Malta: Division

Contents: Statistical Districts and Localities

The population of the statistical districts and localities (local councils) of Malta according to census results and latest official estimates.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship, religion (a15+)).

Name	Status	Population Census 1985-11-16	Population Census 1995-11-26	Population Census 2005-11-27	Population Census 2011-11-20	Population Census 2021-11-21	Population Estimate 2023-12-31
Gozo & Comino	District	25,682	29,026	31,007	31,375	39,287	40,926	→
Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn)	Locality	836	817	850	882	1,042	1,150	→
Għajnsielem (incl. Comino)	Locality	1,809	2,176	2,570	2,645	3,523	3,721	→
Għarb	Locality	983	1,030	1,146	1,196	1,549	1,585	→
Għasri	Locality	335	369	418	431	518	519	→
Kerċem	Locality	1,411	1,557	1,665	1,718	1,881	1,922	→
Munxar	Locality	507	780	1,052	1,068	1,707	1,861	→
Nadur	Locality	3,482	3,882	4,192	3,973	4,548	4,613	→
Qala	Locality	1,369	1,492	1,616	1,811	2,300	2,340	→
San Lawrenz	Locality	517	552	598	610	772	797	→
Sannat	Locality	1,309	1,604	1,725	1,837	2,186	2,254	→
Victoria (Rabat)	Locality	5,968	6,524	6,395	6,252	7,242	7,477	→
Xagħra	Locality	3,202	3,669	3,934	3,968	5,161	5,337	→
Xewkija	Locality	2,772	3,128	3,111	3,143	3,555	3,675	→
Żebbuġ	Locality	1,182	1,446	1,735	1,841	3,303	3,675	→
Northern	District	32,108	44,852	57,167	63,765	93,755	104,664	→
Għargħur (Ħal Għargħur)	Locality	2,321	1,991	2,352	2,605	3,741	3,947	→
Mellieħa	Locality	4,525	6,221	7,676	8,661	12,738	14,004	→
Mġarr	Locality	2,188	2,672	3,014	3,479	4,840	5,110	→
Mosta	Locality	12,148	16,754	18,735	19,750	23,482	25,152	→
Naxxar	Locality	6,461	9,822	11,978	12,875	16,912	17,836	→
San Pawl il-Baħar (St. Paul's Bay)	Locality	4,465	7,392	13,412	16,395	32,042	38,615	→
Northern Harbour	District	113,730	118,409	119,332	120,449	157,297	177,848	→
Birkirkara	Locality	20,385	21,281	21,858	21,749	25,807	28,841	→
Gżira	Locality	8,471	7,872	7,090	7,055	10,331	12,158	→
Ħamrun	Locality	13,682	11,195	9,541	9,043	10,514	11,751	→
Msida	Locality	6,219	6,942	7,629	7,748	13,587	15,815	→
Pembroke	Locality	...	2,213	2,935	3,488	3,545	3,725	→
Pietà	Locality	4,380	4,307	3,846	4,032	5,892	6,901	→
Qormi (Ħal Qormi)	Locality	18,256	17,694	16,559	16,394	18,099	19,567	→
San Ġiljan (St. Julian's)	Locality	...	7,352	7,752	8,067	11,653	14,524	→
San Ġwann	Locality	8,179	12,011	12,737	12,152	14,244	15,697	→
Santa Venera	Locality	...	6,183	6,075	6,789	8,834	9,577	→
Sliema (Tas-Sliema)	Locality	14,137	12,906	13,242	13,621	19,655	22,037	→
Swieqi	Locality	...	6,721	8,208	8,755	13,044	14,794	→
Ta' Xbiex	Locality	1,955	1,732	1,860	1,556	2,092	2,461	→
South Eastern	District	42,475	50,650	59,371	64,276	77,948	81,869	→
Birżebbuġa	Locality	5,668	7,307	8,564	10,412	11,844	12,404	→
Għaxaq (Ħal Għaxaq)	Locality	3,655	4,126	4,405	4,577	5,538	5,791	→
Gudja	Locality	2,156	2,882	2,923	2,994	3,229	3,440	→
Kirkop (Ħal Kirkop)	Locality	1,559	1,957	2,185	2,283	2,527	2,599	→
Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn)	Locality	1,936	4,770	9,346	11,059	16,804	18,253	→
Marsaxlokk	Locality	2,405	2,857	3,222	3,366	3,988	4,145	→
Mqabba	Locality	2,269	2,613	3,021	3,223	3,525	3,653	→
Qrendi	Locality	2,199	2,344	2,535	2,667	3,148	3,263	→
Safi (Ħal Safi)	Locality	1,323	1,731	1,979	2,074	2,641	2,934	→
Żejtun	Locality	11,321	11,379	11,410	11,334	12,409	12,719	→
Żurrieq	Locality	7,984	8,684	9,781	10,287	12,295	12,668	→
Southern Harbour	District	86,843	83,234	81,047	79,438	86,009	89,462	→
Birgu (Vittoriosa)	Locality	3,572	3,069	2,701	2,489	2,261	2,265	→
Bormla (Cospicua)	Locality	7,731	6,085	5,657	5,249	4,654	4,782	→
Fgura	Locality	8,254	11,042	11,258	11,449	13,066	13,861	→
Floriana (Furjana)	Locality	3,327	2,701	2,240	2,014	1,985	2,072	→
Kalkara	Locality	2,086	2,833	2,882	2,946	3,105	3,224	→
Luqa (Ħal Luqa)	Locality	5,585	6,150	6,072	5,911	7,249	7,335	→
Marsa	Locality	7,953	5,324	5,344	4,788	5,468	5,861	→
Paola (Raħal Ġdid)	Locality	11,744	9,400	8,822	8,267	9,339	9,789	→
Santa Luċija	Locality	3,208	3,605	3,186	2,970	2,617	2,642	→
Senglea (Isla)	Locality	4,158	3,528	3,074	2,740	2,304	2,384	→
Tarxien (Ħal Tarxien)	Locality	7,016	7,412	7,597	8,380	9,464	9,876	→
Valletta	Locality	9,340	7,262	6,300	5,748	5,157	5,201	→
Xgħajra	Locality	...	685	1,243	1,571	2,192	2,416	→
Żabbar (Ħaż-Żabbar)	Locality	...	14,138	14,671	14,916	17,148	17,754	→
Western	District	44,580	51,961	57,038	58,129	65,266	68,674	→
Attard (Ħ'Attard)	Locality	5,681	9,214	10,405	10,553	12,268	12,952	→
Balzan (Ħal Balzan)	Locality	...	3,560	3,869	4,101	4,774	4,977	→
Dingli (Ħad-Dingli)	Locality	2,047	2,725	3,347	3,511	3,865	3,906	→
Iklin	Locality	...	3,098	3,220	3,169	3,399	3,648	→
Lija (Ħal Lija)	Locality	...	2,497	2,797	2,977	3,162	3,740	→
Mdina	Locality	421	377	278	239	193	199	→
Mtarfa	Locality	...	...	2,426	2,585	2,566	2,564	→
Rabat	Locality	...	...	11,473	11,212	11,936	12,284	→
Siġġiewi	Locality	5,864	7,097	7,931	8,202	9,318	9,652	→
Żebbuġ (Ħaż-Żebbuġ)	Locality	9,788	10,398	11,292	11,580	13,785	14,752	→
Malta	Republic	345,418	378,132	404,962	417,432	519,562	563,443

Source: National Statistic Office, Malta.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	298,746
Females	264,697

Gender (E 2023)
Males	298,746
Females	264,697

Age Groups	Persons
0-17 years	80,794
18-64 years	341,126
65+ years	97,642

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	80,794
18-64 years	341,126
65+ years	97,642

Age Distribution	Males	Females
90+ years	936	2274
80-89 years	7267	10993
70-79 years	22776	24958
60-69 years	29927	29799
50-59 years	30658	28327
40-49 years	40680	35191
30-39 years	50821	42535
20-29 years	40118	32323
10-19 years	23306	21405
0-9 years	23532	21736

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	3,210
80-89 years	18,260
70-79 years	47,734
60-69 years	59,726
50-59 years	58,985
40-49 years	75,871
30-39 years	93,356
20-29 years	72,441
10-19 years	44,711
0-9 years	45,268