Key:residential
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Subtag of landuse=residential used to mark the type of residential area 
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This tag is used together with landuse=residential to mark the "type" of residential area.
Note that landuse=residential tags, including this subtag, are to be used on larger areas of land, not on individual buildings.
Usage
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| residential=urban | Residential area with multistory buildings. | |
| residential=rural | Rural, mostly undeveloped residential landuse. For the piece of land containing structures related to rural activities, such as farmhouses, stables, barns, equipment sheds, feed bunkers and the like, use landuse=farmyard instead. | |
| residential=apartments | The outline of an apartment complex. Implies residential=urban.
Note: this tag is for an apartment complex consisting of apartment buildings, car parking, landscaping, etc, on one site. Use building=apartments for a stand-alone apartment building, which may or may not form part of a larger apartment complex. |
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| residential=detached | A residential area composed mainly or exclusively of free-standing, detached buildings, which could dwell a multi-family, or single-family unit. Note: This tag may be synonymous to residential=single_family | |
| residential=single_family | Detached, single-family houses. | |
| residential=duplex | Semi-detached, 2 houses attached to each other. | |
| residential=irregular_settlement | An unplanned settlement, often found in urban areas, consisting of buildings made with light materials, often accessed with footways and paths.
Note: This tag appears to be a synonym for residential=slum and residential=informal_settlement. |
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| residential=slum | An unplanned settlement, often found in urban areas, consisting of buildings made with light materials, often accessed with footways and paths.
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| residential=informal_settlement | An unplanned settlement, often found in urban areas, consisting of buildings made with light materials, often accessed with footways and paths. Consider using residential=irregular_settlement instead.
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| residential=trailer_park | A residential area consisting of prefabricated houses or static caravans (mobile homes) stationed on small lots on a long-term basis. | |
| residential=halting_site | A halting site (or a halting bay site) is purpose-built residential accommodation for travellers provided by a local municipal authority. The halting site has an individual bay for each family unit with a full range of services provided in a small structure on each bay. | |
| residential=terrace | A residential area with terraced houses | |
| residential=block | A (urban) residential "block" |
Minor values / other usages
residential=* is a sub-tag used by various people to refine the meaning of landuse=residential, into finer categories.
There is no strong consensus on which categories to use in this subtag. See the taginfo list of current values used.
Proposed approaches include:
- Proposed features/residential=gated – Residential community with strictly controlled entrances, enclosed by a perimeter of walls/fences/etc.
- residential=university to indicate that the residence is for a university.
- Talk:Key:landuse#Refining landuse=residential.
- Talk:Tag:landuse=residential#Further refining: residential=*.
There is also residential=duplex to indicate that an urban area is filled with duplex houses.
See also SK53 2011 blog on augmenting residential land use.