Housing statistics

Utilization

This group of data includes information on the housing characteristics, such as floor space, number of rooms, population etc, that is used when modelling the levels of exposure. This information is used when defining the size of the exposed population and the characteristics of the indoor environment defining the exposure.

Limitations

Floor area information is available for a whole house, but there is no data available for floor areas in different rooms. The volumes of dwellings/rooms is not available, but the volume of whole dwelling can be calculated based on the average floor areas.

Data

Data collected for INTERA

Residential floorspace in European countries

Volume of residences in European countries

Volume of workplaces in European countries

Available housing databases in Internet

ExpoFacts
Short description	Contains data from 30 European countries (level of information and time frame is variable between countries and original data source). Data includes information on housing, ingestion, physiology, population and time activity. Data includes at least general food consumption data for infants and adults, children's hand-to-mouth behavioral data, consumption of water, breast milk consumption, home grown food consumption, body length and bodyweight for adults and for children, average energy expenditure (Belgium), total energy expenditure and physical activity in children (UK), physical activity (Germany), respiratory rate in the first 3 years of life (Italy), ventilation rates, air exchange rates, indoor air quality in office buildings, number of dwellings, floor area, number of persons per house, population by 1-year and 5-year age groups, birth and death rates, employment and unemployment information, income and number of households.
Regional coverage	Europe

Exposure Factors Handbook
Short description	This is not an actually database, but there are references and tables from several studies, which can be used for average values. Geographical area for the data is U.S. Time activity data is referred as Activity factors and there are data available at least for time spent in various activities, time spent in traffic, time spent in work and school and time spent in different locations at home. Ingestion data is divided to the following groups: Drinking water intake, soil ingestion, intake of fruits and vegetables, intake of fish and shellfish, intake of meat and dairy products, intake of grain products, intake rates of various home produced food items and breast milk intake. Physiological data included are: Body surface area, body weight and inhalation rate. Housing data included are: Volumes, surface areas, mechanical systems and types of foundations. General population data included is lifetime.
Regional coverage

Bulletin of Housing Statistics
Short description	This databases provides information on number of population and households, number of dwellings and size of dwellings. In addition there's information of value of construction and use of building materials. Data is provided as excel- and pdf-files.
Regional coverage	Europe, North America