Population Growth and Housing Needs in Bani Obaid District Irbid Governorate, 1979-2024
Bilal AL-Bayer and Musa Samha, Department of Geography,University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine population growth rates, and housing needs in Bani Obaid sub-governorate. For this purpose, the study took into consideration the population growth, and the housing needs in the region. The study based on population census data used descriptive statistical method to estimate population growth rates. The study also used certain quantitative methods to find out population projections in future, the annual decay rate of houses, and counted housing need resulted from decreasing occupancy rate to 2.5 person/room.
The analysis of the study showed that the district witnessed rapid population growth. For instance, the population growth rate was 4.6% during 1979-1994. while it decreased to 2% during 1994-2004. The study, as a result, found that is 19.3% of population have occupancy rates of more than 3.5 person/room in the district. However, the study explained that the estimated housing needs for the whole district is 10489 housing units during 2004-2024, which equals 525 housing units annually.