Housing in Europe
In 2015, more than 4 out of every 10 persons in the EU-28 lived in flats, close to one quarter in semi-detached houses and one third in detached houses The proportion of people living in flats was highest, among the EU Member States, in Spain, Latvia and Estonia, while the highest proportions of people living in semi-detached houses were reported in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland ; these were the only Member States where more than half of the population lived in a semi-detached house. The share of people living in detached houses peaked in Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Romania ; Serbia and Norway also reported that more than 6 out of every 10 persons in of their population were living in detached houses.
All data as of 2007, only Switzerland data is from 2009 and EU-28 data is from 2015.
| country | detached houses | semi-detached or terraced houses | flats | owning | renting | free accommodation |
| EU-28 average | 33.3% | 24.1% | 42% | 69.4% | 19.7% | 10.9% |
| Belgium | 34% | 39% | 25% | 67% | 31% | 2% |
| Czech Republic | 34% | 10% | 56% | 72% | 24% | 4% |
| Denmark | 48% | 15% | 38% | 58% | 42% | - |
| Germany | 23% | 13% | 62% | 46% | 52% | 3% |
| Estonia | 27% | 4% | 69% | 83% | 8% | 10% |
| Ireland | 41% | 55% | 4% | 77% | 21% | 1% |
| Greece | 35% | 10% | 55% | 73% | 21% | 6% |
| Spain | 16% | 19% | 66% | 83% | 11% | 7% |
| France | 39% | 20% | 41% | 58% | 38% | 4% |
| Italy | 22% | 19% | 53% | 72% | 19% | 10% |
| Cyprus | 44% | 29% | 25% | 66% | 13% | 20% |
| Latvia | 23% | 5% | 72% | 84% | 13% | 4% |
| Lithuania | 32% | 9% | 59% | 89% | 3% | 7% |
| Luxembourg | 35% | 30% | 33% | 71% | 26% | 3% |
| Hungary | 57% | 8% | 35% | 87% | 7% | 6% |
| Malta | 4% | 49% | 46% | 77% | 21% | 3% |
| Netherlands | 14% | 55% | 26% | 56% | 43% | - |
| Austria | 39% | 12% | 48% | 52% | 41% | 7% |
| Poland | 40% | 5% | 55% | 58% | 38% | 4% |
| Portugal | 39% | 23% | 38% | 73% | 19% | 9% |
| Romania | 56% | 3% | 41% | 96% | 2% | 2% |
| Slovenia | 65% | 4% | 31% | 80% | 8% | 12% |
| Slovakia | 45% | 2% | 53% | 89% | 10% | 2% |
| Finland | 38% | 19% | 43% | 67% | 32% | 1% |
| Sweden | 42% | 7% | 51% | 62% | 38% | - |
| United Kingdom | 24% | 59% | 18% | 71% | 27% | 1% |
| Iceland | 32% | 15% | 51% | 83% | 16% | 2% |
| Norway | 58% | 19% | 11% | 78% | 20% | 3% |
| Switzerland | 25% | 14% | 58% | 37% | 60% | - |
in Düsseldorf, Germany
in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France
, Netherlands
, Italy
, Hungary
, Poland
, Norway