# What is the most common type of home in Spain?

Question 5011 · Task 5 · Spanish society · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** ¿Cuál es el tipo de residencia más habitual en España?

- a) Casa rural. (A house in the countryside.)
- b) Piso en un edificio de viviendas. (A flat in a block of flats.) · Right answer
- c) Chalé independiente. (A detached house.)

**Right answer:** b) Piso en un edificio de viviendas.

## Why

Most Spanish people live in flats in blocks of flats, especially in cities. Detached houses and country houses are less common.

Question 5011 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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