النتائج النهائية للتعداد في قطاع غزة ٠لخص - Palestinian Central ...

Average household size
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6.8
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6.0
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5.6
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Figure 7: Average Household Size in Gaza Strip by Governorate, 2007
6.3
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Khan Yunis Dier al Balah Gaza Rafah North Gaza
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Governorate
The number of Palestinian nuclear families is 166,296, representing 77.8% of all Palestinian
private households compared to 71.8% of households in 1997, the percentage of extended
private Palestinian households in the Gaza Strip declined from 25.3% in 1997 to 19.4% in
2007, indicating that the number of nuclear household has increased in lieu of extended
households. There is a slight decrease in the percentage of one-person Palestinian households
from 2.6% in 1997 to 2.5% in 2007. Composite households constitute the remainder of
households with 0.2% in 2007 and 0.3% in 1997.
4.4 Final Results of Housing Unit Numbers
The findings of the census show that; the number of occupied housing units in the Gaza Strip
is 214,760 housing units, The apartments constitute 60.9%, houses 36.6%, villas 1.5%, 0.5%
of occupied housing units represent independent rooms, Tents, marginal and other types, and
0.4% of housing units not stated the type.
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