New data from the 2022 building and housing census
11.09.2024, 12:20
City Councillor O’Sullivan presents the issue of “Frankfurt STATISTIK.AKTUELL” on the 2022 building and housing census
City Councillor Eileen O’Sullivan is delighted that the results of the 2022 building and housing census in the core area show only minor deviations from the Frankfurt Statistical Building File. In the nationwide census, 79,004 residential buildings were recorded in Frankfurt am Main as of May 15, 2022. In the city’s own Statistical Building File, there were 79,061 residential buildings at the end of 2022, 57 buildings more than were counted six months earlier. “This speaks for the good quality of the Frankfurt data,” explains the department head responsible for the statistics office.
The results of the building and housing census now also provide an overview of new data, such as the age of the buildings, the energy sources used for heating and vacancy rates. “The skyline with high-rise buildings is characteristic of our modern city,” says the department head, adding: “At the same time, Frankfurt is characterized by tradition, because two thirds of all residential buildings were built before 1970.”
Almost half (48.4 percent) of Frankfurt’s residential buildings are single- and two-family houses. One in four residential buildings (25.5 percent) has three to six apartments and one in five buildings (19.8 percent) has seven to twelve apartments. The proportion of particularly large residential buildings with 13 or more apartments is the smallest at 6.3 percent. “However, looking at the age of the buildings shows a trend towards large, efficient construction projects,” says the city councilor, explaining: “15 percent of the residential buildings completed after 2009 have 13 or more apartments. This proportion is significantly lower for the older buildings.”
Overall, gas is the dominant energy source in Frankfurt’s residential buildings, accounting for 78 percent. District heating is in second place, but with a much smaller share of 10.4 percent. Heating oil is the third most commonly used (7.8 percent). All other energy sources play a subordinate role overall. If we look at the age of the residential buildings, district heating stands out. Of the residential buildings built after 2009, 41.9 percent use district heating as an energy source.
For the first time, the 2022 census also provides data on net rent. In Frankfurt am Main, it is on average 10.58 euros per square meter. That is 3.30 euros more than the national average (7.28 €/m²) paid for housing.
3.1 percent of apartments in residential buildings are vacant. This puts Frankfurt at the lower end of the norm of three to five percent for a sufficiently flexible and at the same time stable housing market. “Despite the high demand for housing, there is still little capacity that needs to be mobilized,” concludes O’Sullivan.
Detailed figures on the results of the building and housing census can be found in issue 13/2024 of “Frankfurt statistics current”External Link can be found.
