Here’s all you need to know about housing in Saudi Arabia

Housing Type  According to Saudi Census 2022 (‘000)

Region

Apartment in a building

Villa

Floor in a villa

Apartment in a villa

Traditional house

Floor in a house

Apartment in a house

Other

Total

Riyadh

973.48

522.72

238.61

292.95

91.64

15.28

22.25

116.27

2273.20

Makkah

1425.63

182.37

67.89

41.90

259.94

26.75

55.66

74.18

2134.31

Eastern Region

688.97

273.40

72.65

112.90

81.42

17.83

35.17

67.44

1349.77

Madinah

344.81

40.67

15.04

9.01

81.44

5.89

8.08

13.76

518.68

Aseer

205.79

86.92

44.98

10.53

90.10

8.61

14.51

17.54

478.97

Qassim

89.40

100.77

37.56

19.17

38.72

4.10

6.54

16.99

313.25

Jazan

100.86

41.23

18.42

3.98

112.64

6.99

9.25

16.03

309.40

Tabuk

117.45

17.92

11.93

4.09

37.48

3.97

6.17

8.24

207.25

Hail

43.00

48.64

12.96

9.40

45.14

2.39

6.92

9.53

177.98

Najran

44.55

18.22

11.14

3.99

30.63

2.10

7.70

13.16

131.48

Al Jouf

48.87

27.76

9.88

3.76

23.47

2.49

4.35

4.46

125.03

Al Baha

35.13

11.73

6.39

1.74

17.19

2.18

3.22

5.05

82.63

Northern Borders

18.20

17.69

11.05

6.96

10.20

1.98

3.19

3.46

72.73

Total

4136.12

1390.01

558.50

520.40

920.00

100.54

183.00

366.11

8174.67

Housing Type Percentage to Number of Families

Region

Apartment in multi-storey building

Villa

Floor in a villa

Apartment in a villa

Traditional house

Floor in a traditional house

Apartment in a traditional house

Other

Riyadh

42.82 %

22.99%

10.50%

12.89 %

4.03 %

0.67 %

0.98 %

5.11 %

Makkah

66.80 %

8.54%

3.18%

1.96 %

12.18 %

1.25 %

2.61 %

3.48 %

Eastern Region

51.04 %

20.26 %

5.38%

8.36 %

6.03 %

1.32 %

2.61 %

5.00 %

Madinah

66.48 %

7.84%

2.90%

1.74 %

15.70 %

1.14 %

1.56 %

2.65 %

Aseer

42.97 %

18.15%

9.39%

2.20 %

18.81 %

1.80 %

3.03 %

3.66 %

Qassim

28.54 %

32.17%

11.99%

6.12 %

12.36 %

1.31 %

2.09 %

5.42 %

Jazan

32.60 %

13.33%

5.95%

1.29 %

36.41 %

2.26 %

2.99 %

5.18 %

Tabuk

56.67 %

8.65%

5.76%

1.97 %

18.08 %

1.92 %

2.98 %

3.98 %

Hail

24.16 %

27.33%

7.28%

5.28 %

25.36 %

1.34 %

3.89 %

5.35 %

Najran

33.88 %

13.86%

8.47%

3.03 %

23.30 %

1.60 %

5.86 %

10.01%

Al Jouf

39.09 %

22.20%

7.90%

3.01 %

18.77 %

1.99 %

3.48 %

3.57 %

Al Baha

42.51 %

14.20%

7.73%

2.11 %

20.80 %

2.64 %

3.90 %

5.05 %

Northern Borders

25.02 %

24.32%

15.19%

9.57 %

14.02 %

2.72 %

4.39 %

4.76 %

Total

50.60 %

17.00%

6.83%

6.37 %

11.25 %

1.23 %

2.24 %

4.48%

Housing Type for Saudi Families (‘000)

Region

Apartment in multi-storey building

Villa

Floor in a villa

Apartment in a villa

Traditional house

Floor in a traditional house

Apartment in a traditional house

Other

Total

Riyadh

193.12

430.59

156.81

166.88

34.18

3.48

2.20

8.91

996.17

Makkah

628.49

145.15

50.13

22.27

119.38

8.00

6.67

11.33

991.41

Eastern Region

218.43

230.03

50.15

83.89

47.74

8.82

15.64

8.05

662.74

Madinah

105.91

80.75

39.93

6.34

58.81

5.46

2.28

4.64

303.68

Aseer

190.91

34.75

11.76

5.12

48.97

2.23

1.88

2.82

298.44

Qassim

60.32

38.18

16.38

2.66

75.76

5.37

2.86

7.18

208.70

Jazan

27.15

94.83

30.38

13.70

21.31

1.77

0.69

2.63

192.47

Tabuk

72.02

15.24

10.19

2.55

23.80

2.61

1.59

2.69

130.69

Hail

11.92

44.78

9.79

6.04

30.35

0.97

0.83

1.12

105.79

Najran

21.19

26.20

8.52

2.83

16.75

1.67

1.65

1.26

80.07

Al Jouf

25.71

16.98

9.55

2.84

18.26

1.25

1.50

2.09

78.16

Al Baha

22.84

11.08

5.81

1.30

11.34

1.41

0.72

1.44

55.92

Northern Borders

7.17

16.63

9.43

5.53

7.12

1.22

1.27

0.89

49.26

Total

1584.72

1185.19

408.83

321.94

513.76

44.25

39.78

55.05

4153.50

Housing Type Percentage to Number of Saudi Families

Region

Apartment in multi-storey building

Villa

Floor in a villa

Apartment in a villa

Traditional house

Floor in a traditional house

Apartment in a traditional house

Other

Riyadh

19.39 %

43.22%

15.74%

16.75 %

3.43 %

0.35 %

0.22 %

0.89 %

Makkah

63.39 %

14.64%

5.06 %

2.25 %

12.04 %

0.81 %

0.67 %

1.14 %

Eastern Region

32.96 %

34.71%

7.57 %

12.66 %

7.20 %

1.33 %

2.36 %

1.21 %

Madinah

34.88 %

26.59%

13.15%

2.09 %

19.37 %

1.80 %

0.75 %

1.53 %

Aseer

63.97 %

11.64%

3.94 %

1.72 %

16.41 %

0.75 %

0.63 %

0.94 %

Qassim

28.90 %

18.29%

7.85 %

1.27 %

36.30 %

2.57 %

1.37 %

3.44 %

Jazan

14.11 %

49.27%

15.78%

7.12 %

11.07 %

0.92 %

0.36 %

1.37 %

Tabuk

55.11 %

11.66%

7.80 %

1.95 %

18.21 %

2.00 %

1.22 %

2.06 %

Hail

11.27 %

42.33%

9.25 %

5.71 %

28.69 %

0.92 %

0.78 %

1.06 %

Najran

26.46 %

32.72%

10.64%

3.53 %

20.92 %

2.09 %

2.06 %

1.57 %

Al Jouf

32.89 %

21.72%

12.22%

3.63 %

23.36 %

1.60 %

1.92 %

2.67 %

Al Baha

40.84 %

19.81%

10.39%

2.32 %

20.28 %

2.52 %

1.29 %

2.58 %

Northern Borders

14.56 %

33.76%

19.14%

11.23 %

14.45 %

2.48 %

2.58 %

1.81 %

Total

38.15 %

28.53%

9.84 %

7.75 %

12.37 %

1.07 %

0.96 %

1.33 %

Housing Type for Non-Saudi Families (‘000)

Region

Apartment in multi-storey building

Villa

Floor in a villa

Apartment in a villa

Traditional house

Floor in a traditional house

Apartment in a traditional house

Other

Total

Riyadh

780.36

92.12

81.80

126.08

57.46

11.80

20.05

107.36

1277.03

Makkah

797.14

37.22

17.76

19.63

140.56

18.75

48.98

62.85

1142.91

Eastern Region

470.54

43.36

22.50

29.01

33.68

9.01

19.53

59.38

687.03

Madinah

153.91

5.92

3.28

3.89

32.47

3.64

6.19

10.94

220.24

Aseer

100.32

6.17

5.05

4.19

31.30

3.14

12.23

12.90

175.29

Qassim

62.25

5.94

7.17

5.47

17.41

2.32

5.85

14.36

120.78

Jazan

40.55

3.05

2.04

1.31

36.88

1.62

6.40

8.86

100.71

Tabuk

45.43

2.68

1.74

1.54

13.68

1.36

4.58

5.55

76.56

Hail

31.08

3.85

3.17

3.36

14.79

1.42

6.09

8.42

72.18

Najran

18.84

1.24

1.59

1.16

12.37

0.85

6.20

11.07

53.32

Al Jouf

27.68

1.56

1.36

0.93

6.72

0.83

2.69

3.17

44.96

Al Baha

12.29

0.65

0.58

0.44

5.85

0.77

2.50

3.61

26.70

Northern Borders

11.03

1.05

1.63

1.44

3.08

0.77

1.92

2.57

23.47

Total

2551.40

204.82

149.67

198.46

406.24

56.30

143.22

331.06

4021.18

Housing Type Percentage to Number of Non-Saudi Families

Region

Apartment in multi-storey building

Villa

Floor in a villa

Apartment in a villa

Traditional house

Floor in a traditional house

Apartment in a traditional house

Other

Riyadh

61.11 %

7.21 %

6.41 %

9.87 %

4.50 %

0.92 %

1.57 %

8.41 %

Makkah

69.75 %

3.26 %

1.55 %

1.72 %

12.30 %

1.64 %

4.29 %

5.50 %

Eastern Region

68.49 %

6.31 %

3.27 %

4.22 %

4.90 %

1.31 %

2.84 %

8.64 %

Madinah

69.88 %

2.69 %

1.49 %

1.77 %

14.74 %

1.65 %

2.81 %

4.97 %

Aseer

57.23 %

3.52 %

2.88 %

2.39 %

17.86 %

1.79 %

6.98 %

7.36 %

Qassim

51.54 %

4.92 %

5.94 %

4.53 %

14.41 %

1.92 %

4.84 %

11.89 %

Jazan

40.26 %

3.03 %

2.03 %

1.30 %

36.62 %

1.61 %

6.35 %

8.80 %

Tabuk

59.34 %

3.50 %

2.27 %

2.01 %

17.87 %

1.78 %

5.98 %

7.25 %

Hail

43.06 %

5.33 %

4.39%

4.66 %

20.49 %

1.97 %

8.44 %

11.67 %

Najran

35.33 %

2.33 %

2.98 %

2.18 %

23.20 %

1.59 %

11.63 %

20.76 %

Al Jouf

61.57 %

3.47 %

3.02 %

2.07 %

14.95 %

1.85 %

5.98 %

7.05 %

Al Baha

46.03 %

2.43 %

2.17 %

1.65 %

21.91 %

2.88 %

9.36 %

13.52 %

Northern Borders

47.00 %

4.47 %

6.95 %

6.14 %

13.12 %

3.28 %

8.18 %

10.95 %

Total

63.45 %

5.09 %

3.72 %

4.94 %

10.10 %

1.40 %

3.56 %

8.23 %