SANTO DOMINGO.- The distribution of occupied private dwellings in the Dominican Republic shows that the detached house is the predominant type in the country, concentrating 66.1% of the national total, according to the National Statistics Office (ONE).
Based on data from the X National Population and Housing Census 2022, the entity recently published the "Booklet I on structural characteristics of housing in the Dominican Republic", where it presents the classification of the Dominican housing stock based on its structural characteristics, including type of housing, construction materials, number of rooms and availability of cooking spaces, based on the analysis of private homes occupied in the country.
Apartments and duplex homes in second place
The findings establish that, after the detached house, apartments occupy second place with a share of 18.4%, equivalent to 681,247 homes; followed by duplex-type homes, which represent 7% of the national total, with 256,875 units.
In smaller proportions are other types of housing, such as those located in rows, which total 99,203 (2.7%), rooms in tenements or back part with 93,827 (2.5%) and those shared with business with 88,244 (2.4%).
Likewise, the categories with the lowest incidence correspond to barracks with 15,108 homes (0.4%), premises not built for habitation with 6,489 (0.2%) and other private homes with 10,166 (0.3%).
Predominant in urban and rural areas
When analyzing the distribution by area of residence, the ONE study establishes that in the urban area there are 2,677,318 occupied private homes.
In these areas, detached houses represent 1,591,121 dwellings, equivalent to 59.4%, followed by apartments with 620,852 (23.2%) and duplex dwellings with 222,181 (8.3%).
Also included are 78,872 terraced houses (2.9%), 80,326 rooms in tenements or back sections (3%), and 66,238 shared dwellings with businesses (2.5%). In smaller proportions are barracks with 5,442 (0.2%), premises not built for habitation with 4,843 (0.2%), and other private dwellings with 7,443 (0.3%).
In the rural area, where there are 1,016,742 occupied private dwellings, the detached house reaches 851,780 units, which represents 83.8% of the total in this area.
Next are apartments with 60,395 (5.9%), duplexes with 34,694 (3.4%), and shared housing with a business with 22,006 (2.2%). There are also 20,331 terraced houses (2.0%) and 13,501 rooms in tenements or back areas (1.3%).
In smaller proportions are barracks with 9,666 dwellings (1%), premises not built for habitation with 1,646 (0.2%) and other private dwellings with 2,723 (0.3%).
Total distribution of the housing stock
The study establishes that in the Dominican Republic there are a total of 3,694,060 occupied private dwellings, of which 2,677,318 correspond to urban areas and 1,016,742 to rural areas.
Of that national total, 2,442,901 homes are independent houses (66.1%), 681,247 apartments (18.4%) and 256,875 duplex homes (7.0%), these three types concentrating most of the housing stock.
The remaining typologies are distributed among 99,203 row houses (2.7%), 93,827 rooms in tenements or back part (2.5%), 88,244 shared housing with business (2.4%), 15,108 barracks (0.4%), 6,489 premises not built for habitation (0.2%) and 10,166 other private dwellings (0.3%).
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