Housing statistics based on EU-SILC

1. Housing statistics based on EU-SILC Unit F3 - Living conditions and social protection

2. Contents • EU-SILC General information • Housing indicators • How to find housing related data

3. EU-SILC General information 1 • EU-SILC - reference source for comparative statistics on income, poverty and social exclusion • Project launched in 2003 • 2003: Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria, Norway • 2004: 12 MS plus Estonia, Norway, Iceland • 2005: 25 MS plus Norway, Iceland • 2007: 27 MS plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Turkey

4. EU-SILC General information 2 Regulatory framework • Framework regulation • Commission Regulations specifying some technical aspects • Annual Commission Regulations on ad-hoc modules

5. EU-SILC General information 3 • Personal interviews and register information • Information on both households and individuals • Annual data • Cross-sectional • Longitudinal • Quality reports: EU and national

6. EU-SILC General information 4 • Primary (annual) and Secondary (each 4-5 years) variables • Household information • Basic data • Housing (dwelling, housing conditions, amenities, cost) • Social exclusion (material deprivation, environment) • Income and tax (total and components) • Personal information • Basic data (demography) • Childcare • Education • Health • Labour • Income • Annual modules : both household and personal

7. Housing indicators 1 Overcrowding rate (number of rooms) A person is considered as living in an overcrowded dwelling if the household does not have at its disposal a minimum number of rooms equal to: • one room for the household; • one room per couple in the household; • one room for each single person aged 18 or more; • one room per pair of single people of the same gender between 12 and 17 years of age; • one room for each single person between 12 and 17 years of age and not included in the previous category; • one room per pair of children under 12 years of age.

8. Housing indicators 2 Housing cost overburden rate (disposable income, housing allowances, housing cost) The housing cost overburden rate is defined as the share of the population living in households where the total cost of housing (‘net’ of housing allowances) accounts for more than 40 % of household disposable income (‘net’ of housing allowances).

9. Housing indicators 3 Severe housing deprivation rate (overcrowding, leaking roof, lack of bath, lack of shower, too dark dwelling) The severe housing deprivation rate corresponds to the share of the population living in a dwelling which is considered as overcrowded, while also exhibiting at least one of the housing deprivation measures. Housing deprivation is a measure of poor amenities and is calculated by reference to households with a leaking roof, neither a bath, nor a shower, nor an indoor flushing toilet, or a dwelling considered too dark.

10. Housing indicators 4 • Share of the population with ‘leaking roof’ • Share of the population with no bath or shower • Share of the population with no flushing toilet • Share of the population considering their dwelling as too dark

11. Housing indicators 5 Distribution by: • dwelling type flat detached house semi-detached house other type • tenure status outright owner owner with mortgage tenant - market price tenant – reduced price

12. EU-SILC dedicatedsection

13. EU-SILC Database

14. Ad-hoc module on housing conditions

15. Statistics explained – housing statistics

16. Statistics explained – housing statistics

17. Statistics in focus Housing conditions in 2009 – published soon

18. Thank you Anna RYBKOWSKA Eurostat - Unit F3 - Living conditions and social protection Anna.RYBKOWSKA@ec.europa.eu