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6 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 31 MAY 2020 NEWS KURT SANSONE MSIDA eclipsed St Paul's Bay with the highest concentration of foreign residents, a break- down of population figures by locality shows. The population of Msida by the end of 2018 stood at 13,713, half of which were foreigners. The share of foreign residents living in Msida increased from 42% in 2017 to 49% a year later, placing the locality ahead of St Paul's Bay. The figures were obtained from the National Statistics Of- fice after last week's publication of regional population, social and economic statistics. Msida's population grew by 1,500 in just 12 months, with the increase attributed solely to foreign residents. St Paul's Bay had the second highest concentration of for- eigners with 48% of the local- ity's population classified as non-Maltese. The northern seaside locality was Malta's largest town in 2018 with just over 29,000 residents, an increase of almost 3,000 on the previous year. Foreigners, again, accounted for the bulk of that increase. Gżira came in third with its share of foreign residents hit- ting 45% of the population, an increase of five points over the previous year. Gżira's total population stood at 11,669, a growth of 885 that was completely attributed to foreigners who moved into the locality. Birżebbuġa, which placed sixth, was the only town from the south that made it into the top 10 ranking for the highest concentration of foreign resi- dents living within a locality. Non-Maltese residents ac- counted for 35% of Birżebbuġa's population, which would in- clude migrants living at the Hal Far migrant open centre. The next southern town with a high concentration of foreign- ers was Marsaskala that came in 11th with 22%. On the flipside, the town with the lowest concentration of foreign residents was Mtarfa with just 1%, followed by Ding- li, Mqabba, Santa Luċija and Kirkop, each at 2%. St Paul's Bay, Birkirkara, Sliema largest localities St Paul's Bay retained the top spot as the largest locality in Malta with a population of 29,097 by the end of 2018. The locality has seen the largest increase in population over recent years, registering a whopping growth of 117% since 2005 when the town had 13,414 residents. Birkirkara, which has the second largest population at 24,356, only registered an 11% increase between 2005 and 2018. Sliema, which reversed the downward trend it had been ex- periencing for decades, is now the third largest locality with 22,591 residents. The locality saw its population increase by 71% since 2005. Marsaskala and Swieqi, with populations of 14,592 and 14,452 respectively, are the ninth and 10th largest localities. But they have experienced sig- nificant growth since 2005 with Marsaskala's population grow- ing by 56% and Swieqi's by 76%. ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt Half of Msida's population is foreign, pipping St Paul's Bay Commuter town that serves both Sliema and Valletta business districts sees population growth solely through foreign workers Largest localities 2018 Total population includes Maltese and foreign residents 1. St Paul's Bay 29,097 2. Birkirkara 24,356 3. Sliema 22,591 4. Mosta 20,988 5. Qormi 16,801 6. Zabbar 15,431 7. Naxxar 14,891 8. San Gwann 14,720 9. Marsaskala 14,592 10. Swieqi 14,452 Highest concentration of foreign residents 2018 Non-Maltese residents as a % of locality population. Brackets shows change from 2017 1. Msida 49% (+7pts) 2. St Paul's Bay 48% (+5) 3. Gzira 45% (+5) 4. Sliema 39% (+3) 5. St Julian's 38% (+4) 6. Birzebbgga 35% (+2) 7. Swieqi 29% (+3) 8. Ta' Xbiex 28% (+2) 9. Mellieha 28% (+3) 10. Pietà 25% (+5) Source: NSO CALL FOR TENDERS As part of the project 881831 Empowerment for Diversity (E4D), the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality is requesting submissions for the provision of: REFERENCE: DT-NCPE/04/2020 TENDER TITLE: Service tender for the provision of design, printing and production of publicity material and promotional items for the project E4D – 'Empowerment for Diversity' using environmentally friendly materials. Any queries should be sent through e-PPS by not later than Monday, 1 st June, 2020 at 9.00a.m. CET. Closing date for submission of tenders is Monday, 8 th June, 2020 at 11.00a.m. CET. All submissions should be carried out on the e-PPS https://www.etenders.gov.mt/epps/home.do NCPE, Gattard House, National Road, Blata l-Bajda ĦMR 9010 Tel: 2295 7850 E-mail: equality@gov.mt Web: www.equality.gov.mt Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 Project part-financed by the European Union Co-financing rate: 80% EU funds; 20% National Funds