2022 Housing Census – Main Results
Highlights
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In 2022, a total of 329,000 buildings, 411,700 housing units and 369,000 private households were enumerated in the Republic of Mauritius.
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Out of these 329,000 buildings, the majority (280,300 or 85.2%) were categorised as wholly residential buildings.
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The number of housing units grew by 14.7%, from 359,000 in 2011 to 411,700 in 2022.
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84.5% of the housing units were categorised as principal residence, 1.5% of them as secondary residence and the remaining 14.0% were vacant ones.
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Private households increased by 7.8% from 342,360 in 2011 to 369,000 in 2022.
The average household size showed a decrease from 3.6 to 3.3 during the same period.
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Housing and living conditions improved from 2011 to 2022 with higher proportions of households:
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- owning their houses (from 88.8% to 90.4%);
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- having access to electricity (from 99.5% to 99.6%);
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- with piped water inside their house (from 94.3% to 96.4%).
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From 2011 to 2022, access to internet has more than doubled from (31.7% to 75.0%). Internet was used both for educational purposes and work from home as well as for entertainment.
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18 November 2022
