Nationals reside in 3.5 mln homes in Saudi; expats in 1.9 mln

Saudi Arabia currently has 5.47 million residential units, with nationals residing in 3.51 million of these homes, according to the Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

Expats are currently residing in the remaining 1.96 million homes.

The holy city of Makkah has the highest number of houses in use by nationals at 872,300, followed by Riyadh with 829,200 houses.

Makkah has around 623,000 houses occupied by non-nationals, while Riyadh has 521,500 houses.

Family-Occupied Homes
District	Saudis	Non-Saudis	Total
Riyadh	829,178	521,461	1,350,639
Mecca	872,330	623,062	1,495,392
Medina	244,505	131,624	376,129
Qassim	164,922	107,156	272,078
Eastern Province	499,461	259,455	758,916
Asir	298,787	100,182	398,969
Tabuk	117,342	49,503	166,845
Hail	78,215	33,611	111,826
Northern Boarders	37,274	10,574	47,848
Jazan	174,765	45,473	220,238
Najran	66,463	39,678	106,141
Al Baha	65,733	17,654	83,387
Al Jouf	56,500	22,002	78,502
Total	3,505,475	1,961,435	5,466,910

Rented properties accounted for 50.4 percent, or 2.8 million of Saudi Arabia, while owned properties represented 2.2 million, or 40.1 percent. A total of 517,200 homes are allocated for staff housing.

Number of Homes Rented or Owned
	Percentage	Number
Rented	50.39%	2,754,776
Owned	40.15%	2,194,964
Provided by job owner	9.46%	517,170
Total	100%	5,466,910

By region, Jazan has the highest rate of the owned properties at 63 percent. Makkah has the highest share of the rented houses at 57 percent, while 18 percent of homes in Al Qassim are allocated for staff housing.

Homes Rented/Owned by Region
District	Owned	Rented	Provided by job owner	Total
Riyadh	36%	52%	11%	100%
Mecca	35%	57%	8%	100%
Medina	43%	47%	10%	100%
Qassim	42%	40%	18%	100%
Eastern Province	37%	52%	11%	100%
Asir	49%	47%	4%	100%
Tabuk	43%	48%	9%	100%
Hail	57%	36%	8%	100%
Northern Boarders	45%	49%	6%	100%
Jazan	63%	35%	1%	100%
Najran	47%	41%	11%	100%
Al Baha	63%	25%	12%	100%
Al Jouf	45%	48%	7%	100%
Total	40%	50%	10%	100%

Apartments are more common in Saudi Arabia, accounting for 53 percent, or 2.9 million units, followed by traditional houses (17 percent or 929,000 houses).

Types of House
District	Traditional home	Full Villa	Unit in Traditional Home	Unit in a Villa	Apartment	Other	Total
Riyadh	6%	25%	3%	16%	47%	4%	100%
Mecca	21%	5%	3%	3%	65%	4%	100%
Medina	30%	4%	3%	3%	54%	5%	100%
Qassim	11%	25%	4%	13%	36%	12%	100%
Eastern Province	7%	21%	2%	7%	60%	3%	100%
Asir	14%	16%	5%	15%	49%	2%	100%
Tabuk	33%	2%	3%	4%	51%	7%	100%
Hail	34%	25%	4%	8%	25%	4%	100%
Northern Boarders	21%	16%	6%	12%	43%	1%	100%
Jazan	43%	9%	5%	7%	36%	0%	100%
Najran	33%	10%	4%	8%	39%	7%	100%
Al Baha	19%	10%	5%	10%	47%	9%	100%
Al Jouf	14%	15%	3%	6%	53%	9%	100%
Total	17%	15%	3%	8%	53%	4%	100%

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