FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLV.	ZAGREB, 30 SEPTEMBER, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.9.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, 2007

in 2007 there were 10 561 buildings completed, of which 80.3% were residential and 19.7% non-residential.

The floor area of completed buildings was 5 164 904 m², which was by 15.0% more than in 2006.

There were 25 609 dwellings completed with the average useful floor area of 81.0 m².

By type of works, the greatest number of dwellings (93.1%) was built as new constructions (including renewals of dwellings heavily damaged in the war etc.), 6.4% as additions (extensions) on existing buildings and 0.5% as conversions of a non-residential space into a residential one.

1.   COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, 2006 AND 2007

		Completed buildings						Completed dwellings
		Total		Residential buildings		Non-residential buildings		Number of dwellings	Useful floor area, m^2
		Number	Floor area, m^2	Number	Floor area, m^2	Number	Floor area, m^2
2006.		10 897	4 489 874	8 657	2 596 954	2 240	1 892 920	22 121	1 848 602
2007.		10 561	5 164 904	8 480	2 972 988	2 081	2 191 916	25 609	2 075 193
Indices	2007.   2006.	96,9	115,0	97,9	114,5	92,9	115,8	115,8	112,3

2.   COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION

      WORKS and type of investor, 2007

		Completed buildings			Completed dwellngs^1)
		Number	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Number of dwellings	Useful floor area, m^2	Average useful  floor area, m^2
total		10 561	5 164 904	18 382 991	25 609	2 075 193	81,0
By type of buildings
	Residential buildings	8 480	2 972 988	8 893 839	25 209	2 045 552	81,1
	Non-residential buildings	2 081	2 191 916	9 489 152	400	29 641	74,1
By type of works
	New construction works	9 169	4 684 347	16 661 317	23 851	1 923 187	80,6
	Additions (extensions)	1 392	480 557	1 721 674	1 632	141 495	86,7
	Conversion non-residential space into a residential one	-	-	-	126	10 511	83,4
By type of investor
	Natural persons	8 202	2 075 772	6 532 835	13 251	1 260 186	95,1
	State government bodies and bodies of local government and self-government	460	293 516	1 067 354	496	30 854	62,2
	Other legal entities	1 899	2 795 616	10 782 802	11 862	784 153	66,1

1) Out of the total number of dwellings 224 were completed on the basis of the Programme of the Renewal of Single-Family Houses in 2007 (dwellings demolished in           the Croatian War of Independence).

3.   NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS AND TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS, 2007

					Completed buildings
					Number of buildings	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total					10 561	5 164 904	18 382 991
		New buildings			9 169	4 684 347	16 661 317
			Residential buildings		7 440	2 779 455	8 313 341
				One-dwelling buildings	4 187	747 238	2 257 507
				Two-dwelling buildings	1 235	334 841	1 004 530
				Three and more dwelling buildings	2 008	1 690 254	5 029 628
				Residences for communities	10	7 122	21 676
			Non-residential buildings		1 729	1 904 892	8 347 976
				Hotels and similar buildings	159	137 574	429 703
				Office buildings	82	291 869	1 025 953
				Wholesale and retail trade buildings	262	602 784	2 720 233
				Traffic and communication buildings^1)	260	54 962	186 177
				Industrial buildings and warehouse	359	440 030	2 412 803
				Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	81	120 552	503 572
				Other non-residential building^2)	526	257 121	1 069 535
	Additions (extensions)^3)				1 392	480 557	1 721 674
			Residential buildings		1 040	193 533	580 498
			Non-residential buildings		352	287 024	1 141 176

1) Out of the total number of buildings included in this group garages have the greatest share (with 256 buildings and floor area of 54 476 m²), mostly privately-owned
    garages situated besides family houses and public garages.

2) This group includes farm buildings, buildings for religious services, etc.

3) Works leading to the creation of new usable entireties beside or on an already existing construction (new dwellings, space for economic activity and other spaces)

4. COMPLETED DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2007

	Number of dwellings	Useful floor  area, m^2	Dwellings, by number of rooms
			1 room	2 rooms	3 rooms	4 rooms	5 rooms	6 rooms	7 rooms	8 or more rooms
Total	25 609	2 075 193	3 267	8 098	7 242	4 036	1 714	895	247	110
Dwellings in new buildings	23 851	1 923 187	2 970	7 677	6 795	3 655	1 592	824	231	107
Residential buildings	23 486	1 896 518	2 917	7 549	6 684	3 600	1 581	818	230	107
One-dwelling buildings	4 187	557 878	104	378	708	1 064	963	665	209	96
Two-dwelling buildings	2 413	237 911	82	404	785	756	271	91	14	10
Three and more dwelling buildings	16 886	1 100 729	2 731	6 767	5 191	1 780	347	62	7	1
Non-residential buildings	365	26 669	53	128	111	55	11	6	1	-
Dwellings created by additions and extensions	1 632	141 495	272	385	417	362	113	65	15	3
Dwellings got by conversions non-residential area into a dwelling	126	10 511	25	36	30	19	9	6	1	-

5.   COMPLETED DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, 2007

	Number of dwellings	Dwellings with installations				Dwellings with utility rooms
		Water supply system	Sewage system	Central heating	Lift^1)	Kitchen,  4m^2 and larger	Kitchen,  less than 4m^2	Toilet	Bathroom
Total	25 609	25 609	25 609	13 766	5 367	23 519	2 090	25 609	25 609
Dwellings in new buildings	23 851	23 851	23 851	13 016	5 342	21 908	1 943	23 851	23 851
Residential buildings	23 486	23 486	23 486	12 720	5 142	21 561	1 925	23 486	23 486
One-dwelling buildings	4 187	4 187	4 187	1 186	1	4 054	133	4 187	4 187
Two-dwelling buildings	2 413	2 413	2 413	577	-	2 356	57	2 413	2 413
Three and more  dwelling buildings	16 886	16 886	16 886	10 957	5 141	15 151	1 735	16 886	16 886
Non-residential  buildings	365	365	365	296	200	347	18	365	365
Dwellings created by  additions and extensions	1 632	1 632	1 632	691	25	1 500	132	1 632	1 632
Dwellings got by conversions  non-residential area into a dwelling	126	126	126	59	-	111	15	126	126

1) Completed dwellings in the buildings with passenger lift

6.   NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS, BY COUNTIES, 2007

	Buildings
	Total			Residential			Non-residential
	Number	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Number	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Number	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Republic of Croatia	10 561	5 164 904	18 382 991	8 480	2 972 988	8 893 839	2 081	2 191 916	9 489 152
County of Zagreb	757	333 956	1 430 637	604	138 249	408 386	153	195 707	1 022 251
County of Krapina-Zagorje	216	92 360	383 157	130	26 984	85 175	86	65 376	297 982
County of Sisak-Moslavina	255	53 471	180 519	198	34 073	97 977	57	19 398	82 542
County of Karlovac	258	74 897	289 760	164	33 592	100 180	94	41 305	189 580
County of Varaždin	393	173 679	775 212	287	94 140	300 356	106	79 539	474 856
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	377	152 484	582 467	210	48 990	153 983	167	103 494	428 484
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	389	85 745	319 893	224	45 300	135 828	165	40 445	184 065
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	1 225	473 196	1 520 612	1 070	326 416	985 901	155	146 780	534 711
County of Lika-Senj	242	82 310	288 306	166	35 733	106 467	76	46 577	181 839
County of Virovitica-Podravina	206	56 550	223 195	137	24 728	76 123	69	31 822	147 072
County of Požega-Slavonia	181	46 741	181 296	151	26 867	82 758	30	19 874	98 538
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	505	188 522	737 242	394	74 522	228 278	111	114 000	508 964
County of Zadar	398	160 471	509 576	332	105 719	295 151	66	54 752	214 425
County of Osijek-Baranja	687	349 380	1 435 621	526	168 344	511 601	161	181 036	924 020
County of Šibenik-Knin	361	140 155	463 974	337	107 778	318 643	24	32 377	145 331
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	422	113 551	443 533	330	59 796	178 220	92	53 755	265 313
County of Split-Dalmatia	646	438 371	1 357 522	566	285 694	845 797	80	152 677	511 725
County of Istria	812	280 935	918 964	712	219 249	657 198	100	61 686	261 766
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	282	116 288	355 955	253	83 992	248 928	29	32 296	107 027
County of Međimurje	416	155 623	660 405	278	68 212	202 214	138	87 411	458 191
City of Zagreb	1 533	1 596 219	5 325 145	1 411	964 610	2 874 675	122	631 609	2 450 470

7.   DWELLINGS, BY NUMBER OF ROOMS, BY COUNTIES, 2007

		Number of dwellings	Useful floor area, m^2	Dwellings by number of rooms
				1 room	2 rooms	3 rooms	4 rooms	5 rooms	6 rooms	7 rooms	8 or more rooms
Republic of Croatia		25 609	2 075 193	3 267	8 098	7 242	4 036	1 714	895	247	110
By type of use
	Dwellings for permanent residence	24 808	2 019 784	3 074	7 732	7 113	3 956	1 689	889	246	109
	Dwellings for vacation and recreation	801	55 409	193	366	129	80	25	6	1	1
County of Zagreb		867	105 319	39	75	228	234	156	92	26	17
County of Krapina-Zagorje		181	20 952	17	29	32	43	33	17	8	2
County of Sisak-Moslavina		262	25 657	11	70	62	52	49	13	3	2
County of Karlovac		274	25 628	38	64	61	53	37	14	7	-
County of Varaždin		695	68 741	3	26	372	162	74	49	8	1
County of Koprivnica-Križevci		366	39 584	27	58	131	64	38	38	9	1
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora		349	33 869	35	69	97	72	50	21	3	2
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar		2 828	221 121	373	864	891	524	136	32	4	4
County of Lika-Senj		341	26 469	42	137	79	45	24	11	3	-
County of Virovitica-Podravina		192	19 381	25	37	40	45	26	14	4	1
County of Požega-Slavonia		184	19 381	15	17	43	62	23	15	7	2
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina		468	57 370	12	37	70	90	125	78	38	18
County of Zadar		1 035	72 730	241	410	216	139	20	8	1	-
County of Osijek-Baranja		1 404	117 432	182	494	299	195	129	71	23	11
County of Šibenik-Knin		1 082	79 174	226	361	272	161	41	16	4	1
County of Vukovar-Sirmium		457	43 731	36	72	125	101	65	43	14	1
County of Split-Dalmatia		2 737	192 066	639	1 093	680	274	27	21	3	-
County of Istria		1 972	156 361	302	644	476	343	140	58	6	3
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva		676	56 226	119	188	199	116	33	19	-	2
County of Međimurje		344	54 727	3	43	43	74	75	86	17	3
City of Zagreb		8 895	639 274	882	3 310	2 826	1 187	413	179	59	39

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data presented in this publication are collected using the Annual Report on Completed Buildings and Dwellings (GRAĐ-10 form). This report is filled in by enumerators on the basis of their visits to counties. In the course of these visits, they define which buildings and dwellings were completed in the reporting year. The census is conducted through services in county state administration offices and the administrative body of the City of Zagreb competent for construction. Visits are based on an address book made up from data on building permits issued for buildings.

Coverage and comparability

Until 2002, data on total number of completed buildings and dwellings were collected from two sources: data on construction in private ownership based on records kept by bodies competent for construction in counties and records kept by contractors (legal entities) employing 5 or more persons. Due to the decreasing compatibility and difficulties in the control of coverage from different sources, a new report was introduced in 2002, which enables the monitoring of all data on completed buildings and dwellings from one source and using the same methodology.

Data on types of constructions and works are classified according to the Classification of Types of Constructions – KVG (NN, No. 11/98). In this first release they are processed at the 3-digit code level. This Classification is harmonised with the classification recommended by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Classification of Types of Constructions – CC, final version).

Data on dwellings are collected according to the methodology applied in the Census of  Population, Households and Dwellings 2001, which was harmonised with the Recommendations for the 2000 Censuses of Population and Housing in the ECE Region, jointly  prepared by the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

Definitions

Buildings are permanent constructions covered with roof and closed with outer walls. They are built as separate useful units that protect from weather and other conditions, intended for dwelling, performing a certain activity or for placing and up-keeping animals, goods, equipment used in various industrial activities and services etc.

In this survey buildings are also constructions covered with roof but without (some of) the walls (e.g. porches for vehicles, storage places) and underground constructions (e.g. underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres etc.).

Residential buildings are constructions in which 50% or more of useful floor area is intended for dwelling purposes.

Non-residential buildings are constructions without dwelling area, in which less than 50% of the overall useful floor area is used for dwelling purposes.

Floor area of buildings is a sum total of area of all floors of the building placed inside the outer walls.

Volume of building is sum total of volumes of all roofed over space of the building, including outer walls.

New construction is a newly-built structure built on a location where no structure existed or on a location previously cleared by demolition.

Construction of new buildings also means building from the foundations of buildings that were completely demolished in war or were so dilapidated that they had to be demolished.

Additions and extensions are construction works that result in new usable units, or in addition to existing construction, for example, completely new dwellings or business premises.

Extensions of existing constructions or usable utilities, like additional construction of a singly rooms in existing dwelling or business premises are not included.

Conversions non-residential area into a new dwellings are construction works by which existing area in building ( e.g. attic or cellar area which was not until then put in order for residence, garage, area where production or service activity is performed) is conversed into one or more dwellings.

Dwellings is a residential construction unit consisting of one or more rooms and other rooms, such as kitchen, pantry, bathroom, toilet, etc.., or without other rooms and with separate entrances from the passage, staircase, yard or street.

Useful floor area of a dwelling is a floor area of the dwelling, measured inside the walls of the dwelling.

Dwellings has an installation for water supply or central heating when at least one room in the dwelling has those installations, no matter whether or not they are connected to the public utility network or some other facilities.

Dwelling has a bathroom when there is a separate room with bath or shower, including all installations needed for water supply and sewage systems, whether or they are connected to public networks or house network.

Dwelling has a toilet when it is inside of a dwelling, in a separate room or a bathroom.

Dwellings for permanent residence are dwellings designed for permanent residence to one or more households and/or other persons who temporarily occupy them by reason of work, schooling etc.

Dwellings for vacation can be defined as conventional dwellings temporarily used only for vacation and recreation of their owners.

In this survey, the manner of usage of a dwelling is determined on the basis of available data in documents needed for building permits, respectively according data that were possible to be determined on the occasion of enumerating a completed dwelling. It may be changed several times during the life of the dwelling, depending on investor’s needs, respectively (new) owners. Detailed data on the manner of the housing fund usage may be collected only in censuses of population and dwellings.

Abbreviations

CBS   Central Bureau of Statistics

m²         square metre

m³         cubic metre

UN     United Nations

Symbols

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