1 in 4 people suffered from neighbourhood noise in Malta during 2018, this included noise coming from their neighbours or from the street.

According to Eurostat, Malta was in fact the highest across the EU Member States last year with 28.2% of the population suffering from noise, followed by Germany (27.8%) and the Netherlands (27.1%).

The figures from Eurostat also revealed that almost one-fifth (18.3%) of the population of the EU reported that they suffered from noise coming from their neighbours or the street.

It noted that unsurprisingly, this proportion is more than twice as high for people living in cities (24.1%) than for those in rural areas (11.0%).

Eurostat also explained that the proportion of people that reported having experienced problems with neighbourhood noise tended to decrease in line with the number of persons in the household.

“While almost 21.8% of single persons claimed to have been disturbed by this type of noise, noise affected 18.7% of two-adult households and only 16.2% of those households made up of three or more adults,” Eurostat said.

Similarly, it noted that, more households without dependent children (19.0%) reported being affected than those with dependent children (17.2%).

The proportion of people protesting against noise is higher for single persons aged below 65 (26.6%) than for those above 65 years old (15.7%).

Across EU Member States, those living in Portugal (23.0%), Romania (20.1%), the United Kingdom (19.8%), Cyprus (19.6%), Greece and Luxembourg (both 19.3%) had complained of noise.

While at the opposite end of the scale, the lowest proportion was recorded in Croatia (8.0%), ahead of Hungary (8.5%), Estonia (8.6%), Ireland (9.4%) and Bulgaria (9.4%).

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