of the limitation is the postal code of the address of a building (data source Digital and Population Data Services Agency, Population Information System, Register of Buildings and Dwellings). The postal codes of individual addresses do not form areas, so the source data have been generalized to create the postal code areas. The statistical postal code area of a building is not always the same as the postal code of the address of that building. The boundary of the postal code area is mainly located midway between two buildings with different postal codes. The accuracy of the limitation of the location is higher where there are more buildings (e.g. densely populated areas).
The data are maintained annually for new and abolished postal code areas (in accordance with the Population Information System's data) and they are released annually in January. Statistics produced with postal code area classifications from different years are not comparable.
The municipality code (regional division of 1 January 2022) of the postal code area is determined based on the surface area. An area located on the border of several municipalities gets the municipality code with the larger surface area in the area.

Information

Free-time residences, 2020 (RA)

Free-time residences are all buildings the intended use of which on 31 December was a free-time residence building. They include buildings that are either in private residential use or available for rent for temporary residential use.

Buildings, total, 2020 (RA)

The total number of buildings per area. Free-time residences are not included in this total. This is the radix of building data (excl. summer cottages).

Other buildings, 2020 (RA)

Other buildings is the number of buildings per area that are intented for other than residential use, for example commercial or office buildings or warehouses.

Residential buildings, 2020 (RA)

Residential buildings is the number of buildings per area that are intended for residential use.

Dwellings, 2020 (RA)

Dwellings refer to the number of dwellings in residential buildings and other buildings. Dwelling is a unit with a floor area of at least 7 m² that is equipped with a kitchen, kitchenette or kitchen space and comprises one or more rooms, and is intended for round-the-year occupation. This is the radix of dwelling data.

Average floor area, 2020 (RA)

Average floor area (m2) is the total floor area of all dwellings divided by their number.

Dwellings in small houses, 2020 (RA)

Dwellings in small houses are dwellings in detached small houses (detached or semi-detached houses) or terraced and attached houses (comprising at least three attached houses).

Dwellings in blocks of flats, 2020 (RA)

Dwellings in blocks of flats are dwellings in residential blocks. They include buildings with at least three flats of which at least two are located on top of each other.

Other dwellings, 2020

Other dwellings are dwellings in residences for communities, dwellings for special groups and dwellings in other than residential buildings (e.g., office buildings). NEW VARIABLE.