Residential Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 15: Housing Stock by Building Type and Vintage
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Housing Stock (thousands) 377.9   446.0 449.8 453.6 458.0

Housing Stock by Building Type (thousands)
Single Detached 255.9   290.7 292.1 293.6 295.3
Single Attached 23.8   32.6 33.1 33.7 34.3
Apartments 82.8   105.2 107.0 108.7 110.6
Mobile Homes 15.5   17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8

Shares (%)
Single Detached 67.7   65.2 64.9 64.7 64.5
Single Attached 6.3   7.3 7.4 7.4 7.5
Apartments 21.9   23.6 23.8 24.0 24.1
Mobile Homes 4.1   3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

Housing Stock by Vintage (thousands)
Before 1946 85.6   64.6 63.5 62.5 61.5
1946–1960 34.6   27.9 27.6 27.3 26.9
1961–1977 62.8   48.0 47.3 46.5 45.8
1978–1983 47.8   38.5 38.1 37.6 37.2
1984–1995 111.4   97.4 96.6 95.9 95.2
1996–2000 35.7   33.9 33.8 33.6 33.5
2001–2005 0.0   41.2 41.2 41.1 41.1
2006–2010 0.0   39.1 39.0 39.0 39.0
2011–2015 0.0   35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2
2016_2020 0.0   20.3 27.5 34.7 34.7
2021_after 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7

Shares (%)
Before 1946 22.6   14.5 14.1 13.8 13.4
1946–1960 9.2   6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9
1961–1977 16.6   10.8 10.5 10.3 10.0
1978–1983 12.7   8.6 8.5 8.3 8.1
1984–1995 29.5   21.8 21.5 21.1 20.8
1996–2000 9.5   7.6 7.5 7.4 7.3
2001–2005 0.0   9.2 9.2 9.1 9.0
2006–2010 0.0   8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5
2011–2015 0.0   7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7
2016_2020 0.0   4.5 6.1 7.7 7.6
2021_after 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7