Approved residential building permits and dwellings
During the first quarter of 2023, 496 building permits for a total of 2,540 new dwellings were approved (Chart 1). When compared to the corresponding quarter of 2022, the number of building permits decreased by 18.6 per cent while the number of approved new dwellings decreased by 20.7 per cent. The average number of approved new dwellings per building permit stood at 5.1 (Chart 1).
Map 1. Number of approved new dwellings, by locality (LAU 2): Q1/2023
Note: Għajnsielem and Comino are classified as one locality. However, no building permits were approved in Comino.
Chart 1. Building permits and approved new dwellings by period
Approved new dwellings by type1
The majority of new dwellings approved during the first quarter of 2023 were apartments (1,819), followed by penthouses (393), maisonettes (224), terraced houses (74) and other residential units1 (30) (Table 1). Apartments accounted for 71.6 per cent of the total number of approved new dwellings (Chart 2).
Chart 2. Distribution of approved new dwellings by type
Quarter 1 - 2023
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Approved new dwellings by district
When compared to the corresponding quarter of 2022, the number of new dwellings approved in Malta and Gozo and Comino decreased by 18.9 per cent and 29.0 per cent respectively. The highest number of approved new dwellings was registered in the Northern district (599) while the lowest number was recorded in the Southern Harbour district (270) (Table 2).
Approved new dwellings by locality2
The highest number of approved new dwellings were issued for San Pawl Il-Baħar (178). This was followed by In-Naxxar (121), Il-Mellieħa (120), Ħal Balzan (111) and both Birkirkara and Żebbuġ (100) (Chart 3).
Chart 3. Approved new dwellings by locality
Quarter 1 - 2023
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2 Only the top 35 localities are shown in Chart 3. The full list of approved new dwellings by locality may be viewed in the corresponding table.
Note: Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Methodological Notes
- During the first quarter of 2023, 496 building permits for a total of 2,540 new dwellings were approved.
- When compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the number of approved new dwellings decreased by 20.7 per cent. Dwellings approved in Malta, and Gozo and Comino decreased by 18.9 per cent and 29.0 per cent respectively.
- Apartments made up 71.6 per cent of the total number of approved new dwellings.
- The highest number of approved new dwellings (178) was registered in San Pawl Il-Baħar.
Graphical Illustration of MALTA by NUTS Classification
Districts classification
Southern Harbour
Valletta, Il-Birgu, L-Isla, Bormla, Ħaż-Żabbar, Il-Fgura, Floriana, Il-Kalkara, Ħal Luqa, Il-Marsa, Raħal Ġdid, Santa Luċija, Ħal Tarxien, Ix-Xgħajra.
Northern Harbour
Ħal Qormi, Birkirkara, Il-Gżira, Il-Ħamrun, L-Imsida, Pembroke, Tal-Pieta’, San Ġiljan, San Ġwann, Santa Venera, Tas-Sliema, Is-Swieqi, Ta’ Xbiex.
South Eastern
Iż-Żejtun, Birżebbuġa, Il-Gudja, Ħal Għaxaq, Ħal Kirkop, Marsaskala, Marsaxlokk, L-Imqabba, Il-Qrendi, Ħal Safi, Iż-Żurrieq.
Western
L-Imdina, Ħaż-Żebbuġ, Is-Siġġiewi, Ħ‘Attard, Ħal Balzan, Ħad-Dingli, L-Iklin, Ħal Lija, Ir-Rabat, L-Imtarfa.
Northern
Ħal Għargħur, Il-Mellieħa, L-Imġarr, Il-Mosta, In-Naxxar, San Pawl il-Baħar.
Gozo and Comino
Ir-Rabat, Għawdex, Il-Fontana, Għajnsielem and Comino, L-Għarb, L-Għasri, Ta’ Kerċem, Il-Munxar, In-Nadur, Il-Qala, San Lawrenz, Ta’ Sannat, Ix-Xagħra, Ix-Xewkija, Iż-Żebbuġ.
Graphical Illustration of MALTA by LAU2 Classification
| Key | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valletta | 18 | Floriana | 35 | Marsaskala | 52 | San Ġiljan |
| 2 | L-Imdina | 19 | Il-Fontana | 36 | Marsaxlokk | 53 | San Ġwann |
| 3 | Il-Birgu | 20 | Il-Gudja | 37 | Il-Mellieħa | 54 | San Lawrenz |
| 4 | L-Isla | 21 | Il-Gżira | 38 | L-Imġarr | 55 | San Pawl Il-Baħar |
| 5 | Bormla | 22 | Għajnsielem and Comino | 39 | Il-Mosta | 56 | Ta' Sannat |
| 6 | Ħal Qormi | 23 | L-Għarb | 40 | L-Imqabba | 57 | Santa Luċija |
| 7 | Ħaż-Żebbuġ | 24 | Ħal Għargħur | 41 | L-Imsida | 58 | Santa Venera |
| 8 | Ħaż-Żabbar | 25 | L-Għasri | 42 | Il-Munxar | 59 | Tas-Sliema |
| 9 | Is-Siġġiewi | 26 | Ħal Għaxaq | 43 | In-Nadur | 60 | Is-Swieqi |
| 10 | Iż-Żejtun | 27 | Il-Ħamrun | 44 | In-Naxxar | 61 | Ta' Xbiex |
| 11 | Ir-Rabat, Għawdex | 28 | L-Iklin | 45 | Raħal Ġdid | 62 | Ħal Tarxien |
| 12 | Ħ'Attard | 29 | Il-Kalkara | 46 | Pembroke | 63 | Ix-Xagħra |
| 13 | Ħal Balzan | 30 | Ta' Kerċem | 47 | Tal-Pieta' | 64 | Ix-Xewkija |
| 14 | Birkirkara | 31 | Ħal Kirkop | 48 | Il-Qala | 65 | Ix-Xgħajra |
| 15 | Birżebbuġa | 32 | Ħal Lija | 49 | Il-Qrendi | 66 | Iż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex |
| 16 | Ħad-Dingli | 33 | Ħal Luqa | 50 | Ir-Rabat, Malta | 67 | Iż-Żurrieq |
| 17 | Il-Fgura | 34 | Il-Marsa | 51 | Ħal Safi | 68 | L-Imtarfa |
