Percentage Distribution of Households in Palestine by Housing Density (Number of persons per Room), Selected Years

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Housing Density Year
2015(1) 2016(2) 2017(3) 2019(4) 2020(4) 2021(4) 2022(4)
Less Than 1 12.5 15.6 20.5 19.7 17.2 19.2 19.4
1.00 -1.99 46.0 47.7 50.8 53.8 51.4 52.1 52.7
2.00 -2.99 28.3 26.0 21.3 20.3 23.7 22.1 21.5
3+ 13.2 10.7 7.4 6.2 7.7 6.6 6.4
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Average of  Housing Density 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5

(1):  Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2015. Housing Conditions Survey, 2015:  Main Findings.
(2): Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2016.  Socio-economic Monitoring of the Palestinian Households’ Survey, 2016.
(3): Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018.  Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 2017.
(4): Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Data Base of Labour Force Survey, 2019-2022.