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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 2020
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 0 1 0 6 8 0 15
Alt Empordà 6 12 63 31 35 89 1 237
Alt Penedès 1 23 22 230 12 47 0 335
Alt Urgell 0 2 1 1 1 4 0 9
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 9
Anoia 2 12 17 20 16 34 0 101
Aran 3 0 0 0 19 3 0 25
Bages 2 22 25 10 22 40 0 121
Baix Camp 0 14 22 96 14 62 0 208
Baix Ebre 0 1 1 5 6 17 0 30
Baix Empordà 0 21 115 16 17 115 0 284
Baix Llobregat 33 171 439 466 102 167 0 1,378
Baix Penedès 3 5 54 7 9 52 0 130
Barcelonès 1 321 1,781 951 223 42 8 3,327
Berguedà 0 0 1 3 2 16 0 22
Cerdanya 0 1 38 25 2 43 0 109
Conca de Barberà 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 6
Garraf 13 143 75 28 26 125 0 410
Garrigues 0 0 2 6 0 5 2 15
Garrotxa 0 2 43 37 11 41 0 134
Gironès 0 4 49 32 22 127 0 234
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Maresme 2 52 197 166 83 166 0 666
Moianès 3 2 0 0 3 5 0 13
Montsià 1 1 5 3 8 17 0 35
Noguera 0 0 1 1 1 15 0 18
Osona 0 6 74 100 75 57 0 312
Pallars Jussà 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 8
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 3 0 10 1 14
Pla de l'Estany 1 0 4 6 3 24 0 38
Priorat 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 6
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5
Ripollès 0 0 16 2 2 7 0 27
Segarra 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 12
Segrià 0 1 7 163 44 39 47 301
Selva, La 4 6 30 49 19 64 0 172
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 1 14 0 17
Tarragonès 3 2 9 99 6 61 0 180
Terra Alta 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 5
Urgell 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 13
Vallès Occidental 2 65 471 529 190 317 0 1,574
Vallès Oriental 3 39 192 352 123 128 0 837
Catalonia 84 932 3,767 3,441 1,111 2,000 60 11,395
Metropolità 41 648 3,080 2,464 721 820 8 7,782
Comarques Gironines 11 45 320 173 109 467 1 1,126
Camp de Tarragona 4 18 33 196 28 136 0 415
Terres de l'Ebre 1 3 6 10 15 40 0 75
Ponent 0 1 11 173 50 88 50 373
Comarques Centrals 5 34 105 115 106 141 0 506
Alt Pirineu i Aran 3 3 49 26 22 59 1 163
Penedès 19 180 163 284 60 249 0 955
Barcelona 62 855 3,295 2,854 874 1,144 8 9,092
Girona 11 46 324 187 114 502 1 1,185
Lleida 3 5 55 187 71 126 51 498
Tarragona 8 26 93 213 52 228 0 620
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: April 28, 2021.

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.