Latvia Housing Stats
Definitions
- Average people per household: Household size.
- Detached houses: Percent of population living in detached houses.
- Free accommodation: Percent of population who have housing provided to them free of cost.
- Houses with kitchen: Occupied housing units by type of housing unit, availability of kitchen and urban/rural location.
- Number of rooms > Houses with 1 room: Occupied housing units by type of housing unit, number of rooms and urban/rural location.
- Occupants of apartments/units per thousand people: Occupants of housing units by type of housing unit and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Occupants of houses with all facilities: Number of people who live in a household with all of the following eight characteristics: located in a permanent building; access to a street or to common space; was intended to be occupied by one household; piped water within dwelling; toilet within dwelling; fixed bath or shower within dwelling; kitchen or space for cooking within dwelling.
- Occupants of rural apartments or units per thousand people: Occupants of housing units by type of housing unit and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Occupants of rural houses with all facilities per thousand people: Number of people who live in a rural household with all of the following eight characteristics: located in a permanent building; access to a street or to common space; was intended to be occupied by one household; piped water within dwelling; toilet within dwelling; fixed bath or shower within dwelling; kitchen or space for cooking within dwelling. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Occupants of urban apartments or units per thousand people: Occupants of housing units by type of housing unit and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Occupants of urban houses with all facilities: Number of people who live in an urban household with all of the following eight characteristics: located in a permanent building; access to a street or to common space; was intended to be occupied by one household; piped water within dwelling; toilet within dwelling; fixed bath or shower within dwelling; kitchen or space for cooking within dwelling.
- Owner occupier households: Number of households owned by one or several members of the household.
- Renting: Percent of population renting their homes.
- Rural owner occupier households per thousand people: Number of rural households owned by one or several members of the household. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Semi-detached or terraced houses: Percent of population living in semi-detached or terraced houses.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of households (Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Revision 2 , Department of Economic and Social Affairs , United Nations Statistics Division , 2008. Accessed on 2 October 2011.); Wikipedia: Housing in Europe; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.