Completed apartments in Brno last year numbered around 900, the lowest since 2001

Brno - Last year, builders completed around 900 apartments in Brno. Since the beginning of the timeline in 2001, as stated by the city portal data.brno.cz, this is the lowest number. Along with this, prices increased, reaching nearly 120,000 crowns per square meter by the end of last year. A challenge for the city is the continuously growing mobility, with more than 3,500 personal cars added year-on-year. Conversely, a positive trend is the improving air quality. This is evident from statistics compiled into a summary Brno in Numbers, which people can also learn about at the outdoor exhibition in Mendlovo náměstí.

Last year, there were over 402,000 people with permanent residence in Brno, approximately 2,000 more than the previous year due to immigration. However, an analysis of mobile operator data indicates that on a workday, there are about half a million people in the city. The range of population in the individual city parts, of which there are 29, is significant. The most populous district, Brno-střed, has over 86,000 inhabitants, whereas the smallest, Ořešín, has fewer than 600 residents.

Due to the significant excess of demand over the supply of apartments, property prices rose sharply between 2015 and approximately March 2022. Since the second half of 2022, they have slightly decreased, but are rising again from spring 2023. In April this year, the asking price per square meter exceeded 123,000 crowns. The rental price has also increased. While apartments were rented out on average for 18,657 crowns last February, this February it was 21,087 crowns.

There are over 300,000 motor vehicles in Brno, including 240,500 personal cars. The number of registered vehicles powered by electric or hybrid engines is also growing, with around 3,000 in total. Last year in Brno, there were 598 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, compared to 443 cars a decade ago. The number of traffic accidents decreased year-on-year, while the number of casualties increased. In 2023, there were 1,894 accidents and three fatalities, whereas last year there were 1,761 accidents and ten casualties.

A positive trend is not only the improving air quality, which mostly did not exceed emission limits, but also the decreasing concentration of chlorophyll in the Brno reservoir. However, the effects of climate change are also prominently felt in Brno. The average temperature in 2024 was 12.2 degrees Celsius, which is 0.7 degrees higher than in 2023.