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 Median of housing cost burden (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Median of housing cost burden (%) by Age group; Annual - 0014427
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics on income and living conditions
First available period 2013
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Age group
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • HOUSING COST BURDEN DISTRIBUTION:  Diference between the housing costs and the disposable household income (net of housing allowances in both parts).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
Definition HOUSING COST - Costs relative to the rent, water, electricity, gas and heating, condominium, sewage, regular maintenance and repairs, as well as mortgage interest payments and structural insurance.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 20/03/2026


information presented in 25/3/2026