Housing and Living Conditions for Subsidized Population in Envigado, Colombia - 2016

2016 data on housing characteristics for the population registered in the SISBEN welfare system in the municipality of Envigado, Colombia. The dataset includes metrics on housing materials, overcrowding, basic sanitation, and home ownership. It was published by www.datos.gov.co and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess housing deficit by calculating the proportion of families living in overcrowded conditions using 'HACINAMIENTO - Densidad - Nro Deficit vivienda por Hacinamiento' and 'HACINAMIENTO - Densidad - Porcentaje familias que viven hacinamiento'.
• Analyze the quality of housing materials by comparing counts of dwellings with inadequate wall and floor materials, such as 'CARACTERISTICAS DE LA VIVIENDA - Material predominante paredes - Viv con Materiales perecederos' and 'CARACTERISTICAS DE LA VIVIENDA - Material predominante piso - Nro viviendas con piso en Tierra'.
• Evaluate access to basic sanitation services by examining 'SANEAMIENTO BASICO - Aguas residuales - Porcentaje viv sin conexión alcantarillado Mpal' and 'SANEAMIENTO BASICO - Acueducto - Porcentaje viv sin conexión acueducto Municipal'.
• Model home ownership patterns across neighborhoods using 'Tenencia de la vivienda - Porcentaje familias con vivienda propia', 'Tenencia de la vivienda - Arrendada', and the 'Barrios' column.

Strengths

• Granular neighborhood-level data indicated by the 'Barrios' column.
• Multiple specific metrics for housing quality, including material composition, sanitation, and overcrowding from over 20 available columns.
• Data is focused on a specific, policy-relevant population (SISBEN-registered individuals) for targeted analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single municipality and year (2016).

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely collected via municipal census or survey of the SISBEN-registered population.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:56:37; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2016.

Geography

Municipality of Envigado, Colombia.