The market for one-room flats in the Silesian Voivodeship

There is a very wide choice of studio flats for sale in the Silesian Voivodeship. According to data from the morizon.pl portal, the number of one-room flats offered for sale on the Silesian market in November exceeded three thousand, 53% of them in the 9 largest cities of Silesia: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Gliwice, Zabrze, Bytom, Ruda Śląska, Tychy, Dąbrowa Górnicza and Chorzów.

Clients interested in buying one-room flats on the primary market have a relatively small choice, as such properties account for only 6% of all listings in the voivodeship. The city with the largest supply of studio flats from developers is Katowice. Chorzów, Zabrze and Tychy can also boast a few such properties on the primary market. The average asking price per square metre of a studio flat in Katowice is 4,825 PLN, while in the other cities the price ranges between 3 and 4 thousand PLN per metre.

Studio flats for sale compared with other flats

There are far more studio flats for sale on the Silesian secondary market. Of all the adverts for studio flats for sale in the cities of the Upper Silesian conurbation listed above, secondary-market flats make up 92%. People wishing to buy a one-room flat have the best chance of finding their dream home in Katowice – over 500 listings – as well as in Sosnowiec, Bytom and Gliwice – around 200 listings in each of these cities. There are far fewer studio flats for sale in Tychy and Ruda Śląska.

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Average price of studio flats in the Silesian Voivodeship

The average asking price of studio flats on the secondary market in the Silesian Voivodeship is 3,064 PLN per square metre. The highest prices are found in the capital of the voivodeship – you have to pay 4,127 PLN per square metre on average. In Gliwice and Zabrze, a square metre of a one-room flat costs about 500 PLN less. People who want to buy this type of property at the lowest possible cost should look at the areas around Bytom and Ruda Śląska, where average prices per square metre are around 2 thousand PLN.

Floor area

Most studio flats in the Silesian Voivodeship have an area of between 31 and 50 m². More than 66% of one-room flats in Silesia have this floor area. Studio flats with an area below 30 m² make up 31% of available listings. Finding a studio flat larger than 50 m² will be a difficult task, as their availability is limited – only 3% of one-room flats have such an area.

Interest in studio flats in Silesia is high and this trend will continue, above all because the region is developing and therefore attracts many young workers and students looking for inexpensive, small flats that are cheaper and easier to maintain.