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Housing starts. By projected surface area. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Housing starts. By projected surface area (m² constructed). Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
Up to 50 m² 51 - 75 m² 76 - 100 m² 101 - 125 m² 126 - 150 m² Over 150 m² No data Total
Alt Camp 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 8
Alt Empordà 3 12 34 55 16 99 0 219
Alt Penedès 0 3 3 4 14 21 0 45
Alt Urgell 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 8
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Anoia 3 3 0 3 2 28 0 39
Aran 0 0 0 41 0 11 0 52
Bages 1 5 15 4 1 17 0 43
Baix Camp 2 4 14 9 3 35 0 67
Baix Ebre 0 2 107 2 2 32 0 145
Baix Empordà 3 12 5 20 25 109 0 174
Baix Llobregat 1 7 6 70 66 344 0 494
Baix Penedès 1 1 2 3 2 19 0 28
Barcelonès 6 12 135 212 365 1,395 0 2,125
Berguedà 0 0 6 0 0 9 0 15
Cerdanya 1 0 33 0 6 20 0 60
Conca de Barberà 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11
Garraf 0 6 4 31 14 279 0 334
Garrigues 0 0 1 0 2 13 0 16
Garrotxa 1 25 9 10 1 10 0 56
Gironès 2 0 56 3 13 51 0 125
Lluçanès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Maresme 2 3 20 16 38 275 3 357
Moianès 0 1 1 0 0 14 0 16
Montsià 0 3 1 1 21 13 0 39
Noguera 0 3 7 53 1 14 0 78
Osona 1 5 2 1 1 51 0 61
Pallars Jussà 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 6
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Pla d'Urgell 0 1 12 15 7 6 0 41
Pla de l'Estany 0 1 0 3 2 9 0 15
Priorat 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Ripollès 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 10
Segarra 0 2 1 0 3 6 0 12
Segrià 0 2 9 4 2 81 0 98
Selva, La 4 4 4 5 9 45 0 71
Solsonès 0 0 43 0 1 5 0 49
Tarragonès 3 40 54 1 27 53 0 178
Terra Alta 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Urgell 0 0 0 31 6 8 0 45
Vallès Occidental 17 9 49 306 10 441 20 852
Vallès Oriental 2 19 9 9 8 121 0 168
Catalonia 54 185 648 919 680 3,667 23 6,176
Metropolità 28 50 219 613 487 2,578 23 3,998
Comarques Gironines 13 54 110 97 70 326 0 670
Camp de Tarragona 6 44 69 12 32 104 0 267
Terres de l'Ebre 0 5 108 3 24 51 0 191
Ponent 0 8 30 103 21 128 0 290
Comarques Centrals 2 11 67 5 3 95 0 183
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1 0 36 45 11 39 0 132
Penedès 4 13 9 41 32 346 0 445
Barcelona 33 73 244 656 519 2,995 23 4,543
Girona 14 54 141 97 76 343 0 725
Lleida 0 8 84 148 27 155 0 422
Tarragona 7 50 179 18 58 174 0 486
Source: Ministry of Governance, Public Administrations and Housing.
Note: Superfície projectada: Superfície total construïda de l'immoble/nombre d'habitatges.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: April 4, 2016.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Constructed surface
Surface contained within the exterior perimeter of the walls of a home. In buildings with more than one home the proportional part of the common spaces or services is imputed to each of the homes.
Projected surface
Surface obtained from the ratio between the total constructed surface area of a property and the number of rooms in the property.

Methodological aspects

The data on housing started, is obtained from new works certificates issued by colleges of surveyors of Catalonia, and the intentions of promoters and constructors are outlined. Data is included on the construction of housing that enjoys official protection listed by protection scheme. The completed housing is taken from end of construction certificates issued by colleges of surveyors.