Period of construction

Age of building

More than a third (38%) of buildings were built in the past 40 years, i.e. after 1980.

Buildings by period of construction

	2000		2010		2020
	absolute	as %	absolute	as %	absolute	as %
Residential buildings	1,462,167	100.0	1,642,622	100.0	1,765,551	100.0
before 1919	327,555	22.4	350,416	21.3	338,148	19.2
1919 and 1945	192,565	13.2	186,166	11.3	196,850	11.1
1946 and 1960	192,754	13.2	191,829	11.7	187,457	10.6
1961 and 1970	173,324	11.9	173,570	10.6	172,108	9.7
1971 and 1980	195,495	13.4	195,620	11.9	194,350	11.0
1981 and 1990	204,000	14.0	201,898	12.3	201,003	11.4
1991 and 2000	176,474	12.1	177,291	10.8	178,066	10.1
2001 and 2005	*	*	80,689	4.9	81,025	4.6
2006 and 2010	*	*	85,143	5.2	85,174	4.8
2011 and 2015	*	*	*	*	72,035	4.1
2016 and 2019	*	*	*	*	59,335	3.4

Sources: FSO - Federal Population Census, Buildings and dwellings statistics

Whereas 45% of single-family houses have been built since 1981, only 36% of multi-family buildings were built after this year and 20% of buildings in other categories (buildings not for solely residential purposes).

The building stock in the canton of Fribourg is exceptionally recent with 26% of buildings built in the 21st century. In contrast, only 4% of buildings were built in this period in the canton of Basel-Stadt.

Statistical sources and concepts

Surveys