Residential Building Permits: Q2/2024
Approved residential building permits and dwellings
Building permits are authorisations to initiate new building projects. The objective of these statistics is to indicate the future development of construction activity in terms of the number of approved new dwellings.
During the second quarter of 2024, 453 building permits for a total of 2,118 new dwellings were approved (Chart 1). When compared to the corresponding quarter of 2023, the number of building permits and approved new dwellings decreased by 8.3 per cent and 13.7 per cent, respectively. The average number of approved new dwellings per building permit stood at 4.7 (Chart 1).
Map 1. Number of approved new dwellings, by locality (LAU 2): Q2/2024
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 type
The majority of new dwellings approved during the second quarter of 2024 were apartments (1,491), followed by penthouses (333), maisonettes (205), terraced houses (66) and other residential units1 (23) (Table 1). Apartments accounted for 70.4 per cent of the total number of approved new dwellings (Chart 2).
1 “Other” dwellings type includes bungalows, farmhouses and villas.
Chart 2. Distribution of approved new dwellings by type
Approved new dwellings by district
When compared to the corresponding quarter of 2023, the number of new dwellings approved in Malta decreased by 17.5 per cent while those in Gozo and Comino increased by 8.4 per cent. The highest number of approved new dwellings was registered in the Northern Harbour district (542) while the lowest number was recorded in the Western district (191) (Table 2).
Approved new dwellings by locality2
The highest number of approved new dwellings was issued in San Pawl Il-Baħar (130). This was followed by Ħaż-Żabbar (128), Il-Mosta (124), Birkirkara (114) and Ta’ Sannat (111) (Chart 3).
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 excel sheet (Table 3).
Chart 3. Approved new dwellings by locality
Methodological Notes
Residential Building Permits: Q2/2024
- During the second quarter of 2024, 453 building permits for a total of 2,118 new dwellings were approved.
- When compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the number of approved new dwellings decreased by 13.7 per cent.
- Apartments made up 70.4 per cent of the total number of approved new dwellings.
- The highest number of approved new dwellings (130) was registered in San Pawl Il-Baħar.
Residential Building Permits: Q2/2024
Notes
Graphical Illustration of MALTA by LAU 1 Classification
Southern Harbour Bormla; Il-Fgura; Floriana; Ħal Luqa; Ħaż-Żabbar; Il-Kalkara; Il-Marsa; Raħal Ġdid; Santa Luċija; L-Isla; Ħal Tarxien; Valletta; Il-Birgu; Ix-Xgħajra.
Northern Harbour Birkirkara; Il-Gżira; Ħal Qormi; Il-Ħamrun; L-Imsida; Pembroke; San Ġwann; Santa Venera; San Ġiljan; Is-Swieqi; Ta’ Xbiex; Tal-Pietà; Tas-Sliema.
South Eastern Birżebbuġa; Il-Gudja; Ħal Għaxaq; Ħal Kirkop; Ħal Safi; Marsaskala; Marsaxlokk; L-Imqabba; Il-Qrendi; Iz-Żejtun; iz-Żurrieq.
Western Ħad-Dingli; Ħal Balzan; Ħal Lija; Ħ’Attard; Ħaż-Żebbuġ; L-Iklin; L-Imdina; L-Imtarfa; Ir-Rabat; Is-Siġġiewi.
Northern Ħal Għargħur; Il-Mellieħa; L-Imġarr; Il-Mosta; In-Naxxar; San Pawl Il-Baħar.
Gozo and Comino Il-Fontana; Għajnsielem and Comino; L-Għarb; L-Għasri; Il-Munxar; In-Nadur; Il-Qala; San Lawrenz; Ta’ Kerċem; Ta’ Sannat; Ir-Rabat; Ix-Xagħra; Ix-Xewkija; Iż-Żebbuġ.
Graphical Illustration of MALTA by LAU 2 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 |
