According to a survey by the Centre for Social Opinion Research (CBOS) on the housing situation in Poland, 43 % of Poles live in houses and 25 % in flats owned by them or their spouse. In 15 years, the percentage of those living in houses has increased by 10%.

The CBOS survey shows that 11% of Poles live in houses and 8 % in flats owned by parents or other relatives. 6 % occupy a communal or service flat, and 2 % live in cooperative tenant housing. 3% of the respondents use a rented flat or house.

As noted by CBOS, over the 15 years since the previous such survey, the percentage of people living in houses has increased by 10%, while the number of respondents occupying cooperative tenant flats has decreased by 8%.

According to the survey, the average size of a flat or house occupied by one household is just over 90 m2. 31 % of respondents have an area of 110 m2 or more. 19 % have at their disposal an area of 30-50 m2, and 22 % live within 50-70 m2. 2 % of respondents have less than 30 m2 at their disposal.

The authors of the study indicated that since the previous survey in 2007, the average metric area per household has increased by around 15 m2. The number of people occupying an area between 30 and 70 m2 has decreased by 13%, those with 110 m2 or more at their disposal has increased.

According to CBOS, the intention to move out of the current flat or house is most often declared by respondents living with parents or other relatives and more often by people occupying flats than houses, also by respondents currently renting a flat or house. House owners or co-owners are least likely to think about moving.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński