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Choose an option to navigate: HOUSING 17.1
Historical background A
Housing Statistics Unit was created in the early eighties with the main
objective of servicing the Ministry of Housing and Lands. Its objectives
and activities have however evolved over the years while the needs of the
Ministry are still catered for. 17.2
Activities The
main tasks are as follows: ·
Undertaking of the Housing Census ·
Estimation of housing stock ·
Computation of the Construction Price Index ·
Compilation of building permits statistics by use, type,
geographical district and floor area ·
Annual and quarterly estimates of investment (construction) ·
Annual and quarterly estimates of output and value added of the
construction industry ·
Annual and quarterly estimates of output and value added of
Ownership of Dwelling ·
Census of Economic Activities – Construction 17.3
Sources of data The
main sources of data are: o
The decennial Housing and Population Census. o
For Construction Price Index: hardware shops, manufacturers of
blocks, aggregates and rock sand, lorry drivers, workers in the
construction industry. o
Survey of large establishments of the construction industry. o
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. o
Government Finance Statistics. o
The local authorities (Municipalities and District Councils) for
building permits. o
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure. o
Survey of parastatal bodies. o
Survey of sugar estates and hotels. o
Census of Economic Activities – Construction. o
Ministry of Tourism. o
Other bodies responsible for major investment like BPML, Mauritius
Freeport Authority, Mauritius Ports Authority, NHDC. 17.4 Data processing Computation
work is carried out in-house using the commercial spreadsheet software
Excel and the Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS), a
software developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. 17.5
Scope and coverage
17.6
Topics and data items Data
items covered are Ø
Household size Ø
Headship rate Ø
Dilapidation rate Ø
Housing units Ø
Households Ø
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation (GDFCF) on construction –
by type, industrial use, private/public Ø
Output and value added of the Construction and Ownership of
Dwelling Ø
Growth rates of GDFCF on construction, and value added of
construction industry and Ownership of Dwelling 17.7
Outputs 17.7.1
Economic and Social Indicator
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The
time lag is six weeks 17.7.2
Other ·
Housing Census table and analysis reports ·
Tables produced on request, hard and soft copies ·
Construction (GDFCF, Value added- annual and quarterly) ·
Ownership of Dwelling (value added- annual and quarterly) 17.8
Guidelines followed Definitions
and methods used for the Housing Census are according to recommendations
of the United Nations - Principles and recommendations for population and
housing censuses, revision 1 and Methods of estimating housing needs,
series F No. 12. Gross
output, value added and Investment, are compiled according to the 1993
System of National Accounts (SNA 93) 17.9
Classification used Ø
National Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities,
an adapted version of the International Standard Industrial Classification
of Economic Activities (NSIC rev 3) 17.10 Data
availability Data
for census years are published in the housing and household census reports
while annual estimates, though not published, are available in the unit
since 1991. Monthly
data for the Construction Price Index are available since January 1994.
Quarterly and yearly averages are also available for the same period. 17.11
Future plans
Contact
Person Mr.
A.Ramsamy |
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