National Statistical Institute

"Statistics on population and housing fund"

Kameliya Blagoeva

Chief expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

KBlagoeva@nsi.bg

+359 2 9857 205

Newly built dwellings by number of rooms and by type of settlement, newly built residential buildings by structure of buildings and by type of settlement, useful floor space of the newly built dwellings and by type of settlement, residential buildings, dwellings and useful floor space of the dwellings destroyed.

· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS);

· Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in Bulgaria (UCATTU).

The survey covers all newly built and destroyed residential buildings and the dwellings in residential buildings.

Steel-concrete buildings are those of which the carrier and the floor constructions are built of steel-concrete and the walls are made of panels, brick masonry or other materials.

Solid structures are those of which the carrier walls are of brick and stone masonry and the belts, the beams and the floor construction are made of steel-concrete but have no steelconcrete columns. The buildings of which the floor elements are precast reinforced concrete units also refers to the solid structures.

In the group of "other buildings" are included the structures that are built of stones, sun-dried brick, wood and other materials.

Living floor space is the floor area of living-rooms, bedrooms, children's rooms, recesses for sleeping, diningrooms, the rooms for day-stay, cabinets and libraries of scientists, drawing-rooms and the space ot the kitchens with over 4 sq .m floor space. Until the end of 2018 the kitchen area was presented separately.

From 2025 the total area of the dwellings in the building serves as a source of information on the useful floor space. Until the end of 2024 the useful floor space of the dwellings is calculated as the sum of the living floor space and the service floor space.

Until the end of 2018 useful area is sum of living-floor space, kitchen area and service floor space.

The object of the survey are newly built and destroyed residential buildings and the dwellings in residential buildings.

The statistical survey is exhaustive - the newly built and destroyed residential buildings and the dwellings in residential buildings.

The Republic of Bulgaria's territory.

2004-2007 annual data, since 2008 - quarterly and annual data.

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Number, Square meter

Quarter, year.

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· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

Statistical information is published according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. Data for Short-term statistics on residential buildings is published on the NSI website quarterly, forty days after the reference period.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data is published on the NSI website, section Housing fund in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Quarterly

Quarterly

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Data on Short-term statistics on residential buildings are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Housing fund: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5778

Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.

Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/HFund_1_Methodology_EN.pdf

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Satisfaction survey among the users is not conducted.

High level of completeness in accordance with the methodology.

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Data for Short-term statistics on residential buildings is published quarterly, forty days after the reference period.

Data are disseminated according to the ARC timelines.

Data are prepared on national level.

Data are comparable.

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The final data replaced the preliminary data four months after the reference year.

The final data replaced the preliminary data four months after the reference year, according to the ARC timelines.

The information on newly built and destroyed residential buildings is obtained quarterly through the regular reports of all municipal administrations in the country.

Quarterly.

The statistical survey on newly built and destroyed residential buildings is exhaustive. The main sources of information is quarterly electronic statistical forms ?Card for residential building?.

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The data processing is centralized at the national level.

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