The United Nations and European Union (EU) recommend that countries make a "population and housing census" in years close to years ending in "0" in order to obtain internationally comparable statistics on population.

In this context, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) carried out "Population and Housing Census (PHC), 2021" based on administrative registers in a similar manner with the EU member states. PHC, 2021 has the same reference date with the Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) as 31 December 2021 and basic results of the census are derived from the ABPRS data.

On the other hand, due to insufficient administrative data sources to produce information on housing characteristics within the scope of population and housing census, TurkStat conducted the "Survey on Building and Dwelling Characteristics (SBDC), 2021" in October 2021-April 2022 period in order to eliminate the lack of information in this field. Sampling structure of the study was designed in such a way as to produce estimates at the provincial level and to be integrated with the ABPRS.

Households mostly resided in dwellings located in two-floor buildings

In Türkiye, it was seen that 17.3% of the households resided in the dwellings located in two-floor buildings. While 14.4% of the households resided in dwellings located in five-floor buildings, 13% of them resided in dwellings in six-floor buildings and 11.7% of the households resided in the dwellings located in single-floor buildings. On the other hand, the proportion of households resided in the dwelling located in buildings which have ten or more floors was 9.5%.

53.6% of households resided in buildings having 3 or more floors without a lift

It was seen that 46.4% of the households had a lift and 53.6% of them resided in buildings having 3 or more floors without a lift. On the other hand, it was observed that 23.2% of households residing in buildings with 6 or more floors did not have a lift. In addition, while 43% of households resided in buildings with car parking, 57% of them resided in buildings that do not have a car parking space.

47.4% of households resided in buildings constructed in 2001 and later

 When construction year of the buildings in which the households resided were examined, it was seen that 30.9% of the buildings were constructed between 1981-2000, 28.1% of them were constructed between 2011-2021, 19.3% of them were constructed between 2001-2010 and 12.6% of them were constructed in 1980 and before.

60.7% of households were the owner of their dwellings

When the ownership status of households was observed, it was seen that 60.7% of households owned the dwelling they reside, 27.6% of them were tenants, 8.4% of them were not paying rent despite not owning the dwellings and 0.9% of them were residing in lodging.

47.5% of households resided in dwellings with 4 rooms

When households were examined by the number of rooms in their dwellings, it was seen that 47.5% of them resided in dwellings with 4 rooms, 38.6% of them resided in 3-room dwellings, 6.3% of them resided in 2-room dwellings, 0.3% of them resided in dwellings with 1 room and 1.4% of them resided in dwellings having 6 or more rooms.

On the other hand, when number of 4-person households were examined by the number of rooms, it was seen that 52% of them resided in 4-room dwellings, 36% of them resided in 3-room dwellings and 7.1% of them resided in 5-room dwellings.

One-family households mostly resided in dwellings with 4 rooms

When the number of rooms in the residential dwelling was examined by type of household, it was seen that the one-person households mostly resided in 3-room dwellings with 43% and one-family households mostly resided in 4-room dwellings with 50.1%.

On the other hand, it was seen that 49.1% of extended-family households mostly resided in 4-room dwellings and multi-person no-family households mostly resided in 3-room dwellings with 43%.

The proportion of households residing in a dwelling with a piped water system was 99.4%

The proportion of households that had a piped water system inside the residential dwelling was 99.4%. While 96.6% of households had a toilet inside the dwelling, 98.8% of them had a bathroom inside the dwelling.

Central heating for one dwelling was used as the main type of heating

When the main type of heating in the dwellings resided by households was analyzed, it was seen that central heating for one dwelling took the first place with 47.7%. This was followed by stoves with 35% and central heating for one or more buildings with 11.2%, respectively.

The main type of energy used for heating was natural gas for households

When the main type of energy used for heating in the residential buildings of households was examined, it was seen that 59.6% of households used natural gas, 33.5% of them used solid fuels such as coal, wood, etc. and 6.2% used electricity.

57.2% of households with elderly persons resided in buildings with 3 or more floors

It was observed that 57.2% of the households with at least one elderly person resided in buildings with 3 or more floors. While 60.1% of these households resided in buildings without a lift, 39.9% of them resided in buildings with a lift. (ILKHA)