Table 12. House type, Occupancy status, Land tenure, Floor, Walls, and  Roof by District, Samoa: 2001
Usual		Tua-		Aiga I		Vaa O	Gagaem-	Faasa-	Gagae-	Gagai-	Vaisi-	Satu-
Residence	Total	masga	A'ana	Le Tai	Atua	Fonoti	auga No I	leleaga	mauga	fomauga	gauo	paitea	Palauli
House type
Total	45,576	19,035	5,636	1,228	5,905	421	764	3,715	1,095	1,463	2,167	1,529	2,618
Open Samoan Fale	14,369	4,621	2,044	526	2,417	118	279	1,327	344	525	594	541	1,033
Open Fale w/ext	2,821	1,249	364	53	360	34	48	244	63	104	90	76	136
Closed Fale	645	355	69	7	46	16	7	48	13	10	24	29	21
Closed Fale w/ex	458	271	39	10	34	5	5	45	14	5	15	2	13
Open european	10,699	3,309	1,369	300	1,440	113	196	1,010	350	479	782	511	840
Open Euro. w/ext	4,070	1,660	577	92	466	60	68	312	115	114	256	131	219
Closed European	6,156	3,496	571	128	636	30	83	396	76	114	264	119	243
Closed Euro w/ex	5,492	3,354	577	110	473	41	75	295	117	96	135	116	103
Closed Euro 2flo	823	703	24	1	29	4	2	28	3	9	7	4	9
Fale 2 Floor	43	17	2	1	4	0	1	10	0	7	0	0	1
Occupancy status
Total	45,576	19,035	5,636	1,228	5,905	421	764	3,715	1,095	1,463	2,167	1,529	2,618
Occupied	41,038	17,027	5,019	1,141	5,313	393	738	3,350	982	1,324	1,961	1,407	2,383
Vacant	4,538	2,008	617	87	592	28	26	365	113	139	206	122	235
Lan tenure
Total	45,576	19,035	5,636	1,228	5,905	421	764	3,715	1,095	1,463	2,167	1,529	2,618
Customary	31,205	8,618	4,845	888	5,131	359	662	3,071	984	1,194	1,820	1,331	2,302
Freehold	10,567	7,723	605	206	527	41	79	483	66	225	264	126	222
Government	664	464	53	15	39	3	6	22	18	6	13	9	16
Church	1,630	845	130	38	197	17	15	123	27	38	63	63	74
Leased	1,510	1,385	3	81	11	1	2	16	0	0	7	0	4
Floor
Total	45,576	19,035	5,636	1,228	5,905	421	764	3,715	1,095	1,463	2,167	1,529	2,618
Wood	15,039	7,092	1,985	389	1,864	80	262	877	276	427	669	396	722
Stone	6,209	1,419	665	243	1,041	111	114	646	215	298	420	385	652
Concrete	24,000	10,413	2,945	589	2,936	222	378	2,165	567	728	1,070	747	1,240
Sand	220	62	19	6	39	5	6	27	36	10	6	0	4
Others	108	49	22	1	25	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	0
Walls
Total	45,576	19,035	5,636	1,228	5,905	421	764	3,715	1,095	1,463	2,167	1,529	2,618
Open Wall	24,039	7,528	3,524	817	3,739	244	462	2,241	680	959	1,253	815	1,777
Wood	14,591	7,653	1,415	240	1,315	109	211	973	295	362	772	620	626
Brick/concrete	6,651	3,732	676	154	829	66	83	454	106	136	129	82	204
Metal sheets	242	107	12	16	18	2	6	28	12	6	13	11	11
Others	53	15	9	1	4	0	2	19	2	0	0	1	0
Roof
Total	45,576	19,035	5,636	1,228	5,905	421	764	3,715	1,095	1,463	2,167	1,529	2,618
Thatched	11,059	3,225	1,651	437	1,982	143	234	978	285	417	414	476	817
Metal sheets	31,740	14,699	3,639	735	3,569	257	487	2,469	754	961	1,618	961	1,591
Thatched/MSheets	2,651	1,037	333	54	346	21	43	256	55	80	127	90	209
Others	126	74	13	2	8	0	0	12	1	5	8	2	1
Source: 2001 Samoa Census
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