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The construction price index expresses the change in the cost of construction taking into consideration the price changes of basic inputs. These are divided into three main groups: labour, building materials and building machines. The calculation of the construction price index covers four groups of buildings: detached houses, blocks of flats, industrial buildings and office buildings. Price information is collected by a sample survey covering construction, rental and wholesale companies and retail enterprises in ten cities. The construction price index is published quarterly.

A household usually consists of people who live in a common dwelling, share a budget and food, or both. Households change over time: when a child grows up and becomes financially independent, he or she leaves one household and starts a new one. A person living alone forms a single-person household. One dwelling can also accommodate several households. Thus, the number of households does not equal the number of families. How many households are there in Estonia and what characterises them? General data of households show the number of households, their average size and types, breakdown by