Number of occupants per dwelling

The occupant density per room indicates the number of persons per dwelling. This indicator is examined from various aspects: household characteristics, buildings and dwellings.

Occupant density per dwelling by number of rooms since 1970

	Occupants per dwelling
	Total	in dwellings with ... room(s)
		1	2	3	4	5	6+
1970	2.9	1.3	1.9	2.7	3.4	3.7	4.3
1980	2.6	1.2	1.6	2.3	3.0	3.3	3.8
1990	2.4	1.2	1.4	2.0	2.7	3.0	3.3
2000	2.3	1.2	1.4	1.9	2.5	2.8	3.1
2022	2.2	1.2	1.4	1.9	2.5	2.8	2.9

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

Occupants per dwelling by category of building and size of the dwelling, 2022

Occupants per dwelling
	Exclusively residential buildings	Single-family houses	Multi-family houses
Total	2.2	2.7	2.1
Dwellings by number of rooms
1-2 rooms	1.3	1.7	1.3
3-4 rooms	2.2	2.4	2.2
5+ rooms	2.8	2.8	2.8
Dwellings by size group (m2)
<60m2	1.4	1.9	1.4
60-119m2	2.1	2.4	2.1
>119m2	2.7	2.8	2.6

Source: FSO - Buildings and dwellings statistics

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