(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) A recent study published by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) states that there was a 18.3 per cent increase in the number of Omani and expatriate families living in the sultanate between 2003 and 2010.
The study titled 'Families in the Sultanate of Oman – Their Social and Economic Characteristics' shows that the number of Omani families in certain governorates in the sultanate was lesser than expatriates.
Of the total families living in Muscat and North Batinah governorates 56.5 per cent were expatriates and 42.1 per cent were Omani.
Four wilayats - Muttrah Bausher Seeb and Salalah accommodated about half of the expatriate families (49.5 per cent) while Seeb Sohar Bausher and Salalah had 24.3 per cent of the sultanate's total Omani families. The study further states that the average size of Omani families did not witness any change between 2003 and 2010. In 2010 the average size of an Omani family was 7.8 persons compared to eight persons in 2003.
It also stated that while 97.3 per cent of Omani families had mobile phones 96.5 per cent had televisions.
However there was a significant percentage of Omani families which did not have computers.
The data also showed that during the period 59.6 per cent of Omani families did not have an Internet subscription and that 75.9 per cent did not have fixed phone lines.
Statistics also showed that 82.2 per cent of Omani families owned a house. However this percentage decreased considerably in wilayats like Maqshan (40.7 per cent) Muttrah (57.6 per cent) Dalkout (58.7 per cent) Shalim and Al Halanyat Islands (62.3 per cent) Buraimi (62.4 per cent) and Bausher (63.2 per cent).
While more than 87 per cent of Omani families during this period lived in villas and Arabian houses 1.3 per cent lived in rooms and 0.9 per cent in portacabins.
The study showed that 24.4 per cent of expatriate families lived in rooms and 3.7 per cent in portacabins.
It also stated that while about 92 per cent of Omani families during the period lived in average houses (with two to five rooms) or big houses (six rooms or more) eight per cent lived in small houses which had two rooms or less.
The findings of the study also showed that 6.8 per cent of families in the sultanate were headed by women. The average age of the families' heads in the sultanate was 43.5 while the average age of the Omani families was 45.6 years.
The figures also showed that 13.7 per cent of the families' heads (Omanis and expatriates) were less than 30 years of age. It also showed that 30.6 per cent belonged to the age group between 30 and 39 years and 25.5 per cent belonged to the age group between 40 and 49 years.
The data showed that 9.5 per cent of heads of families living in urban areas had a diploma compared to 3.6 per cent in the villages.
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