The number of single-family homes nationwide decreased by more than 27,100 in the second quarter, with Kaohsiung and New Taipei experiencing the largest declines

[Reporter Xu Yiping/Taipei Report] Afraid of loneliness? According to the latest release of the number of houses with household registration nationwide, the number of one-person houses (single houses) in the second quarter was approximately 2.6181 million, a decrease of more than 27,100 houses, or more than 1%, compared to the previous quarter. Among the six cities, Kaohsiung City had the largest decrease in a single quarter, with about 17,800 houses, and the second largest decrease was in New Taipei City, with a decrease of about 16,100 houses in a single quarter. On the other hand, all the other four cities still showed an increase.

Huang Shuwei, director of Colliers International Real Estate Owner Representative Services Department, said that Taiwan's population has shown a "life is worse than death" trend, and the "natural increase" of population in all counties and cities in Taiwan has fully turned into negative growth. From the perspective of the underlying structure, the increase and decrease trend in population and household registration mainly depends on social increase, that is, the redistribution of population in-migration and out-migration.

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According to the latest release from the Ministry of Interior’s real estate information platform, in the first quarter of this year, there were 2.6456 million single-family homes nationwide, accounting for about 32.65% of the number of registered homes in the country. That is, 1 out of every 3.63 registered homes in the country was a single-family home. However, in the second quarter, the number of single-family homes nationwide decreased to 2.6181 million homes, a decrease of more than 27,100 homes in a single quarter.

The decline in single-person homes is related to population decline

Zeng Jingde, project manager of Xinyi Housing Real Estate Enterprise Research Office, said that statistics show that the number of households is still growing at the same time, but the population continues to decrease. In the second quarter, there were 27,000 fewer people than in the first quarter. This may be related to the aging population and the absence of some elders. The trend is also consistent with the trend of single-family homes, but it may be necessary to continue to observe the changes in data for several quarters.

Finally, Huang Shuwei pointed out that changes in the number of household registrations are driven by several forces. First, late marriage and late birth, fewer children, and super-aging, all of which have led to a smaller household population and an increased number of household registrations. In addition, laws and regulations will also become factors that affect registration, including requirements for elderly care, childcare, taxation, school districts, leasing, etc., accelerating the phenomenon of voting with your feet or registering across districts.

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