Number and Area of Licensed Housing Units in Palestine by Construction Material and Region, 2021
| External Construction Material and Region | Number and Area of Licensed Housing Units | ||||||||
| New Housing Units | Existing Housing Units | Total | |||||||
| No. | Area (m2) | Average Area (m2) | No. | Area (m2) | Average Area (m2) | No. | Area (m2) | Average Area (m2) | |
| Palestine | 15,992 | 2,649,757 | 165.7 | 5,287 | 836,073 | 158.1 | 21,279 | 3,485,830 | 163.8 |
| Cleaned Stone | 10,957 | 1,873,467 | 171.0 | 4,120 | 665,544 | 161.5 | 15,077 | 2,539,011 | 168.4 |
| Cement Block | 5,016 | 774,010 | 154.3 | 1,163 | 170,172 | 146.3 | 6,179 | 944,182 | 152.8 |
| Concrete | 16 | 2,072 | 129.5 | 4 | 357 | 89.3 | 20 | 2,429 | 121.5 |
| Other | 3 | 208 | 69.3 | - | - | - | 3 | 208 | 69.3 |
| West Bank | 14,397 | 2,379,864 | 165.3 | 5,287 | 836,073 | 158.1 | 19,684 | 3,215,937 | 163.4 |
| Cleaned Stone | 10,957 | 1,873,467 | 171.0 | 4,120 | 665,544 | 161.5 | 15,077 | 2,539,011 | 168.4 |
| Cement Block | 3,421 | 504,117 | 147.4 | 1,163 | 170,172 | 146.3 | 4,584 | 674,289 | 147.1 |
| Concrete | 16 | 2,072 | 129.5 | 4 | 357 | 89.3 | 20 | 2,429 | 121.5 |
| Other | 3 | 208 | 69.3 | - | - | - | 3 | 208 | 69.3 |
| Gaza Strip | 1,595 | 269,893 | 169.2 | - | - | - | 1,595 | 269,893 | 169.2 |
| Cleaned Stone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cement Block | 1,595 | 269,893 | 169.2 | - | - | - | 1,595 | 269,893 | 169.2 |
| Concrete | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| -: Nill | |||||||||
| Note: Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967 . | |||||||||
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