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How big is that home compared with others?

What counts as a normal house varies by a factor of three between countries. Here are the medians.

1.05 × Japanese average home

100 m² is bigger than 4 of the 9 references on this page.

Australian average new home236 m²US average new home213 m²Canadian average home181 m²Danish average home137 m²German average home109 m²This home100 m²Japanese average home95 m²UK average home76 m²UK new-build one-bed46 m²Tokyo one-room flat25 m²

Reference figures are measurements and are rounded; the unit conversion behind them is exact.

Every reference on this page, with its size and its ratio to your number
Reference Size Yours ÷ theirs Note
Tokyo one-room flat 25 m² 4×
UK new-build one-bed 46 m² 2.17×
UK average home 76 m² 1.32× The smallest in Western Europe
Japanese average home 95 m² 1.05×
German average home 109 m² 0.917×
Danish average home 137 m² 0.73×
Canadian average home 181 m² 0.552×
US average new home 213 m² 0.469×
Australian average new home 236 m² 0.424× The largest in the world

Worth knowing

  • UK homes average 76 m², the smallest in Western Europe. Australian new builds average 236 m² — three times as much.
  • The average US new home has doubled in floor area since 1950 while the average household has shrunk by a third.

Frequently asked

What is a normal house size?

It depends entirely on where. The UK median is 76 m², the US new-build average 213 m². Neither country finds the other’s figure normal.

How do I convert square feet to square metres?

Divide by 10.7639. One square foot is exactly 0.09290304 m², because a foot is exactly 0.3048 m.

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