Almost 45% Of Hungarians Live In Overcrowded Homes
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
Almost 45% of Hungarians lived in overcrowded homes, according to a fresh report by Eurostat. Overcrowded is understood in the study to mean homes which do not have at least one living room as well as one room for every couple, every two children up to the age of twelve, and over the age of twelve if they are of the same gender, and every single adult. The data from 2014 show 68% of Hungarians live in houses and 31.6% in flats, compared to the respective European Union averages of 59.3% and 40%.
The home ownership rate in Hungary is 89.1%, well over the 70.1% EU average.
The report showed 11.4% of Hungarians live in a household where total housing costs account for more than 40% of total disposable household income, the same as the EU average.
On a scale from 0 to 10, Hungarians rated their satisfaction with their accommodation at 6.8 points, putting them in the lowest fifth of member states and below the 7.5 average.
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