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Census 2020 results Housing

According to the data collected by Censo2020, 78.3%
of households in Aruba live in a house. In Censo2010,
79.5% of households lived in houses. The second-
largest group of households lives in an apartment. This
group represents 17.9% of households in Aruba. It en-
tails a slight increase compared to Censo 2010, where
16.4% of households lived in apartments

3.8% of the total households live in different types of
housing, namely:
• 2.0% live in trailer or container;
• 1.2% live in a separate room within a house;
• 0.4% live in an outside room;
• 0.2% live in other types of housing, for example,
a condominium.
ORANJESTAD - The Central Bureau of Sta- of more women than men. Women repre- Compared to prior censuses, for example, 2000 and
tistics (CBS) informs the results of the Cen- sent 52.8% and men 47.2% of the popula- 2010, there are no significant changes in the percent-
so2020. The results of Censo2020 are com- tion. The average median age is 42 years. age of households living in these types of housing, ex-
pared with Censo2010 to indicate if there It entails four years more compared to cept for households living in an outside room.
were changes over the last 10 years. The Censo2010. The average age of women is In the Censo2000, 2.0% of households in Aruba lived in
results are categorized into eight topics. 43 years and of men 40 years. an outside room. The percentage dropped to 1.1% in
Here are the results for the topic, Popula- The largest group of our population consists Censo 2010 and continued to decline to 0.4% in Cen-
tion of adults between 18 to 64 years old. They so2020.
represent 62.8% of the population. Com-
How many are we? pared to Censo2010 this group increased Homeownership
During the Censo2020 a total of 108.166 by 4.3%. The second largest group consists The Censo2020 results indicate that 75% of households
persons were counted, representing an of children and youth between 0 and 17 own the house they live in. It represents an increase of
increase of 6.682 persons compared to years. They represent 21.2% of our popula- 11.9% compared to Censo2010, where the percent-
Censo2010. It means that in the last ten tion. Compared to Census2010 this group age stood at 67%. The percentage of households that
years, our population continued to grow decreased by 10.9%. rent their home decreased from 28.2% in Censo2010
more slowly than in the prior decades. to 22.3% in Censo2020. The percentage of households
During the last ten years, the population The smallest group of our population con- that live free of charge in their homes also decreased
increased by 6.6%. It means that the pop- sists of senior citizens, persons 65 years and from 3.7% in 2010 to 2.4% in 2020.
ulation density continues to grow. older. This group consists of 16.0% of the
While in the Censo2010 there were 564 population. Compared with Censo2010, For more information, you may visit the CBS website
persons per square kilometer, during the it increased by 63%. In other words, the www.census2020.aw or their Facebook: Central Bu-
Censo2021 they counted 601 persons per population of Aruba increasingly consists reau of Statistics Aruba.q
square kilometers. Our population consists of persons 65 years and older.q

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