Living in San Ġwann

About San Ġwann

San Ġwann sits in Northern Harbour, Malta. Its council has 16,543 residents (2025). The map records 12 food shops and 52 bus stops within 1 km of the reference point.

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Monthly rent

Median asking rents for mixed residential long lets, 2 November 2026. Advertised rents are not signed contract prices. Small samples are withheld.

Sources: Darna Price Index · rent by bedrooms

Cost of living, excluding rent

€781 per month for one person; €2,898 for a family of four. This is a national crowdsourced reference dated 1 November 2026, applied unchanged across places. Add rent separately.

Sources: Numbeo: Cost of Living in Malta

Property purchase prices

Median sale asking price: €440,000 (157 listings). Q3 2026, mixed property types; not a price per square metre or a completed-sale valuation.

Sources: Darscover Malta Asking Price Index

Population and geography

16,543 residents (2025). NSO administrative-locality boundary; not a count for the settlement centre alone

Local council · Northern Harbour

Sources: NSO usually resident population by locality · NSO district and locality classification

Safety

Residential theft rate band: 1–2 times the national rate. Total recorded offences rate band: Below the national rate.

2025 council-level CrimeMalta statistics. These are relative reported-offence rates, not a personal safety prediction. A verified town homicide count is not available in this dataset.

Sources: CrimeMalta Annual Crime Review 2025

Construction and planning

94 approved new dwellings in Q2 2026 (council geography). 12 recently validated planning applications or matching address records, 3 October–2 November 2026.

Applications and permissions do not prove works are happening on site. Check the address and PA case details before choosing a street.

• PA/07266/26 — 4, The Pines, Triq Wied Ghollieqa, Kappara, San Gwann (pending)
• PA/07249/26 — Office, Triq in-Narcipriska, San Gwann (pending)
• PA/07226/26 — 41,54,56, Linden Residence, Triq Bernardette c/w, Triq Sant' Antnin, San Gwann (pending)
• PA/07225/26 — 9, Security Service Malta Ltd, Triq in-Narcis, San Gwann (pending)
• PA/07027/26 — 43, Sqaq Tomna, San Gwann (pending)

Sources: NSO Residential Building Permits Q2/2026 · PA public register · PropertyList index

Roadworks and noise

21 roadworks permits with dates covering 2 November 2026, based on exact Transport Malta source labels. Permit windows are not confirmation of active work.

Strategic noise contours describe modelled road and aircraft exposure using 2021 reference data. They do not measure current village noise, festa sound or building work. Explore the interactive profile for contour bands and nearby sampling.

Sources: Transport Malta eGIS · roadworks permits · EEA / Malta strategic environmental noise contours

Electricity and water

34 street reports in the 30-day Dawl community snapshot. 1 water interruption notices in the snapshot. Data captured 2 November 2026; absence of a notice does not prove uninterrupted service.

Sources: Dawl community outage map · Water Services Corporation interruptions

Air quality

Regional model PM2.5: 3.7 μg/m³; PM10: 15 μg/m³; European AQI: 26, valid 2026-11-02T13:00. CAMS model cells cover roughly 11 km and are shared across towns. This is a dated regional snapshot, not a street sensor or a long-term clean-air ranking.

Sources: CAMS Europe / Open-Meteo regional air model · ERA air-quality monitoring

Nearby amenities

Mapped within 1 km of the named place point. Counts can cross locality boundaries and depend on OpenStreetMap coverage.

Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors / Geofabrik

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