Housing and Housing Conditions in Palestine, 2020-2021

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Item year value
Number and Area of Housing Units from Issued licenses    
Number of New Licensed Housing Units * 2021

15,992

Number of Existed Licensed Housing Units * 2021 5,287
Area of New Licensed Housing Units (m2) * 2021 2,649,757
Area of Existed Licensed Housing Units(m2) * 2021 836,073
Average Area per New Licensed Housing Units (m2)* 2021

165.7

Average Area per Existed Licensed Housing Units (m2)* 2021 158.1
Housing Conditions    
Percentage of Households Living in A House 2020 45.3
Percentage of Households Living in Apartment 2020 53.0
Percentage of Households Living in Owned Housing Units 2020 78.0
Percentage of Households Living in Rented Housing Units 2020 6.8
Average Number of Rooms in the Housing Unit 2021 3.6
Average Housing Density 2021 1.5
* Dose not include those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.