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On behalf of the Austrian Integration Fund, Statistics Austria has compiled facts and figures around the issues of migration and integration which also contains data on the living conditions of migrants.  It reveals that the most relevant factor for the housing situation is the socio-economic status. In 2010, persons with a migration background had less housing space at their disposal than the average population. Compared to an average living space of 43 square metres per person, persons with migration background were living on 31 sqaure metres per person. EU-citizens had approximately 47 square meters at their disposals, migrants from the former Yugoslavia lived was about 26 square meters and migrants of Turkish descent were worst off with only 21 square metres per person.
Again for 2010, the publication reveals significant differences in housing quality standards. Whereas on average only 2 per cent of the population lived in sub-standard flats, the respective figure for first generation migrants amounted to 6 per.

Sources: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf

On behalf of the Austrian Integration Fund, Statistics Austria has compiled facts and figures around the issues of migration and integration which also contains data on the living conditions of migrants.  It reveals that the most relevant factor for the housing situation is the socio-economic status. In 2010 and 2011, persons with a migration background had less housing space at their disposal than the average population. Compared to an average living space of 44 square meters in 2011 (43 square metres per person in 2010), persons with migration background were living on 31 square metres (in 2010: 31 square meters) per person. EU-citizens had approximately 48 square meter (in 2010: 47 square meters) at their disposals, migrants from the former Yugoslavia lived at about 26 square meters and migrants of Turkish descent were worst off with only 21 square metres per person, in 2010 as well as in 2011.
Again for 2010 and 2011, the publications reveal significant differences in housing quality standards. Whereas on average only 2 per cent of the population lived in sub-standard flats, the respective figure for first generation migrants amounted to 6 per cent in 2010 and 5 per cent in 2011.

Sources:

1. Statistik Austria, 2011, migration & integration, zahlen.daten.indikatoren 2011, http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf, Accessed on 05.11.2012.
2. Statistik Austria, 2012, migration & integration, zahlen.daten.indikatoren 2012, http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/Integration_2012/migration_integration_2012_72dpi.pdf, Accessed on 05.11.2012.