Spain has the largest population living in flats in the EU

Spain has the highest proportion of its population living in flats in the EU. According to Eurostat, 65.3% of residents lived in flats in 2024, compared with 34.7% in single-family homes.

The only other EU countries with more than 60% of people living in flats are Latvia, Malta and Estonia, while Lithuania, Germany, Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic have rates between 50% and 60%.

In most other member states, single-family homes are the norm. The EU average is 51.4% of the population living in detached houses, with seven countries exceeding 70%: Slovenia, Hungary, Cyprus, Croatia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland. The Netherlands tops the ranking, with 90.2% of residents in detached homes.