The National Statistics Office (ONE) revealed that, according to the X Census of Population and Housing, in the Dominican Republic there is a total of 3,694,060 private homeswhich are those intended to be inhabited by one person or by a group of people with a bond between them, regardless of the number of members.
Of that amount 2,442,901 are independent housesthat is to say,that they do not share wall, ceiling or floor with another dwelling, and 681,247 are apartments.
It should be noted that after the houses and the apartmentsthe types of housing The most abundant in the Dominican Republic are the duplex houses, those that are in a row and the rooms in quarters or back part.
The duplex houses They are those buildings made up of two housing that share a wall or roof, of these there are 256,875, according to the survey carried out in the year 2022.
Of the row houses, which are the buildings constructed for three or more housing adjoining that share walls, there are 99,203 units.
Meanwhile, 93,827 are rooms in quarters or in the back. These are the set of housing units generally located in courtyards or alleys, built by independent rooms placed in a contiguous manner which share a common sanitary installation.
Types of housing, according to region
The largest number of housing units are concentrated in the Ozama region with 1,297,631 and Cibao Norte with 579,753.
The Ozama, which includes Santo Domingo and the National District, is the region where There are more apartments with 390,242 units.
Detached houses remain the main type of housing in which Dominicans live. The National District is the only locality in the country where the number of apartments exceeds the number of independent houses with 156,996 units compared to 143,762 separate buildings.
Duplex houses (123,985) abound in the Ozama region like no other region, as do back rooms (32,901).
Houses versus apartments
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Ozama Region: 677,980 houses and 390,242 apartments
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Cibao Norte: 410,057 houses and 98,069 apartments
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Valdesia: 229,205 houses and 31,427 apartments
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Cibao Sur: 223,032 houses and 20,561 apartments
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Cibao Nordeste: 197,479 houses and 23,293 apartments
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Higuamo: 165,767 houses and 19,383 apartments
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Yuna: 158,878 houses and 83,309 apartments
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The Valley: 147,246 houses and 6,766 apartments
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Cibao Noroeste: 131,962 houses and 4,158 apartments
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Enriquillo: 101,295 houses and 4,039 apartments
Others housing
The census report refers to the existence in the country of 88,244 homes shared with the business, These are those that, in addition to being used for living, have a part of the construction intended for carrying out some economic activity.
While 15,108 fall into the category of bunkhousea type of quarters with a common roof, the purpose of which is to house human groups. This type of housing can be found in sugar mills, in temporary buildings, military regiments, camps for victims, refugees, etc.
In turn, 6,489 units are premises not built for habitationbut at the time of the Census they were inhabited by one or more people, and could have another use.
The report groups another 10,166 housing individuals that do not fall within the concepts established in the measurement.
