More than a third (39%) of buildings were built in the past 40 years, i.e. after 1980.
Age of building
| 2000 | 2010 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolute | as % | absolute | as % | absolute | as % | |
| Residential buildings | 1,462,167 | 100.0 | 1,642,622 | 100.0 | 1,774,161 | 100.0 |
| before 1919 | 327,555 | 22.4 | 350,416 | 21.3 | 337,411 | 19.0 |
| 1919 and 1945 | 192,565 | 13.2 | 186,166 | 11.3 | 196,865 | 11.1 |
| 1946 and 1960 | 192,754 | 13.2 | 191,829 | 11.7 | 186,725 | 10.5 |
| 1961 and 1970 | 173,324 | 11.9 | 173,570 | 10.6 | 171,755 | 9.7 |
| 1971 and 1980 | 195,495 | 13.4 | 195,620 | 11.9 | 194,144 | 10.9 |
| 1981 and 1990 | 204,000 | 14.0 | 201,898 | 12.3 | 201,032 | 11.3 |
| 1991 and 2000 | 176,474 | 12.1 | 177,291 | 10.8 | 177,985 | 10.0 |
| 2001 and 2005 | * | * | 80,689 | 4.9 | 81,002 | 4.6 |
| 2006 and 2010 | * | * | 85,143 | 5.2 | 85,137 | 4.8 |
| 2011 and 2015 | * | * | * | * | 72,068 | 4.1 |
| 2016 and 2021 | * | * | * | * | 70,037 | 3.9 |
Whereas 45% of single-family houses have been built since 1981, only 37% 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 27% of buildings built in the 21st century. In contrast, only 5% of buildings were built in this period in the canton of Basel-Stadt.
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