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Għaxaq vs Żejtun
Two southern neighbours, one a substantial town with period streets to restore and the other a compact village where families buy to stay.
The short answer
Għaxaq or Żejtun?
Żejtun is the busier market on every published measure: it completes far more sales than Għaxaq, has far more promise of sale agreements in hand, approves more new homes and holds a larger share of Malta’s rent contracts. For a buyer who wants a market with some depth, Żejtun is the stronger choice of the two.
Għaxaq answers a different brief. It is a small village with fields around it, bought almost entirely by local families, and its thinner market is the price of that quiet. Neither town has a deep tenant pool, so in both the case rests on the property itself: period stock to restore in Żejtun, space in Għaxaq.
Head to head
Għaxaq: 33rd of 68 · Żejtun: 13th of 68
Għaxaq: 39th of 68 · Żejtun: 29th of 68
Sources: National Statistics Office (Malta), residential property transactions and residential building permits; Housing Authority (Malta), Malta Rent Calculator.
Month by month
Sales in Għaxaq and Żejtun
Final deeds are completed sales. Promise of sale agreements are the deals signed on the way to a deed, so they show where the market is heading a few months early.
Source: National Statistics Office (Malta), residential property transactions.
Who each suits
Choosing between Għaxaq and Żejtun
Għaxaq
Għaxaq suits a buyer who wants a quiet village address in the south, close to the airport without living beside it, and who is happy to hold for the long term. Letting here is small and domestic, so it is a home or a patient investment rather than an income play.
Read the Għaxaq investment guideŻejtun
Żejtun suits a buyer drawn to period housing: townhouses and houses of character around the old centre, where restoration projects come up regularly. It is also the better pick for anyone who wants more resale activity around them, with a larger and steadier local market than its neighbour.
Read the Żejtun investment guideGood to know
Għaxaq vs Żejtun, answered
Which has more property sales, Għaxaq or Żejtun?
From July 2025 to June 2026, the National Statistics Office recorded 147 final deeds of sale in Għaxaq and 280 in Żejtun. By completed sales, Żejtun is the busier market of the two.
Which has more sales in the pipeline, Għaxaq or Żejtun?
A promise of sale agreement is the deal signed ahead of the final deed. From July 2025 to June 2026, 173 were recorded in Għaxaq and 339 in Żejtun. Żejtun has more sales on their way to completion.
Where are more new homes being approved, Għaxaq or Żejtun?
In the first quarter of 2026, 32 new dwellings were approved in Għaxaq, 33rd of the 68 localities the National Statistics Office reported, and 65 in Żejtun, 13th. Żejtun has the larger pipeline of new supply: competition for a resale seller, and choice for an off-plan buyer.
Which has the bigger rental market, Għaxaq or Żejtun?
Għaxaq holds 0.53% of Malta’s active residential rent contracts, 39th of the 68 localities on the register, and Żejtun holds 0.9%, 29th. On the Housing Authority’s register, Żejtun has the deeper tenant pool.
Is Żejtun or Għaxaq better for a restoration project?
Żejtun, generally. Its historic centre around the church and squares carries a real stock of townhouses and houses of character, and restoration projects come up there regularly. Għaxaq has some older village houses, but its core is compact and far fewer come to market.
Which is quieter, Għaxaq or Żejtun?
Għaxaq. It is a small village with a compact core and open fields around it, while Żejtun is one of the larger towns in the south-east and has grown well beyond its historic centre. The quiet is much of what Għaxaq’s buyers are paying for.