Owner occupied dwellings: EU comparison, 2000: Social Trends 34
Owner occupied dwellings: EU comparison, 2000: Social Trends 34
Owner occupation in the United Kingdom, at 71 per cent, is just above the average for all EU countries. In 2000 the highest rates of owner occupation in the EU were in Spain, Greece and Ireland, at over 80 per cent. Germany had the lowest level of owner occupation at just over 40 per cent. In all EU countries owner occupiers were more likely to live in a house than a flat. On average, 80 per cent of those living in a house in the EU were owner occupiers compared with only 38 per cent of those living in a flat.
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