HOUSING STOCK · CENSUS 2021

Housing stock in Malta

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings297,308
Occupied215,693
Unoccupied81,61027.4 %

Building type

One-dwelling building25.3 %
Two-dwelling building13.8 %
3+ dwelling building33.5 %

Construction period

Before 19193.3 %
1919–19452.6 %
1946–19603.7 %
1961–198010.3 %
1981–200016.1 %
2001–20108.3 %
2011–20159.6 %
2016 and after18.7 %
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Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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