1990 POPULATION CENSUS Detailed data based on a 2 per cent representative sample (1992)

C/ Housing, the housing conditions of the population

The number of dwellings not occupied at the date of the census had increased by 43 per cent compared to 1980. Despite this great increase non-occupied dwellings represent only 4.7 per cent of the totál housing stock The proportion of non-occupied dwellings is the lowest (2.4 per cent) in the capital, on the other hand, in somé regions with detached farmsteads, it is much higher than the average of the country (e.g. in Bács-Kiskun county it is 7.4 per cent, in Csongrád county 7.0 per cent). The sizes of the dwellings grew both in respect of the number of rooms and of floor-space In the past ten years, in the composition by the number of rooms a repositioning so great that it can already be considered as a qualitative change, occurred. In 1990, the proportion of two-room dwellings is still the highest, consequently, this size of dwelling may be considered as the average in the future, too. The proportions of one-room as well as of three and three plus-room dwellings, respectively, changed radically The number of one-room dwellings feli so much that their proportion does not even approach 20 per cent, while the larger dwellings (of three or three-plus rooms) represent already almost 40 per cent. This improvement can be attributed mainly to the fact that about half of the dwellings built since 1980 consist of three or of three-plus rooms. Adding rooms to, and unifying of existing dwellings have alsó added to the number of larger dwellings, and the shift in proportions was contributed to alsó by the fact that more than half on the dwellings liquidated were one-room flats. On basis of the composition by the number of rooms the provinces are in a more favourable situation than the capital. The proportion of three- or three-plus room dwellings is the highest (41 per cent) in rural areas, where the shares of one- and two-room dwellings, respectively, are near to the averages of the country. The proportion of one-room dwellings is the lowest (sarcely 16 per cent) in the úrban areas but for the capital where share of two-room dwellings is the highest (48 per cent). Nearly one quarter of the housing stock of the capital — more than 180 000 dwellings — consist of only one room and the proportions of the two-room and, respectively, larger dwellings do not even approach the country's averages. 44. The dwellings by the number of rooms Year Totál 1 2 3-X Year Totál -room dwellings In thousands 1970 3122 1440 1348 334 1980 3542 973 1720 849 1990 3817 622 1708 1487 Percentage 1970 100.0 46.1 43.2 10.7 1980 100.0 27.5 48.6 24.0 1990 100.0 16.3 44.7 39.0 Of which: Budapest 100.0 23.2 40.3 36.5 towns 100.0 13.6 48.2 38.2 rural areas 100.0 15.6 43.3 41.1 The pace of the growth in the number of rooms — similarly to the increase in the housing stock — is much more moderate than before 1980, but the numerical difference is not significant. Due to the growth in the number of rooms nearly by 1.9 millión, instead of 199, there are already 235 rooms per 100 dwellings which means that, in Hungary, at present, the average is already represented by two-room dwellings. 39