Census 2022: details of Saudi families housing by ownership type

Riyadh City

The recently-issued Saudi Population Census 2022 revealed that the percentage of Saudi households owning homes reached 60.6% by the end of 2022, while those residing in rentals stood at 29.7%.

The census aims to provide complete and accurate statistics on the population. This is in addition to information on housing in all regions of the Kingdom as well as subgroups of the population.

Saudi families’ homeownership was 36.4% for mortgage-free ownership, 18.8% ownership through mortgage or loan, and 5.4% were unspecified mortgages.

According to the report, Hail topped the regions preferred by Saudi families for homeownership by 74.9%, followed by Qassim (72.1%), then Jazan (70.4%), while the ownership rate in Riyadh reached 60.7%.

The following table shows the rest of the details:

Saudi-Owned Housing by Administrative Region & Ownership Type
Region	Mortgage-free ownership	Ownership with mortgage	Mortgage status unspecified	Total
Hail	45.3 %	26.0 %	3.6 %	74.9 %
Qassim	39.4 %	29.1 %	3.5 %	72.1 %
Jazan	61.0 %	6.1 %	3.3 %	70.4 %
Aseer	50.3 %	13.7 %	5.1 %	69.1 %
Al Baha	55.5 %	7.4 %	5.2 %	68.0 %
Al Jouf	36.6 %	26.0 %	3.4 %	66.1 %
Najran	48.1 %	12.0 %	5.6 %	65.7 %
Northern Borders	20.5 %	38.7 %	4.9 %	64.2 %
Riyadh	30.0 %	24.9 %	5.8 %	60.7 %
Makkah	37.1 %	13.4 %	5.7 %	56.1 %
Eastern Region	29.0 %	20.8 %	6.2 %	56.0 %
Tabuk	31.2 %	17.3 %	6.6 %	55.1 %
Madinah	33.7 %	15.8 %	5.0 %	54.5 %
Total	36.4 %	18.8 %	5.4 %	60.6 %

The total number of household units in Saudi Arabia amounted to about 8.2 million units, including 4.2 million units for Saudi families and 4 million units for non-Saudi families.

Distribution of Housing Units in Saudi Arabia by Nationality
Nationality	Number of units (mln)	Percentage to total (%)
Saudis	4.2	51 %
Non-Saudis	4.0	49 %
Total	8.2	100 %

The number of houses owned by Saudi families reached about 2.52 million units out of 4.2 million units, with an ownership rate of 60.6%.

Meanwhile, the number of homes mortgage-free owned amounted to about 1.51 million units, and the following are the details of housing for Saudi families by tenure type in 2022:

Details of housing units by nationality and type of ownership in 2022 (‘000)
Ownership Type	Mortgage Status	Saudi	Non-Saudi	Total
Owned	Mortgage-free ownership	1512.76	127.74	1640.50
	Ownership with mortgage	778.99	36.17	815.16
	Mortgage unspecified	224.06	223.57	447.63
	Total	2515.82	387.47	2903.29
Don’t own	Don’t own housing	1637.68	3633.71	5271.39
	Total	4153.50	4021.18	8174.67

The data also indicated that the percentage of total households owning houses in Saudi Arabia reached about 30% in 2022, equivalent to 2.46 million units.

On the other hand, rented housing during that period was about 54%, while the offered housing accounted for 14.7% of the total housing.

The following table shows the number of household units in Saudi Arabia by type of tenure in 2022:

Living Units for Families in Saudi Arabia in 2022 (‘000)
Type of Ownership	Number of Units	Percentage to total (%)
Owned	2455.66	30.0%
Rented	4433.50	54.2%
Offered Housing	1203.63	14.7%
Other	81.88	1.0%
Total	8174.67	100.0%

According to the Saudi census 2022, the total population in the Kingdom reached 32.2 million, with Saudis constituting 58.4%.

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