Definition: Dwellings

Category: ESA 1995

Buildings that are used entirely or primarily as residences, including any associated structures, such as garages, and all permanent fixtures customarily installed in residences. Houseboats, barges, mobile homes and caravans used as principal residences of households are also included, as are historic monuments identified primarily as dwellings. Costs of site clearance and preparation are also included.

Examples include residential buildings, such as one and twodwelling buildings and other residential buildings intended for nontransient occupancy.

Uncompleted dwellings are included to the extent that the ultimate user is deemed to have taken ownership, either because the construction is on own account or as evidenced by the existence of a contract of sale/purchase. Dwellings acquired for military personnel are included because they are used, as are dwellings acquired by civilian units, for the production of housing services. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=CA-15-96-001&mode=view