In general,
dwelling is a space
distinct and independent from construction, built or converted in order to be used for housing from a household or it has been used as regular residence from a household during the census taking even if it were not intended for housing.
During the census taking, spaces that were intended for housing but were used on the whole for other purposes will not be considered as dwellings.
Therefore, a dwelling is:
- An occupied or vacant house, flat, room or several rooms.
- An occupied shed, booth, caravan, floating house, boat, tent, garage or any other roofed space used for residence during the census taking.
The basic element defining a dwelling is to be "distinct and independent". A dwelling is considered distinct if it is surrounded by walls, fences etc. and is covered by a roof, so that the individual or group of persons may be isolated from the other individuals in order to sleep, prepare and have his meals or be protected from the elements. A dwelling is considered independent if it has a direct entrance from the street or from a public or a common staircase, a passage or arcade, i.e. when the inhabitants may come and go without having to go through the dwelling occupied by another household. Form P-1.1 has to be completed for each dwelling.
Included in the housing census are:
-Regular dwellings of any type, e.g. single houses, flats etc. occupied or vacant during the census taking.
-Non-regular dwellings on the condition that they are occupied during the census taking, e.g. shop, shed, booth, cave, caravan, tent, etc.
Regular and non-regular dwellings are to be enumerated even if they are not included in the List -- Frame. In this case, the enumerator has to record them in the List -- Frame.
Not included in the housing census are:
- Uninhabited or not intended for habitation due to their condition old and ruined regular dwellings.
- Uninhabited regular dwellings for which their construction is not complete on the 9th of May 2011.
- Any other uninhabited space intended or not for housing.
- Dwellings constructed for housing but used on the whole for other purposes e.g. flats that are used as offices, workshops etc.
- Collective dwellings, such as hotels, hospitals, prisons etc.
The expert enumerators will record:
- Regular dwellings in military barracks where officers and/or privates are residing with or without their families.
- Dwellings in a collective residence defined as special census tracts, i.e. of size more than 30 individuals (e.g. director's residence in hospital, clinic, prison, orphanage, factory etc.).
Regular dwelling is the permanent and independent structure, comprised by at least one regular room, intended to be used as a residence of a household for at least one year.
In this respect, permanent structure is considered the structure in a "stable building", i.e. a building constructed to be stable structured for at least ten (10) years.
Included as regular dwellings are the dwellings in collective residences, e.g. hotels, institutes [comment: foundations] etc.
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Regular room is the space in the dwelling surrounded by walls that is 2m high and of area 4 at least and of a shape allowing for a regular bed. In this respect, regular bedrooms, dining rooms, drawing-rooms, habitable basements, attics, servants' rooms, kitchens and other separate spaces used or intended for housing are considered as rooms.
As room are not considered a small kitchen (less than 4 ), corridors, terraces, halls. Also, spaces intended for sculleries, baths, storing and toilet are not considered as rooms even if they are of area more than 4 .
Inhabited dwellings are those used from a household as permanent residence during the census taking.
Vacant regular dwellings are the regular dwellings intended and suitable for habitation but are uninhabited during the census taking.
Vacation dwelling is the regular dwelling located far from the main residence of the household (in a mountain, near the sea etc.) used for vacations during the summer or at all seasons in intervals.
Secondary dwelling is considered the dwelling used by the household at the same time with the main residence that is not a holiday dwelling. The main cases of secondary dwellings are:
a) Dwelling close to the household's work place used by a member or members of the household constantly all year round or at intervals or seasons at the same time with the main residence (e.g. businessman's dwelling close to his business, stock-farmer's dwelling located far from the place of his main residence, dwelling of summer nomad stock-farmers, etc.).
b) Dwelling used for residence by a household or a household member for a certain period of time instead of their main residence, e.g. a dwelling in Athens of a household that resides permanently in the country.
Non-regular dwellings are considered the structures made of cheap and handy materials without a predetermined design intended or not for housing that were inhabited during the census taking. Included in this category are:
a) Other type of spaces intended for housing, i.e. spaces constructed with cheap and handy materials such as a wooden shed, booth, stall, without a predetermined design intended for the household's dwelling.
b) Mobile homes, i.e. type of houses constructed so as to be movable such as e.g. tent, or a mobile unit (e.g. ship, yacht, boat, barge, caravan) intended for housing that were inhabited permanently during the census taking.
c) Other type of spaces not intended for housing, i.e. spaces that do not constitute a regular dwelling nor have been constructed or transformed for residence but however they are inhabited during the census taking by one or more households. These spaces are stables, barns, garage, warehouses, offices, shops, underground spaces and natural caves.
Collective dwellings are constructions intended for housing or servicing many individuals or groups of people used for the usual residence of at least one individual during the census taking. Representative types of these dwellings are institutions, camps, hotels etc.
a) Institution [comment: foundation] is a distinct and independent housing construction including the whole or part of a permanent building or group of buildings that was built, reconstructed or transformed in order to house large groups of people under the control of a common authority or status quo or are connected with a common purpose or personal interest and it is used for the usual residence of at least one individual during the census taking. These collective dwellings usually provide certain common amenities such as kitchen, toilets, baths, common rooms and dormitories. This category includes for example housing for nurses, student halls, hospitals, sanatoriums, convalescent homes, welfare foundations, monasteries, boarding houses, barracks, prisons and correction houses.
b) Camp is a distinct and independent housing (hospitality) construction including the whole or a part of a semi-permanent or temporary construction that was built, reconstructed or transformed in order to house temporarily groups of people with common activities or interests and it is used for the usual residence of at least one individual during the census taking. These types of dwellings usually provide some common facilities regarding for instance cooking, toilet, bath, eating and sleeping. These categories include military barracks, refugee camps, camps for labourers working in agriculture, quarries, mines, in construction or other businesses.
c) Hotel is an independent building, part of a building or a series of buildings, intended to providing housing for pay used for the usual residence of at least one individual during the census taking. This category includes motels, inns, hostels and B and B.
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Household is considered the set of individuals residing permanently in the same dwelling, related or not. Therefore, boarders and servants residing permanently in the dwelling are included in the household.
Servants residing in another dwelling as well as temporary guests are not included in the household. Each inhabited dwelling corresponds to one household.
Question 1 "Type of dwelling"
[Omitted, question 1 as in the form]
In this question only one answer is acceptable recorded with an X.
The definitions of the type of dwelling are presented in section "V. Housing Census ".
Case 1 (regular dwelling) will be recorded in most cases of the housing census regardless of whether they are houses, flats etc.
Case 2 includes mobile homes (tent, yacht, caravan etc.) inhabited during the census taking.
Case 3 will be recorded for other type of spaces intended for housing (shed, handy construction etc.) inhabited during the census taking.
Case 4 will be recorded for other type of spaces not intended for housing (office, garage, stable etc.) inhabited during the census taking.
In the case of non-regular dwellings (cases 2, 3 and 4 of question 1), questions 2 (status of dwelling), 3 (type of building) and 4 (period of construction) of Part A of the form will not be asked.