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Type of building
A classification for different types of dwellings, for example blocks of flats, attached houses, detached houses.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Dwellings are classified according to the type of building as follows:
- one to two-dwelling houses: one to two-dwelling houses and permanently occupied free-time residences
- terraced houses: detached houses with at least three adjoining dwellings and where the spaces belonging to different dwellings are not on top of each other.
- blocks of flats: residential buildings of at least three dwellings in which at least two dwellings are located on top of each other and which do not belong to the categories above
- other buildings: also buildings whose type of building is unknown.
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
In the building cost index 2000=100 buildings are divided into four types: residential block of flats, attached houses, office and commercial buildings and industrial and warehouse buildings. The overall point figure of the building cost index is calculated as a weighted average of the distribution of costs between these building types.
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
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