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06-09-2022 13:55

Building Permits: June 2022

Decrease both in Area (-12,4%) and in Value (-9,1%)

The Statistical Service announces that, the number of building permits authorized by the Municipal Authorities and the District Administration Offices during June 2022 stood at 626. The total value of these permits reached €220,1 million and the total area 202,1 thousand square metres. These building permits provide for the construction of 1.146 dwelling units.

During the period January – June 2022, 3.898 building permits were issued compared to 3.990 in the corresponding period of the previous year, recording a decrease of 2,3%. The total value of these permits decreased by 9,1% and the total area by 12,4%. The number of dwelling units recorded a decrease of 5,0%.

Building permits constitute a leading indicator of future activity in the construction sector.
 

 


Table 1

Type of Project

Number of Permits

Percentage
Change
(%)

June
2022

Jan-June
2022

Jan-June
2021

Jan-June 2022/
Jan-June 2021

Residential Buildings

433

2.674

2.850

-6,2

Non-residential Buildings

95

602

606

-0,7

Civil Engineering Projects

48

261

209

24,9

Division of Plots

38

268

256

4,7

Road Construction

12

93

69

34,8

Total

626

3.898

3.990

-2,3

 

Table 2

Type of Project

Area (m²)

Percentage
Change
(%)

June
2022

Jan-June
2022

Jan-June
20
21

Jan-June 2022/
Jan-June 2021

Residential Buildings

181.335

925.495

1.038.951

-10,9

Non-residential Buildings

20.039

148.340

188.668

-21,4

Civil Engineering Projects

705

4.471

3.187

40,3

Total

202.079

1.078.306

1.230.806

-12,4

 

Table 3

Type of Project

Value (€000’s)

Percentage
Change
(%)

June
2022

Jan-June
2022

Jan-June
2021

Jan-June 2022/
Jan-June 2021

Residential Buildings

182.295

957.242

1.082.578

-11,6

Non-residential Buildings

25.759

175.859

183.137

-4,0

Civil Engineering Projects

8.740

51.260

49.095

4,4

Division of Plots

2.143

26.593

19.685

35,1

Road Construction

1.120

5.250

4.181

25,6

Total

220.057

1.216.204

1.338.676

-9,1

 

Table 4

Residential Buildings

Number of Dwelling Units

Percentage
Change
(%)

June
2022

Jan-June
2022

Jan-June
20
21

Jan-June 2022/
Jan-June 2021

Single houses

253

1.605

1.775

-9,6

Buildings with two housing units

79

468

498

-6,0

Residential apartment blocks

780

2.818

2.904

-3,0

Residential/commercial apartment blocks

34

252

235

7,2

Total

1.146

5.143

5.412

-5,0

 

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Scope and coverage

The purpose is the collection of basic data concerning residential and non-residential buildings as well as other construction activities such as civil engineering projects, division of plots and road construction, by district (both urban and rural areas). For each type of project, information is compiled on the number of permits authorized, the area and the value of the project and the number of dwelling units that are expected to be built.

Data cover all building permits authorized by local authorities, namely the Municipalities, the District Administration Offices of the Ministry of Interior and the Agios Tychonas Community Board.


Data collection

The Statistical Service receives on a monthly basis from all local authorities copies of all the building permits issued. The information contained in these forms is appropriately coded by the Statistical Service in order to produce the statistics. The EU Classification of Types of Construction (CC) is used to categorize the various construction projects.


For more information:

CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Construction
CYSTAT-DB (Online Database)
Predefined Tables (Excel)


Contact

Achilleas Moustakas: Tel.: 22602156, E-mail: amoustakas@cystat.mof.gov.cy


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