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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