Housing stock in Katowice
Official dwelling counts, ownership structure, and infrastructure from Statistics Poland.
Statistics Poland counted 368,863 dwellings in Katowice. the 6th largest stock among 17 BaRN cities. 542.0 dwellings per 1,000 residents — 10% above the BaRN city average. condominiums (wspólnoty) account for 32.7% of counted stock.
Total dwellings
368,863
#6 of 17 BaRN cities by stock size
Dwellings per 1,000 people
542.0
Supply relative to population, not absolute city size
Avg floor area
58.5 m²
Compared to BaRN cities
Average across published BaRN cities with GUS stock data — same scale for both bars.
Full breakdown
Stock size
Total dwellings
368,863
Dwellings per 1,000
542.0
Avg rooms / dwelling
3.24
Avg floor area
58.5 m²
Infrastructure
Water supply
99.3%
Bathroom in dwelling
92.2%
Sewage system
93.3%
Social housing stress
Dwellings with arrears >3 months
7,730
Population with water supply
99.2%
Ownership mix (counts)
Private persons
240,046
Condominiums
120,473
Housing co-ops
68,735
Municipal stock
42,380
Social housing waitlist
5,441
GUS stock census counts legal dwellings with a registered address — not vacant units on listing sites. Municipal waitlists measure queue pressure for social housing, not private rental vacancy.
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