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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 2019
Up to 50 m² 51 - 75 m² 76 - 100 m² 101 - 125 m² 126 - 150 m² Over 150 m² No data Total
Alt Camp 0 1 0 3 5 3 0 12
Alt Empordà 3 42 65 84 24 124 2 346
Alt Penedès 1 2 30 51 32 50 0 166
Alt Urgell 0 0 20 1 1 8 0 30
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Anoia 1 5 18 30 15 25 0 94
Aran 5 0 0 6 2 41 39 93
Bages 1 18 6 73 20 72 0 190
Baix Camp 2 28 33 13 61 98 0 235
Baix Ebre 0 3 2 59 11 14 0 89
Baix Empordà 3 12 69 88 42 136 0 350
Baix Llobregat 33 38 367 735 193 348 0 1,714
Baix Penedès 1 4 222 17 7 18 0 269
Barcelonès 7 566 1,360 1,158 488 97 9 3,685
Berguedà 0 14 1 0 2 9 0 26
Cerdanya 0 1 21 10 10 68 0 110
Conca de Barberà 0 1 0 1 0 26 0 28
Garraf 1 6 219 173 95 68 0 562
Garrigues 0 1 0 1 4 6 1 13
Garrotxa 0 0 10 10 50 24 0 94
Gironès 1 5 80 125 76 95 3 387
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Maresme 2 13 243 604 280 203 0 1,345
Moianès 0 2 2 0 2 7 0 13
Montsià 0 0 9 2 7 18 0 36
Noguera 0 1 0 1 1 13 0 16
Osona 0 10 28 69 47 54 0 208
Pallars Jussà 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 6
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 7
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 3 10 10 14 0 37
Pla de l'Estany 7 2 4 5 3 21 0 42
Priorat 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 8
Ripollès 2 0 6 11 3 8 0 30
Segarra 0 0 30 0 0 9 0 39
Segrià 0 1 34 64 56 199 0 354
Selva, La 4 12 46 32 26 79 1 200
Solsonès 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 7
Tarragonès 1 31 23 315 158 56 0 584
Terra Alta 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 10
Urgell 0 2 0 0 4 17 0 23
Vallès Occidental 3 122 289 988 511 298 0 2,211
Vallès Oriental 6 96 143 349 95 185 0 874
Catalonia 84 1,039 3,386 5,090 2,350 2,541 55 14,549
Metropolità 51 837 2,402 3,834 1,567 1,133 9 9,833
Comarques Gironines 20 73 280 355 224 487 6 1,449
Camp de Tarragona 3 61 56 332 225 186 0 863
Terres de l'Ebre 0 3 12 61 22 45 0 143
Ponent 0 5 67 76 75 258 1 482
Comarques Centrals 1 42 37 143 74 145 0 442
Alt Pirineu i Aran 5 1 43 18 14 128 39 248
Penedès 4 17 489 271 149 159 0 1,089
Barcelona 55 892 2,706 4,230 1,780 1,414 9 11,086
Girona 20 73 280 365 230 552 6 1,530
Lleida 5 6 110 85 86 326 40 658
Tarragona 4 68 290 410 254 249 0 1,275
Source: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability.
Note: Superfície projectada: Superfície total construïda de l'immoble/nombre d'habitatges.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 8, 2020.

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.