Housing and housing production
There are over 1.7 million dwellings in the Öresund region. Two thirds of the region’s total housing stock is in the Copenhagen-Malmö area (the Capital Region of Denmark and south-west Skåne). The housing markets in the Capital Region of Denmark and south-west Skåne are quite similar to each other, with a large percentage of apartments in multi-dwelling houses, smaller (1-2 room) dwellings and rental dwellings. This is especially evident in the central municipalities of Malmö and Copenhagen.
Other parts of Zealand and Skåne are distinguished by a larger percentage of one- or two-dwelling houses, with fewer smaller dwellings and fewer rental dwellings. An essential difference between Swedish and Danish parts of Öresund is the large percentage of older dwellings in Öresund DK, primarily in the municipality of Copenhagen. In the greater Copenhagen area there is also a significant stock of dwellings without modern amenities (baths, toilets, central heating). For example, 12 percent of the dwellings in Copenhagen still have no bathrooms. In recent years however, an extensive modernisation of the older housing stock in the municipality of Copenhagen has been going on.
The housing structure partly affects the houshold composition. Copenhagen and Malmö have a small percentage of one- or two-dwelling houses in the housing stock and many smaller dwellings; these areas have somewhat lower percentages of families with children than the surrounding municipalities. However, some studies have shown that it has become more common for young families with children live in their city dwellings from the time their first child is born until the time their second one is born.
- Housing stock structure 2006
Source: Ørestat, Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden
Housing production
Housing production has been historically high in Öresund DK during 2000-2005, compared to earlier periods during the 1980s and 1990s.
There was a net increase in housing by more than 53 000 in Öresund DK between 2001 and 2006, which is the highest number during the last 25 years. The distribution of the increased housing production is also relatively evenly distributed between the Capital Region of Denmark and Region Sealand.
Housing production in Öresund SE has also increased sharply compared with the very low housing production during the second part of the 1990s. There is still some room left to increase the production volume that was seen during the second half of the 1980s and first half of the 1990s. The increased housing production in Skåne has primarily occurred in the western parts.
- Population ( aged 19-84)/housing stock
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden
Housing construction has been historically high in both Region Sealand and the Capital Region of Denmark during 2001-2006. At the same time population growth has been relatively weak compared to earlier periods.This has resulted in a decrease in the average number of adults per dwelling in Öresund DK during years 2000-2006, indicating an increased living space for more people. As illustrated in the table on page 61 there are geographic differences between different parts of Öresund DK. In western and southern Zealand the average number of adults per dwelling had decreased the most while in Copenhagen it decreased the least. Historically the pressure has been greatest on the Copenhagen housing market.
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In Öresund SE housing construction has also increased in recent years, especially in western Skåne. But housing construction has still not kept the same pace as population growth, which has led to a generally lower average living space something especially evident in Malmö. Here the number of adults per dwelling has gone from an index value of 100 in 1980 to an index value of 103 in 2006.
- Changes in housing stock 1980-2006
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden
