| Number | Concept | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data description | A conventional dwelling is defined as a room or suite of rooms and its accessories (e.g. lobbies, corridors) in a permanent building or structurally separated part thereof which by the way it has been built, rebuilt or converted is designed for habitation by one private household all the year round and is not at the time of the Census used wholly for non-residential purposes. It should have separate access to the street, direct or via a garden or grounds, or to a common space within the building (staircase, passage, gallery, etc.), but it need not necessarily have a bathroom or toilet available for the exclusive use of its occupants. A “permanent building” is one which was constructed to be structurally stable for at least ten years. Detached rooms for habitation which are clearly designed to be used as part of the dwelling should be included, e.g. a room or rooms above a detached garage. A conventional dwelling is counted for Census purposes whether or not it is occupied. Conventional dwellings could be occupied dwellings, dwellings reserved for seasonal or secondary use but fit for habitation all the year round or vacant dwellings (i.e. dwellings which have no usual residents at the time of the census but are available to become the usual residence of at least one person) but suitable for dwell throughout the year. |
| 2 | Classification used | Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU) |
| 3 | Coverage | All conventional dwellings in the eight cities, its Larger Urban Zones and total for the coutry are covered. Collective living quarters (hotels, institutions and camps) are excluded from the conventional dwellings. |
| 4 | Unit of measure | Number |
| 5 | Reference period | Year |
| 6 | Time coverage | 2005 - 2009 |
| 7 | Release policy | The date of the statistical information release is shown in the Calendar of the NSI statistical surveys. |
| 8 | Dissemination format | • www.nsi.bg |
| 9 | Methodological documents | • Compilation of variable definitions - Eurostat |
| 10 | Source data | Data are collected by the NSI. Data source on the housing fund is the Census of housing fund as of 1st March, 2001 and statistical form "Residential building’s Questionnaire” for data collection on new completed and destroyed residential building and dwellings during the reference year |
| 11 | Frequency of data collection | Yearly |
| 12 | Data collection method | Exhaustively for all conventional dwelling in the Urban Audit spatial units.The data on the Balance of the housing fund is obtained on the basis of results from the Census of housing fund as of 1st March, 2001 and accumulation of the number of new constructed dwellings and deduction of the number of destroyed dwellings during the reference period. |
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