Press 7% of the population live in overcrowded dwellings

Average overcrowding rate in the EU markedly higher (16%)

Press release No. 015 of 14 January 2019

WIESBADEN – The proportion of Germany's population living in overcrowded dwellings amounted to 7% in 2017. This means that the number of rooms of a household was too small compared to the number of people living in these rooms. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the nationwide overcrowding rate was unchanged on the previous year.

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