Housing stock statistics (2023)

Key indicators

419058,1 thousand

The total area of the housing stock for 2023 amounted to 419058,1 thousand sq.m, including 274547,1 thousand sq.m in urban areas and 144511,0 thousand sq.m in rural areas. Compared to the previous year, it increased by 13899,5 thousand sq.m.

23,9 thousand

The provision of housing per inhabitant for 2023 amounted to 23,9 thousand sq.m, of which 26,4 thousand sq.m in urban areas, and 20,2 thousand sq.m in rural areas. Compared to the previous year, increased by 0,5 sq.m.

2527809

The number of residential buildings in 2023 amounted to 2527809 units, of which 1030547 units were in the city and 1497262 units in the village. Including individual houses 2219826 units, apartment buildings 307983 units.

Methodological explanations

Housing stock - dwellings of all forms of ownership. located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The housing stock of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall include private and state housing stock.

The housing stock shall not include non-residential premises in residential houses.

State housing stock – dwellings, belonging to the communal housing stock, housing stock of state enterprises or housing stock of state institutions and which are part of republican or communal property.

Private housing stock – dwellings. owned by individuals or non-state legal entities.

Dwelling - a separate residential unit (individual dwelling house, apartment, dormitory room), intended and used for permanent residence, meeting the established building, sanitary, ecological, fire-prevention and other mandatory norms and rules.

Free-standing residential building – a house, intended for personal (family) residence, located on the allotment garden and possessed as property of the citizen together with household and other constructions and green planting.

Multi-apartment residential building - a separate building with a single foundation on a single indivisible land plot, consisting of the common property of the condominium object, which is a common shared property, and two or more apartments, non-residential premises with independent exits to the land plot adjacent to the multi-apartment residential building, or in other parts of the common property of the condominium object.

Apartment - a separate dwelling, which is a part of a multi-apartment residential building, intended and used for permanent residence.

A non-residential premise - a separate interior space in a multi-apartment residential building. complying with construction, sanitary. Ecological, fire-prevention and other mandatory norms and rules, provided for at the project stage, the boundaries of which are inner surfaces of the walls. floor and ceiling (interfloor floors), unless otherwise provided by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. used for purposes other than permanent residence (office, shop, cafe, hotel, hostel and other objects of the sphere of services to the population) and being in individual (separate) ownership, with the exception of the common property of the condominium object.

Living space of dwelling place – total area of living rooms (bedrooms, sitting rooms, children’s room, home office and others) in a dwelling place (flat), calculated in square metres.

Provision of housing per person - is defined as the ratio of the total area of residential premises (apartments) to the number of persons living in them (the total area of housing for vacant or abandoned houses is not taken into account).

Improvement of the housing stock - residential equipment with certain types of improvement (water supply, sewerage, central heating, gas, hot water supply, bath or shower, etc.).

Statistics of the housing stock

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Housing stock - Total	336,9	340,6	342,6	347,4	356,4	364,3	373,3	387,7	405,2	419,1
Including:
state	8,0	8,2	8,1	7,5	7,7	7,9	7,9	8,3	9,3	9,6
private	328,9	332,4	334,5	339,9	348,7	356,4	365,4	379,4	395,9	409,5
Availability of housing per person, m²	21,0	21,0	21,4	21,6	21,9	22,2	22,6	23,2	23,4	23,9
Urban housing stock	210,8	214,6	216,1	219,1	226,1	231,4	238,8	250,3	263,9	274,5
Including:
state	6,7	6,8	6,7	6,0	6,1	6,3	6,3	6,6	7,4	7,6
private	204,1	207,8	209,4	213,1	220,0	225,1	232,5	243,7	256,5	267,0
Availability of housing per person, m²	23,8	23,5	24,0	24,1	24,2	24,7	25,0	25,5	25,8	26,4
Rural housing stock	126,1	126,0	126,5	128,3	130,3	132,9	134,5	137,5	141,2	144,5
Including:
state	1,3	1,4	1,4	1,5	1,6	1,6	1,6	1,7	1,9	2,0
private	124,8	124,6	125,1	126,8	128,7	131,2	132,9	135,8	139,4	142,5
Availability of housing per person, m²	17,6	17,8	18,0	18,2	18,6	18,9	19,3	19,8	19,8	20,2

Total area of housing stock

thousand sq. m

	Total	Including
	Total	in urban areas	in rural areas	private	state
Republic of Kazakhstan	419 058,1	274 547,1	144 511,0	409 503,9	9 554,2
Abay	12 146,9	7 420,1	4 726,9	11 877,8	269,1
Akmola	19 129,8	9 727,8	9 402,0	18 896,8	233,1
Aktobe	19 753,1	15 451,7	4 301,4	19 368,7	384,4
Almaty	28 282,9	4 563,1	23 719,8	28 041,4	241,5
Atyrau	16 023,0	9 126,6	6 896,4	15 437,4	585,6
Batys Kazakhstan	14 837,9	9 056,8	5 781,1	14 587,9	250,0
Zhambyl	19 483,3	9 769,5	9 713,8	19 039,1	444,1
Zhetisu	12 193,5	5 737,6	6 455,9	11 812,3	381,2
Karagandy	26 321,8	21 364,3	4 957,6	25 592,4	729,4
Kostanay	18 927,6	11 685,8	7 241,8	18 679,0	248,6
Kyzylorda	17 656,5	8 744,8	8 911,7	16 117,1	1 539,4
Mangystau	18 377,2	9 174,9	9 202,3	18 236,1	141,1
Pavlodar	17 067,4	12 244,1	4 823,3	16 060,7	1 006,7
Soltustik Kazakhstan	12 712,4	5 845,4	6 867,0	12 432,5	279,9
Turkistan	34 373,9	9 241,8	25 132,1	34 065,8	308,1
Ulytau	4 759,7	3 644,9	1 114,8	4 512,0	247,7
Shygys Kazakhstan	15 681,9	10 418,7	5 263,2	15 394,4	287,6
Astana city	33 896,3	33 896,3	-	32 978,3	918,0
Almaty city	54 870,7	54 870,7	-	53 996,2	874,6
Shymkent city	22 562,2	22 562,2	-	22 378,1	184,1

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2.2 Total area of housing stock by types of ownership

Living area of housing stock

thousand sq. m.

	Total	Including
	Total	in urban areas	in rural areas	private	state
Republic of Kazakhstan	268 100,2	170 649,5	97 450,7	262 277,2	5 823,0
Abay	8 022,8	4 830,3	3 192,5	7 858,9	163,9
Akmola	12 074,6	5 980,5	6 094,0	11 935,8	138,8
Aktobe	12 267,7	9 414,7	2 853,0	12 040,3	227,4
Almaty	18 626,6	2 836,2	15 790,4	18 477,3	149,3
Atyrau	9 931,8	5 599,6	4 332,2	9 568,1	363,7
Batys Kazakhstan	9 362,4	5 529,2	3 833,2	9 211,9	150,5
Zhambyl	13 228,5	6 289,6	6 938,8	12 942,5	285,9
Zhetisu	7 928,3	3 650,1	4 278,2	7 679,6	248,7
Karagandy	17 064,5	13 815,3	3 249,2	16 604,7	459,8
Kostanay	11 821,7	7 101,0	4 720,7	11 671,5	150,2
Kyzylorda	11 075,6	5 376,0	5 699,5	10 164,9	910,7
Mangystau	11 738,3	5 561,1	6 177,1	11 650,5	87,8
Pavlodar	10 764,9	7 615,6	3 149,2	10 147,2	617,7
Soltustik Kazakhstan	8 326,6	3 639,7	4 686,9	8 160,7	165,9
Turkistan	24 584,7	6 371,4	18 213,4	24 381,6	203,1
Ulytau	3 041,8	2 338,4	703,4	2 903,7	138,1
Shygys Kazakhstan	10 094,7	6 555,9	3 538,8	9 910,4	184,3
Astana city	18 996,2	18 996,2	-	18 494,9	501,3
Almaty city	33 814,6	33 814,6	-	33 258,1	556,5
Shymkent city	15 334,1	15 334,1	-	15 214,6	119,5

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3.2 Living area of housing stock by type of ownership

Number of residential buildings

units

	Total	Of them
		in urban areas			in rural areas
		total	including		total	including
		total	individual	apartment buildings	total	individual	apartment buildings
Republic of Kazakhstan	2 527 809	1 030 547	902 185	128 362	1 497 262	1 317 641	179 621
Abay	105 316	44 281	38 169	6 112	61 035	54 527	6 508
Akmola	137 046	46 457	38 597	7 860	90 589	67 995	22 594
Aktobe	105 807	57 486	51 018	6 468	48 321	41 687	6 634
Almaty	267 105	30 459	26 914	3 545	236 646	218 841	17 805
Atyrau	88 888	33 958	30 085	3 873	54 930	49 045	5 885
Batys Kazakhstan	102 419	37 127	33 916	3 211	65 292	52 553	12 739
Zhambyl	172 302	57 695	53 225	4 470	114 607	106 033	8 574
Zhetisu	129 933	46 465	41 732	4 733	83 468	77 088	6 380
Karagandy	96 326	55 785	39 678	16 107	40 541	23 228	17 313
Kostanay	114 164	35 689	28 763	6 926	78 475	55 486	22 989
Kyzylorda	125 876	46 135	43 731	2 404	79 741	75 216	4 525
Mangystau	78 114	7 748	6 024	1 724	70 366	67 168	3 198
Pavlodar	76 026	27 347	21 794	5 553	48 679	33 767	14 912
Soltustik Kazakhstan	116 398	27 850	24 275	3 575	88 548	75 005	13 543
Turkistan	340 349	77 782	75 096	2 686	262 567	260 966	1 601
Ulytau	18 212	10 206	6 226	3 980	8 006	4 963	3 043
Shygys Kazakhstan	108 664	43 213	36 122	7 091	65 451	54 073	11 378
Astana city	30 159	30 159	24 733	5 426	-	-	-
Almaty city	170 284	170 284	142 543	27 741	-	-	-
Shymkent city	144 421	144 421	139 544	4 877	-	-	-

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Number of residential premises (apartments)

units

	Total	Including
	Total	with one apartment	with two apartments	with three apartments	with four apartments	with five apartments	with six and more apartments
Republic of Kazakhstan	5 891 573	1 045 668	1 743 559	1 753 512	839 873	294 430	214 531
Abay	204 052	35 105	60 809	71 263	28 795	5 710	2 370
Akmola	293 967	43 457	85 201	114 783	38 222	7 370	4 934
Aktobe	262 696	42 673	85 418	76 132	38 916	11 444	8 113
Almaty	352 347	41 847	72 341	99 502	79 736	31 123	27 798
Atyrau	179 879	26 127	50 026	50 684	32 787	12 270	7 985
Batys Kazakhstan	219 879	36 383	66 622	69 737	33 846	8 572	4 719
Zhambyl	272 142	29 300	67 302	73 434	59 302	24 454	18 350
Zhetisu	190 139	23 445	50 543	62 656	36 929	11 414	5 152
Karagandy	438 681	61 552	162 434	144 688	55 405	10 103	4 499
Kostanay	315 008	52 289	102 992	115 905	36 137	5 139	2 546
Kyzylorda	196 048	16 192	47 562	57 209	41 617	20 862	12 606
Mangystau	203 704	32 077	62 674	48 403	31 934	18 091	10 525
Pavlodar	281 453	53 260	85 436	100 470	33 384	6 223	2 680
Soltustik Kazakhstan	217 439	31 725	64 056	92 869	24 417	3 283	1 089
Turkistan	387 560	39 988	61 218	90 045	97 567	58 794	39 948
Ulytau	73 955	8 552	28 237	22 670	10 948	2 597	951
Shygys Kazakhstan	292 960	60 756	103 632	99 947	24 611	2 808	1 206
Astana city	485 921	161 259	169 932	108 097	31 665	7 298	7 670
Almaty city	760 744	205 530	246 573	192 532	64 521	21 433	30 155
Shymkent city	262 999	44 151	70 551	62 486	39 134	25 442	21 235

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Residential buildings in disrepai

	Total units			Total area thousand sq.m			Number of residents (persons)
	total	urban	rural	total	urban	rural	total	urban	rural
Republic of Kazakhstan	2 091	1 110	981	762,4	623,4	138,9	44 141	36 375	7 766
Abay	111	37	74	15,4	9,7	5,7	896	593	303
Akmola	209	155	54	26,3	15,4	10,9	950	809	141
Aktobe	122	63	59	25,9	20,8	5,1	1 794	1 546	248
Almaty	77	25	52	13,8	10,1	3,7	1 013	829	184
Atyrau	445	145	300	153,8	106,6	47,1	8 916	5 804	3 112
Batys Kazakhstan	175	57	118	28,9	19,8	9,1	1 959	1 381	578
Zhambyl	29	27	2	53,5	53,5	0,1	3 323	3 320	3
Zhetisu	70	39	31	15,1	11,0	4,1	935	659	276
Karagandy	119	55	64	111,7	105,4	6,3	481	312	169
Kostanay	5	4	1	5,1	5,0	0,1	49	43	6
Kyzylorda	67	56	11	42,3	39,9	2,4	3 759	3 595	164
Mangystau	44	16	28	31,6	3,4	28,2	2 147	384	1 763
Pavlodar	46	1	45	6,2	1,8	4,3	218	85	133
Soltustik Kazakhstan	63	41	22	14,1	12,8	1,3	788	736	52
Turkistan	36	8	28	10,5	6,2	4,2	482	213	269
Ulytau	100	57	43	36,5	32,7	3,8	1 720	1 534	186
Shygys Kazakhstan	118	69	49	22,7	20,3	2,5	1 243	1 064	179
Astana city	206	206	-	124,8	124,8	-	12 003	12 003	-
Almaty city	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shymkent city	49	49	-	24,3	24,3	-	1 465	1 465	-

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Availability of housing for one resident

sq. m.

	Total	Including
	Total	in urban areas	in rural areas
Republic of Kazakhstan	23,9	26,4	20,2
Abay	20,1	21,6	17,9
Akmola	24,6	26,5	22,8
Aktobe	24,3	26,2	19,1
Almaty	21,5	23,3	21,2
Atyrau	25,4	27,3	23,3
Batys Kazakhstan	22,9	26,9	18,4
Zhambyl	18,5	21,9	16,0
Zhetisu	19,3	22,8	17,0
Karagandy	24,5	25,4	20,9
Kostanay	23,2	24,0	21,8
Kyzylorda	21,2	22,8	19,9
Mangystau	28,5	29,2	27,8
Pavlodar	23,0	23,3	22,2
Soltustik Kazakhstan	22,7	23,0	22,3
Turkistan	20,0	24,4	18,7
Ulytau	22,2	22,1	22,7
Shygys Kazakhstan	22,7	24,6	19,4
Astana city	31,3	31,3	-
Almaty city	30,0	30,0	-
Shymkent city	26,4	26,4	-

Dynamics of improvement of the housing stock

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Share of the total area of the total housing stock, in percentage, equipped:
water supply	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
sewerage	62	65	67	68	70	70	71	73	74	76
central heating	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	45
gas (including liquefied)	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	85
central hot water supply	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38
bath or a shower	40	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	46
floor electric stoves	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	14
Share of the total area of urban housing stock, in percentage, equipped with:
water supply	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
sewerage	82	85	86	87	88	88	88	89	90	91
central heating	63	62	63	62	63	63	64	64	65	66
gas (including liquefied)	84	84	82	82	82	82	81	81	79	79
central hot water supply	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57
bath or a shower	60	62	63	63	63	63	63	62	63	64
floor electric stoves	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20
Share of the total area of rural housing stock, in percentage, equipped with:
water supply	96	96	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	96
sewerage	29	31	34	37	39	40	41	43	45	49
central heating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5
gas (including liquefied)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
central hot water supply	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
bath or a shower	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10
floor electric stoves	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

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