The National Statistics Office has just published Regional Statistics Malta 2021 Edition, which presents regional statistics on the socio-economic and environmental aspects of Malta and Gozo.

In 2019, 34,430 people lived in the Gozo and Comino region, while in Malta the figure stood at 480,134.

People aged between 30-39 years, accounted for the highest share of the population in Gozo and Comino region and the Malta region.

As regards the change in population between 2013 and 2019, the NSO noted that the highest increases in population were experienced in the elderly population cohorts, while the population of between 10 and 19 years of age registered the largest decrease in both regions.

The natural population change for the Gozo and Comino region was positive for all years except for the years 2013 and 2015, while that of the Malta region was uninterruptedly positive year-on-year.

2, 674 marriages in total were registered in the Maltese Islands in 2019; reflecting a drop of 157 marriages from 2018, with a decrease of 43 marriages in the region of Gozo and Comino and a decrease of 114 marriages registered in Malta region, the NSO said.

In relation to households in 2019, the NSO noted that the most common household size for people living in the Gozo and Comino region were one-person households, whereas in the Malta region the two-person was the most common.

The average household disposable income was lowest in the district of Gozo and Comino at €26 034 while the highest was in the Western district at €34 399.

The persons at-risk-poverty rates for the region of Gozo and Comino was 13.9% and in Malta 17.3%.

On selected social benefits in 2018, the NSO said that two-thirds pension had the highest number of beneficiaries from the selection of social benefits in both regions during the years under consideration.

The NSO said that this publication has become a mainstay of statistical information on the regional perspective.

It said that it presents a comprehensive collection of statistics covering eight domains, namely, demography, education, labour market, economy, transport, tourism, agriculture and fisheries, and resources.

The full publication can be accessed by clicking here. An infographic about Demography is available by clicking here an infographic about the economy is available by clicking here and one on transport is available by clicking here.

This publication was compiled by Regional, Geospatial, Energy and Transport Statistics Unit in collaboration with various units within NSO.

Photo by Alain Salvary

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