noun
number of houses; number of households
Used when counting houses or households, often in contexts like surveys, statistics, or descriptions of a community's size.
この村の家数は50軒ほどです。
The number of houses in this village is about 50.
調査によると、地域の家数は年々減っている。
According to the survey, the number of households in the area is decreasing year by year.