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Income share of housing costs grew, burdening by housing costs unchanged in 2023

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release | Income distribution statistics 2023

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According to Statistics Finland, the income share of households' net housing costs was 17.4 per cent, on average, in 2023. The median figure was 1.3 percentage points higher than in 2022. Housing costs burdened 5.2 per cent of persons belonging to private households in 2023. This corresponds to around 287,000 persons. The number was approximately the same as in 2021 and 2022.

Key selections

  • The housing costs of a household burdened by housing costs are over 40 per cent of disposable monetary income. The data are given in net.
  • Compared to the previous year, the number of persons burdened by housing costs was almost the same, 5.2 per cent of persons belonging to private households.
  • In the lowest-income quintile burdening by housing costs grew in 2023. The share of persons burdened by housing costs was 17.5 per cent.
  • The income share of households' net housing costs was, on average, 17.4 per cent in 2023, having been 16.1 per cent in the year before. The income share grew for households whose form of tenure was an owner-occupied dwelling with a housing loan.

Change

In the database, the content of classification data has been changed. Table 12g1 is archived and replaced by Table 152w.
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Database tables

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12ij
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  • Tenure status of dwelling
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12ci
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12dh
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  • Household's stage in life
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12eb
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  • Age of reference person
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12ec
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  • Number of adults and children
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12eh
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  • Socioeconomic group
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12ei
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12ew
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  • Household's stage in life
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12ex
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  • Age of reference person
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12g4
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  • Tenure status of dwelling
  • Low-income earner
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12g9
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152w
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  • Income quintile
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Referencing instructions

Income distribution statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=1799-1331. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 28.2.2025].
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