Housing and Housing Conditions in Palestine 1997,2000- 2007, 2010 -2012
| Item | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Number and Area of Housing Units from issued licenses | ||||||||||||
| Number of New Licensed Housing Units * | 13,230 | 10,708 | 7,058 | 1,096 | 1,546 | 8,209 | 8,546 | 5,576 | 6,059 | 6,933 | 9,703 | 11,156 |
| Number of Existed Licensed Housing Units * | 2,759 | 2,730 | 1,848 | 213 | 247 | 1,252 | 2,323 | 3,037 | 1,572 | 1,878 | 2,690 | 2,067 |
| Area of New Licensed Housing Units(1000m2) * | 1768.6 | 1645.9 | 1044.9 | 162.8 | 251.6 | 1250.2 | 1450.2 | 985.1 | 835.0 | 1,231.5 | 1,775.1 | 1,998.5 |
| Area of Existed Licensed Housing Units(1000m2) * | 391.8 | 383.3 | 2562.2 | 29.4 | 32.9 | 163.7 | 342.7 | 489.8 | 233.1 | 332.6 | 470.1 | 382.3 |
| Average Area per New Licensed Housing Units (m2)* | 133.7 | 153.7 | 148 | 148.6 | 162.7 | 152.3 | 169.7 | 176.7 | 137.8 | 177.6 | 182.9 | 179.1 |
| Average Area per Existed Licensed Housing Units (m2)* | 142 | 140.4 | 138.6 | 137.8 | 133.3 | 130.8 | 147.5 | 161.3 | 148.3 | 177.1 | 174.8 | 184.9 |
| Housing Conditions | ||||||||||||
| Percentage of Households Living in A House | 52.0 | 58.0 | 59.8 | 60.9 | 67.8 | 58.9 | 56.8 | 55.6 | 40.9 | 47.8 | 52.8 | 43.3 |
| Percentage of Households Living in Apartment | 45.2 | 39.9 | 38.8 | 37.0 | 28.4 | 37.3 | 41.4 | 40.8 | 55.9 | 50.2 | 45.8 | 53.7 |
| Percentage of Households Living in Owned Housing Units | 78.1 | 85.6 | 88.4 | 86.3 | 82.9 | 82.9 | 87.8 | 81.5 | 81.1 | 83.6 | 85.1 | 77.0 |
| Percentage of Households Living in Rented Housing Units | 9.7 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 10.6 |
| Average Number of Rooms in the Housing Unit | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Average Housing Density | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Water Public Network | 83.6 | 89.8 | _ | _ | 89.5 | _ | _ | 90.8 | _ | 91.4 | 91.8 | 92.0 |
| Sewage Public Network | 33.7 | 42.8 | _ | _ | 50.8 | _ | _ | 54.0 | _ | 54.4 | 55.0 | 57.4 |
| Electricity | 94.6 | 98.6 | _ | _ | 96.2 | _ | _ | 99.2 | _ | 99.9 | 99.8 | 99.8 |
| Telephone | 19.5 | 46.8 | 49.6 | 36.1 | 44.7 | 40.6 | 44.1 | 47.2 | 43.9 | 44.0 | 39.0 | 45.0 |
| Washing Machine | 73.2 | 87.5 | 86.8 | 85.8 | 87.5 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 89.9 | 92.8 | 95.5 | 94.6 | 95.2 |
| Refrigerator | 13.3 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 15.9 | 20.1 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 19.4 | 11.5 | 21.7 | 19.1 |
| Video\ DVD | 80.4 | 92.3 | 92.8 | 90.9 | 91.6 | 92.9 | 93.9 | 92.3 | 95.7 | 96.7 | 96.2 | 96.5 |
| Private Car | 20.4 | 21.6 | 22.8 | 20.2 | 22.7 | 26.4 | 24.5 | 18.2 | 24.9 | 21.9 | 20.5 | 24.0 |
| * Dose not include camps and those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967. | ||||||||||||
| (-): Data not available. | ||||||||||||