Agricultural properties, 2010

A total of 185 000 agricultural and forestry properties are now registered; 83 per cent of which have dwellings. In 2010, 33 000 agricultural and forestry properties with dwellings were uninhabited.

One million buildings

A total of more than one million buildings are situated on an agricultural and forestry property and almost half of them are agricultural buildings. Twenty-two per cent of these buildings were built before 1900 and are registered in the national register of old and protected buildings (SEFRAK). Almost 60 per cent of the buildings in this register are situated on an agricultural property.

Share of female owners increased

In the previous years the share of female owners of agricultural and forestry properties has increased slowly. In 2010, more than 25 per cent of the properties had a female owner. Almost 69 per cent of the properties were owned by a man, while 6 per cent had an impersonal or deceased owner. The female share of the owners is decreasing by increasing size of the property. While 29 per cent of the properties with only forestry area were owned by a woman, the corresponding share for properties with more than 50 hectares of agricultural area was 15 per cent. Only 9 per cent of the properties with more than 2 000 hectares of productive forest area had a female owner.

On average, the female owners were almost 60 years old, while the male owners were 56 years old.

Tables:

• Table 1 Buildings on agricultural and forestry properties. 2010
• Table 2 Agricultural and forestry properties, buildings and inhabitation. 2010
• Table 3 Agricultural and forestry properties, by the municipalities number of inhabitants and type of agricultural and forestry property. 2010