<According to a report issued by the General Authority for Statistics (GAS), the number of households occupied by Saudi families amounted to 3.51 million, while foreigners live in 1.96 million homes.

Mecca in the lead

The Makkah region ranked first in terms of the number of housing occupied by Saudis with about 872.3 thousand dwellings, followed by Riyadh with about 829.2 thousand dwellings.

The Household Energy Survey 2017 issued by the authority, Makkah was the top region in terms of housing occupied by foreigners with about 623 thousand dwellings, followed by Riyadh with about 521.5 thousand dwellings.

Riyadh's Housing Energy Survey 2017

Rental housing 50.4%

According to the type of housing tenure in Saudi Arabia, rental housing accounted for 50.4TP3T of the total housing stock, equivalent to 2.8 million dwellings, followed by owner-occupied housing with 2.2 million dwellings, equivalent to 40.%, and employer-provided housing with 517.2 thousand dwellings.

Jazan is the highest in Saudi Arabia with about 521.5 thousand dwellings.

Jizan has the highest ownership rate

At the level of administrative regions, the share of owned housing was the largest at 63% in Jazan region, while the share of rented housing was the largest in Makkah at 57%, and the share of employer-provided housing was the largest in Qassim at 18%.

At the level of administrative regions, the share of owned housing was the largest at 63%.

53% of dwellings are apartments

Regarding the type of housing, the data showed that apartments were the most widespread in the Kingdom, accounting for 53% of the total number of dwellings, equivalent to 2.9 million apartments, followed by popular houses with 17%, representing about 929 thousand popular houses.

Followed by popular houses with 17%, representing about 929 thousand popular houses.