FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 30 SEPTEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.9.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, 2008

in 2008, there were 9 923 buildings completed, of which 82.1% were residential and 17.9% non-residential ones.

The floor area of completed buildings was 4 843 808 m², which was by 6.2% less than in 2007.

There were 25 368 dwellings completed with the average useful floor area of 80.3 m².

By type of works, the greatest number of dwellings (94.2%) was built as new constructions (including renewals of dwellings heavily damaged in the war etc.), 5.2% as additions (extensions) on existing buildings and 0.6% as conversions of a non-residential space into a residential one.

1.   COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, 2007 AND 2008

		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
2007.		10 561	5 164 904	8 480	2 972 988	2 081	2 191 916	25 609	2 075 193
2008.		9 923	4 843 808	8 148	3 071 783	1 775	1 772 025	25 368	2 037 319
Indices	2008.   2007.	94,0	93,8	96,1	103,3	85,3	80,8	99,1	98,2

2.   COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS
      and type of investor, 2008

		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		9 923	4 843 808	18 084 284	25 368	2 037 319	80,3
By type of buildings
	Residential buildings	8 148	3 071 783	9 313 454	25 156	2 021 169	80,3
	Non-residential buildings	1 775	1 772 025	8 770 830	212	16 150	76,2
By type of works
	New construction works	8 670	4 455 811	16 563 118	23 893	1 910 189	79,9
	Additions (extensions)	1 253	387 997	1 521 166	1 321	116 579	88,2
	Conversion non-residential space into a residential one	-	-	-	154	10 551	68,5
By type of investor
	Natural persons	7 224	1 793 666	5 679 308	11 370	1 088 716	95,7
	State government bodies and bodies of local government and self-government	815	361 610	2 135 743	926	59 606	64,4
	Other legal entities	1 884	2 688 532	10 269 233	13 072	888 997	68,0

1) Out of the total number of dwellings 580 ones were completed on the basis of the Programme of the Renewal of Single-Family Houses in 2008 (dwellings demolished in   the Croatian War of Independence).

3. NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS AND TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS, 2008

					Completed buildings
					Number of buildings	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total					9 923	4 843 808	18 084 284
		New buildings			8 670	4 455 811	16 563 118
			Residential buildings		7 248	2 905 527	8 814 998
				One-dwelling buildings	4 213	711 879	2 145 727
				Two-dwelling buildings	1 138	311 126	945 665
				Three and more dwelling buildings	1 890	1 874 617	5 697 867
				Residences for communities	7	7 905	25 739
			Non-residential buildings		1 422	1 550 284	7 748 120
				Hotels and similar buildings	100	96 288	297 737
				Office buildings	71	88 211	283 164
				Wholesale and retail trade buildings	229	372 372	1 606 402
				Traffic and communication buildings^1)	212	73 245	232 223
				Industrial buildings and warehouse	279	384 104	2 325 248
				Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	94	318 635	2 024 422
				Other non-residential building^2)	437	217 429	978 924
	Additions (extensions)^3)				1 253	387 997	1 521 166
			Residential buildings		900	166 256	498 456
			Non-residential buildings		353	221 741	1 022 710

1) Out of the total number of buildings included in this group, garages had the greatest share (with 203 buildings and the floor area of 71 993 m²). This mostly refers to
    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, 2008

	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	25 368	2 037 319	3 451	8 130	6 859	4 352	1 584	740	172	80
Dwellings in new buildings	23 893	1 910 189	3 253	7 703	6 479	4 056	1 466	695	165	76
Residential buildings	23 707	1 895 789	3 238	7 641	6 421	4 021	1 455	692	163	76
One-dwelling buildings	4 213	527 241	155	476	750	1 105	949	561	150	67
Two-dwelling buildings	2 037	201 578	60	334	631	734	194	69	8	7
Three and more dwelling buildings	17 457	1 166 970	3 023	6 831	5 040	2 182	312	62	5	2
Non-residential buildings	186	14 400	15	62	58	35	11	3	2	-
Dwellings created by additions and extensions	1 321	116 579	159	382	343	272	109	45	7	4
Dwellings got by conversions non-residential area into a dwelling	154	10 551	39	45	37	24	9	-	-	-

5.   COMPLETED DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, 2008

	Number of dwellings	Dwellings with installations				Dwellings with auxiliary spaces
		Water supply system	Sewage system	Central heating	Lift^1)	Kitchen,  4m^2 and larger	Kitchen,  less than 4m^2	Toilet	Bathroom
Total	25 368	25 368	25 368	14 381	6 761	23 295	2 073	25 368	25 368
Dwellings in new buildings	23 893	23 893	23 893	13 777	6 746	21 979	1 914	23 893	23 893
Residential buildings	23 707	23 707	23 707	13 647	6 685	21 804	1 903	23 707	23 707
One-dwelling buildings	4 213	4 213	4 213	1 324	4	4 076	137	4 213	4 213
Two-dwelling buildings	2 037	2 037	2 037	562	4	1 950	87	2 037	2 037
Three and more dwelling buildings	17 457	17 457	17 457	11 761	6 677	15 778	1 679	17 457	17 457
Non-residential  buildings	186	186	186	130	61	175	11	186	186
Dwellings created by  additions and extensions	1 321	1 321	1 321	522	6	1 194	127	1 321	1 321
Dwellings got by conversions  non-residential area into  a dwelling	154	154	154	82	9	122	32	154	154

1) Completed dwellings in buildings equipped with a passenger lift

6.   NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS, BY COUNTIES, 2008

	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	9 923	4 843 808	18 084 284	8 148	3 071 783	9 313 454	1 775	1 772 025	8 770 830
County of Zagreb	622	287 484	1 024 123	510	143 503	422 292	112	143 981	601 831
County of Krapina-Zagorje	262	94 314	395 309	173	39 960	119 700	89	54 354	275 609
County of Sisak-Moslavina	290	75 833	239 753	241	38 887	114 276	49	36 946	125 477
County of Karlovac	235	64 209	228 852	157	37 039	110 179	78	27 170	118 673
County of Varaždin	406	191 490	1 487 207	285	66 873	210 399	121	124 617	1 276 808
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	323	104 776	342 637	191	41 190	125 019	132	63 586	217 618
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	362	80 287	323 307	225	41 058	123 653	137	39 229	199 654
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	1 049	408 204	1 299 076	952	321 061	989 025	97	87 143	310 051
County of Lika-Senj	311	80 236	247 421	267	67 451	195 120	44	12 785	52 301
County of Virovitica-Podravina	181	37 528	142 012	129	22 561	67 558	52	14 967	74 454
County of Požega-Slavonia	222	55 805	217 646	187	36 488	111 286	35	19 317	106 360
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	522	113 742	404 193	442	77 910	237 637	80	35 832	166 556
County of Zadar	432	225 207	750 291	388	136 549	376 777	44	88 658	373 514
County of Osijek-Baranja	625	322 066	1 311 573	478	158 693	492 802	147	163 373	818 771
County of Šibenik-Knin	289	114 357	575 293	261	53 718	156 452	28	60 639	418 841
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	436	157 225	641 824	326	65 006	196 599	110	92 219	445 225
County of Split-Dalmatia	733	421 625	1 652 720	625	278 327	833 125	108	143 298	819 595
County of Istria	710	316 870	966 914	631	220 267	664 210	79	96 603	302 704
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	297	114 146	364 773	261	85 959	255 165	36	28 187	109 608
County of Međimurje	330	123 657	530 238	238	64 689	194 142	92	58 968	336 096
City of Zagreb	1 286	1 454 747	4 939 122	1 181	1 074 594	3 318 038	105	380 153	1 621 084

7.   DWELLINGS, BY NUMBER OF ROOMS, BY COUNTIES, 2008

		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		25 368	2 037 319	3 451	8 130	6 859	4 352	1 584	740	172	80
By type of use
	Dwellings for permanent residence	25 105	2 018 057	3 397	8 023	6 818	4 304	1 578	736	169	80
	Dwellings for vacation and recreation	263	19 262	54	107	41	48	6	4	3	-
County of Zagreb		959	103 665	29	218	247	220	149	67	20	9
County of Krapina-Zagorje		266	28 305	31	40	46	68	45	27	8	1
County of Sisak-Moslavina		322	29 916	16	81	92	61	49	18	5	-
County of Karlovac		339	27 302	31	95	101	68	28	12	3	1
County of Varaždin		421	47 440	9	28	160	99	71	49	5	-
County of Koprivnica-Križevci		253	31 037	16	43	48	61	37	41	7	-
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora		306	30 037	11	61	99	66	53	13	2	1
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar		2 617	205 995	306	953	755	440	111	46	4	2
County of Lika-Senj		773	48 201	67	288	301	68	30	11	4	4
County of Virovitica-Podravina		201	17 399	22	47	57	42	18	14	-	1
County of Požega-Slavonia		276	24 343	24	68	66	74	30	8	6	-
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina		510	60 652	10	57	106	114	129	67	18	9
County of Zadar		1 345	90 243	360	532	240	161	35	12	4	1
County of Osijek-Baranja		1 440	108 280	217	530	358	146	125	51	6	7
County of Šibenik-Knin		584	40 118	139	216	121	73	25	7	3	-
County of Vukovar-Sirmium		486	47 086	38	102	96	135	62	34	11	8
County of Split-Dalmatia		2 706	191 795	570	1 081	697	304	34	17	3	-
County of Istria		1 805	143 437	333	554	413	333	119	44	6	3
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva		672	55 294	81	249	150	139	33	16	2	2
County of Međimurje		343	49 855	20	41	39	100	57	56	15	15
City of Zagreb		8 744	656 919	1 121	2 846	2 667	1 580	344	130	40	16

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, administrative bodies of big towns and county seats as well as the administrative body of the City of Zagreb authorised for issuing documents by which the construction is approved. 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 of 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).

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 the 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 an existing construction, for example, a completely new dwelling or business premise.

Extensions of existing constructions or usable utilities, such as an additional construction of rooms in an existing dwelling or in a business premise are not included.

Conversions of non-residential areas into new dwellings are construction works by which an 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.

Dwelling is a residential construction unit consisting of one or more rooms and auxiliary spaces (kitchen, pantry, bathroom, toilet) or without them 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.

A dwelling 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.

A dwelling has a bathroom when there is a separate room with a bath or shower, including all installations needed for a water supply and a sewage system, irrespective of whether they are connected to a public or a house network or not.

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

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

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

e.g.     for example (from Latin: exempli gratia)

etc.     and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

m²           square metre

m³           cubic metre

UN      United Nations

Symbols

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