Housing Statistics

i)Building Statistics 

The purpose to collect data on Housing and Building activities in Public and Private Sectors is for formulating housing policies and housing plan documents at National level.  Data collection under this scheme broadly covers the nature and type of construction, Plinth Area and Floor area, Number of Dwelling Units, Residential and Non-residential and estimated cost etc.

During 2019-20,Project list & Schedule I Data was collected from Public sector offices and Private Sector, Schedule II Data was collected from 151 towns. 

(ii)Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) 

The National Buildings Organisation (NBO) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India had launched a scheme for developing Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) in 2014-2015. The HSUI is a lead indicator as it has strong linkages with various sectors.  The objective of constructing the HSUI is to measure the change in the level of activities in the housing sector and to identify the growth tendencies in housing and related sectors of economy. In Tamil Nadu data for selected 17 Centres is entered in NBO Portal by this Department by gathering data from the Urban Local Bodies concerned.

(iii)Building Construction Cost Index

 A building cost index series can show the trends in the building construction costs at specified centre over a period of time.  The building construction costs, however, vary with the type of construction, design, region etc. Index is always time and place specific.  Therefore, in order to study the variations in building construction costs in the country, it is necessary to compile the building costs index numbers for well-demarcated regions within which the design, construction techniques and materials used are uniformly similar.  Also different series will have to be maintained for different types of buildings such as residential buildings, institutional buildings, commercial buildings etc.

The State Statistical Bureau compiles these indices for the regions falling in their States on a quarterly basis.  As a first step, the index numbers of building costs for residential constructions are compiled and they are compiled for one principal town in each State-preferably the State Capital City.
Objectives:

The object of the scheme is to collect the data on prices of important building materials and wage rates of “Building Labour” on quarterly basis and compilation of “Building Construction Cost Index Number” for 16 centres with 1999-2000=100 as the base year.
Coverage:

The prices of building materials and wages of Building Labour are collected in 16 important centres in Tamil Nadu viz. Chennai, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Vellore, Salem, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore, Erode, Thanjavur, Trichy, Madurai, Pudukkottai, Virudhunagar, Palayamkottai, Nagercoil and Udagamandalam.