STATISTICS

Housing Statistics in the European Union 2005/2006 (2006)
Federcasa - Italian Housing Federation and Ministry of Infrastructure of the Italian Republic

Language: English
Available from:
http://www.federcasa.it/news/housing_statistics/Report_housing_statistics_2005_2006.pdf

This report contains the most updated housing statistics of the 25 European Union member countries and is a follow up to the work carried out by the Ministries of Sweden and the Czech Republic and the countries that drafted the previous nine reports. The report gives a complete overview of the socio-economic conditions and housing policies in the different European countries as well as of the resources devoted to the housing sector. However, it is not only a statistical document - the appendices contain a useful glossary of the main terms referring to housing and the socio-economic contexts.

Housing Statistics in the European Union 2004 (2005),
National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, Sweden and the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic.

Language: English
Available from: http://www.boverket.se/.../housing_statistics_in_the_european_union_2004.pdf

This is the 10th edition of the publication and the first one to cover detailed information on housing conditions in all 25 EU countries. The data presented has been forwarded by the different national administrations dealing with housing policy. Statistics include four main categories; General data, Quality of the housing stock, Availability of dwellings, Affordability of housing and a new category The role of the Government which includes data and qualitative descriptions on Government policies.
 

RICS European Housing Review (2005),

Language: English
Available from: www.rics.org/...    
The report provides unique data and in-depth analysis covering a combined market of 460 million people. This year's report covers the 10 EU accession countries for the first time, with in-depth chapters on Hungary and Poland and an overview of the remaining eight. At the link above you will have access to the full report (in English) as well as to a summary in the following languages: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish.

Housing developments in European Countries  (2004),
Norris M, Shiels P. , Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Language: English
Available from: www.environ.ie 

One of the most updated statistical publications covering various aspects of housing. Including descriptions of national housing policies as well as international and EU developments in the field of housing.

Bulletin of Housing Statistics for Europe and North America (2004),
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Language: English
Available from:
http://www.unece.org/env/hs/bulletin/Bulletin_04.htm

Statistics available in both PDF and Excel format. Statistical indicators on Population and households, Dwelling stock, New dwellings, Value of construction and Building materials. The data covers Europe, USA and Canada and most indicators are available for 2001 or 2002.

Annual Bulletin of Housing and Building Statistics for Europe and North America (2002),
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 

Language: English, French, Russian
Available from:
http://www.unece.org/env/hs/bulletin/seltab_e02.htm

A good coverage of data related to both housing and construction. Indicators are divided in to seven categories including; Population and Households, Dwelling stock, New Dwellings, Construction of non-residential buildings, Value of Construction, Building firms, Building materials, Prices, costs and rents. 

Databases

EUROSTAT, Statistical Office of the European Communities

Language: English, French, German
Website: www.eu.int/comm/eurostat
Coverage: mainly European Union Member States

Several online publications. Example of publication related to research on social housing: Statistical pocketbook on Living conditions in Europe 2003, which includes data from 1998-2002. Free access to several databases. Key indicators on EU Policy that includes Long term, short term and structural indicators (predefined tables). The Database by themes or subthemes is also free of charge now and can be downloaded in several formats. Various time series data interesting for comparative studies in the field of social housing, including for example rents, housing consumption expenditure and rooms per person.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UNECE Statistics

Language: English, Russian, French (databases only in English)
Website: http://www.unece.org/stats
Coverage: UNECE’s 55 member states

Some On line publications and occasional papers. Good databases; “Data  On Line”, which includes six main databases. Examples of databases with statistics related to social housing: Human Settlements database, data on housing and building, the Demographic database that includes data on age distributions, population projections and the Trends in Europe and North America database.

United Nations, UN Statistics Division

Language: English
Website: http://unstats.un.org
Coverage: “World wide coverage”

Several online publications, such as the Statisticzl yearbook including data for over 250 countries. Many free databases, and some with restricted access. Free access to data on  Demographic and Social Statistics, including various statistics on population, migration and public spending. A good site map which gives on overview of the available statistics.

Worldbank

Language: English, Spanish, French, Russian, etc.
Website: http://www.worldbank.org/data/
Coverage: 184 World Bank members and 24 other economies

Limited free access to data bases. Free access to some World Development Indicators with data on for example population and land use. Other sources include migration and macroeconomic indicators.

ECB - European Central Bank

Language: English
Website: http://www.ecb.int/stats/html/index.en.html
Coverage: focused on the Euroarea

Key indicators are updated every month and include Monetary developments and interest rates, Prices, output, demand and labour markets, Balance of payments, reserve assets and exchange rates. Other statistics include data such as HICP and prices, macroeconomic and labour market  indicators.

OECD Statistics Portal

Language: English, French
Website: http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/
Coverage: 30 member countries, but also good international data

Databases by topic include comparative statistics. Examples of indicators related to social housing are Demography and migration and Social policy statistics, that includes public spending on housing.