The building stock in capital cities is older than the national average

The graphic shows the proportion of residential buildings by construction period for selected European cities.

The percentage for each building period was calculated based on the total number of residential buildings. Due to data availability, the precise years of periods of construction vary across cities.

Statbel (2021), Czech Statistical Office (2021), Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (2022), Statistics Austria (2023), Cerema (2023), Statistics Poland (2021) / Urban Journalism Network (2025)