Group 04.1 : Actual rental payments made for housing
Rentals normally include payment for the use of the land on which the property stands; the dwelling occupied; the fixtures and fittings for heating, plumbing, lighting and so on; and, in the case of a dwelling that is let furnished, the furniture.
Rentals also include payment for the use of a garage that provides parking in connection with the dwelling. However, the garage does not need to be physically contiguous to the dwelling nor does it have to be leased from the same landlord.
Rentals do not include payment for the use of a garage or parking space that provides parking not in connection with the dwelling ( 07.2.4). Nor do they include charges for water supply ( 04.4.1), refuse collection ( 04.4.2) or sewage collection ( 04.4.3); co-proprietor charges for caretaking, gardening, stairwell cleaning, heating and lighting, maintenance of lifts and refuse disposal chutes and so on, in multi-occupied buildings ( 04.4.4); charges for electricity ( 04.5.1) and gas ( 04.5.2); or charges for heating and hot water (04.5.3, 04.5.4) supplied by district heating plants ( 04.5.5).
Every household has a principal dwelling (sometimes designated as the main or primary home), which is usually determined on the basis of the amount of time spent there whose location defines the country of residence and place of usual residence of the household and all of its members. All other homes owned or leased by the household are considered secondary dwellings.
Nomenclatures
Last updated on: 04/08/2026
This group includes
- rentals actually paid by tenants or subtenants occupying furnished or unfurnished premises as their main residence
This group includes also
- payments by households occupying a room in a hotel or boarding house as their main residence