House ownership by tenure status, housing type, building material, and governorate (2022)

Number of households by housing ownership status (classified as owning or not owning their residence), with a focus on Ar Riyadh Region, Ar Diriyah and Ar Riyadh governorates compared to the other governorates of Ar Riyadh Region, the other governorates in the Kingdom, and the Kingdom as a whole in the year 2022.

1.Methodology

Data are taken from Gastat and aggregated at three levels:

• The Administrative Region,
• The Governorate,
• The City.

The City level is not represented, as data is always aggregated at most to the Governorate level. This is due to the heterogeneity of availability of the information at the City level. Further, this dataset presents a breakdown for Ar Riyadh and Ad Diriyah at the governorate level. Similarly, a breakdown exists at the Regional level, distinguishing Ar Riaydh and the other Regions. This presentation highlights the importance of Riyadh at both the governorate and region levels in the Kingdom.

At the Administrative Region level,

• For Ar Riyadh Region, aggregation is provided at the Governorate Region for Ad Diriyah, Ar Riyadh, and the remaining governorates of Ar Riyadh Region combined under the label “Others (not Diri. And Riy.).
• For the regions other than Ar-Riyadh Region, all governorates are aggregated together,
• Finally, the aggregate for the KSA "Total (KSA Govs.)" is provided in full for Ad Diriyah, Ar Riyadh, and all governorates other than Ad Diriyah and Ar Riyadh "Others (not Diri. and Riy.)", for all governorates in the Kingdom excluding Ar Riyadh Regions' governorates "Total (Govs. not Ar Riyadh Region)".

2.Definition(s)

• A household is defined as an individual or group of individuals, related or unrelated, who live together in the same dwelling at the time of the survey (Source: https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/term-details?id=2584134).
• Administrative Region: the 13 administrative regions of the Kingdom, which are administered by a government body directly affiliated with the Ministry of Interior (e.g. Ar Riyadh, Makkah). Every administrative region has a designated capital city.
• Governorate: The second level of administrative division within the Kingdom. Each region is subdivided into several governorates, varying in number from one region to another. Governorates are further divided into centres that report administratively to the governorate or emirate. For example, Al-Kharj Governorate within the Riyadh Region.

3.Detailed breakdown

• Region code: An identifier of the Region, not official (visible only in the downloadable version of the dataset).
• Region: The first level of administrative division within the Kingdom. After aggregation, ‘Ar-Riaydh’, ‘Others (not Ar Riyadh Region)’ (aggregating every case where region is not Riyadh), Total (KSA Regions) (aggregating all regions) remains.
• Governorate: The second level of administrative division within the Kingdom. After aggregation, Ad Diriyah, Ar Riyadh (as a Governorate) and Others (not Diri. and Riy.) (for all the other governorates in Ar Riyadh Region) remains. The three together are forming Ar Riyadh Region. Outside Ar Riyadh Region, all governorates in a given Region have been aggregated, providing a sub-total which is finally collected in Total (Govs. not Ar Riyadh Region). Finally, Total (KSA Govs.) aggregating all governorates within the Kingdom.
• Ownership status: Not Owning a house and owning a house
• Tenure status: Owned without mortgage or loan, owned with mortgage or loan, owned with mortgage status undefined, rented, provided by private employer, provided by government employer, provided by family member, provided by charities, provided by philanthropist, other.
• Housing type: There are eight types of housing structures defined in the census: traditional house, villa, floor in a traditional house, floor in a villa, apartment in a villa, apartment in a traditional house, apartment, and other (terminology matches the original dataset).
• Building material: block/brick, concrete, stone, clay, and other.
• Comments: The Open Data Team comments on the metadata published