The Sustainable Urban Environments Barometer
Find out what citizens think about a comfortable and functional urban environment. The Sustainable Urban Environments 2024 Barometer has been published
How do you want urban environments to develop?
For six years in a row, we have asked citizens what kind of urban environment they like and how cities should be developed. The Sustainable Urban Environments Barometer gathers citizens' views on what makes a comfortable and safe urban environment. In the survey, city dwellers give their views on the different options for their home, urban environment, mobility and working environment.
City residents hope that the development of modes of transport will continue to focus on public and pedestrian and bicycle transport.
In the Helsinki metropolitan area, the center of Helsinki is most often reached by public transportation (Helsinki 76%), as well as the center of Tampere (70%) and Turku (58%).
Owning a home is considered a more economically attractive option than renting – concerns about the future repair needs of apartment buildings have increased.
42% of the respondents consider owning a home to be an economically attractive option, while 29% were in favour of renting from a financial point of view. Nearly a third (31%) of homeowners estimate that renovation costs will increase significantly in the coming years.
The share of people working remotely has slightly decreased from last year.
Approximately half (48%) of office workers work remotely 3-5 days a week (2023: 53%). One third of office workers say that the employer has clearly limited the amount of remote work. In a quarter of organizations' remote and office days are agreed at the team level.
The barometer was carried out for the seventh time at the end of 2024. It is aimed at residents of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Kuopio. The online panel had 1,000 + 350 respondents (a separate sample of office workers). The dataset represents the urban population aged 18-80 by gender, age and the size of the cities. Prior Consulting carried out the study on behalf of YIT.
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