{"id":21565,"date":"2025-11-21T07:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=21565"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:53:55","slug":"new-data-highlights-dubai-as-uniquely-global-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2025\/11\/21\/new-data-highlights-dubai-as-uniquely-global-city\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data Highlights Dubai As Uniquely Global City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai\u2019s<\/a> status as a uniquely global city where communities of every background build professional and family lives is highlighted by a new market analysis released today.<\/p>\n

The report from f\u00e4m Properties paints a clear picture of Dubai as a city of micro-hubs, with the rental market sharply segmented, allowing different nationalities to settle in communities that match their cultural preferences, budgets, and daily needs.<\/p>\n

Data from DXB interact reveals a sharp geographic divide in tenant demographics, with areas like Al Warsan 1st<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jebel Ali First<\/strong>\u00a0dominated by South Asian nationals.<\/p>\n

In Al Warsan 1st, tenants are 34% Indian, 25% are Pakistani and 10% are Chinese. Similarly, Jebel Ali First is 52% Indian, with another 12% of tenants from the Philippines.<\/p>\n

In contrast, areas like\u00a0Jumeirah First, Al Wasl and Dubai Creek Harbour <\/strong>feature a much higher concentration of Europeans. Jumeirah First is 18% Russian, while tenants from the UK, France,Germany and Italy collectively account for another 34%.<\/p>\n

In Al Wasl, the UK represents 15% of renters followed by France with 10% and Russia with 10%. At Dubai Creek Harbour, Russia accounts for 11%, the UK 10% and France 9%.<\/p>\n

Indian and British nationals form the backbone of the city\u2019s tenant population,which is made up of 203 nationalities. Indian nationals<\/strong> are the most prominent tenant group in five of the ten areas analyzed – Al Warsan First, Jebel Ali First, JVC, Al Barsha 4th<\/sup>, Business Bay and Jebel Al First.<\/p>\n

British nationals<\/strong>\u00a0rank in the top five nationalities in eight out of ten areas, leading in\u00a0Al Yelayiss 1<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>where they account for 26% of the rental market.<\/p>\n

Lebanese and Egyptian are the dominant Arab expatriate communities. Lebanese are a top five nationality in five areas, including Business Bay and JVC, Al Barsha Fourth, while Egyptians feature prominently in four, including JVC, Al Barsha South Fourth 4 and Jebel Ali First.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother telling statistic is the consistent size of the \u2018Others<\/strong>\u2019 category,\u201d said Firas Al Msaddi CEO of f\u00e4m Properties. \u201cIn many prominent areas, including\u00a0Business Bay (40%)<\/strong>,\u00a0Dubai Creek Harbour (42%), <\/strong>and\u00a0Al Wasl (40%)<\/strong>, this group is the largest single segment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shows just how fragmented and diverse the tenant base is, confirming that while specific nationalities gather in clusters, Dubai\u2019s overall makeup is uniquely global.<\/p>\n

“The new data highlights how Dubai operates as a collection of international hubs. The rental market isn’t just about price points – it’s about community, culture, and how more than 200 nationalities have made this city their home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DUBAI RENTAL MARKET TENANT BREAKDOWN \u2013 10 SELECTED AREAS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dubai Creek Harbour: <\/strong>Russia 11% (555), UK 10% (526), France 9% (453), Iran 6% (320), Germany 6% (311), India 4% (191), Ukraine 4% (181), Egypt 3% (146), Turkey 3% (139), Italy 3% (130),Others 42% (2,138).<\/p>\n

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Al Warsan First: <\/strong>India 34% (6,189), Pakistan 25% (4,573), China 10% (1,866), Bangladesh 7% (1,246), Philippines 5% (880), Egypt 4% (763), Syria 2% (405), UAE<\/a> 2% (344), Sri Lanka 1% (208), Afghanistan 1% (131), Others 9% (1,734).<\/p>\n

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Al Wasl: <\/strong>UK: 15% (152), France: 10% (100), Russia10% (98), Lebanon 5% (47),<\/p>\n

UAE 4% (39), USA 4% (39), Canada 4% (38), India 3% (35), Italy 3% (31),<\/p>\n

Germany 3% (30), Others 40% (398).<\/p>\n

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Nad Al Sheba First: <\/strong>UAE 11% (213), Lebanon 9% (179), UK 8% (168), France 6% (118),<\/p>\n

Jordan 6% (116), India 5% (109), Syria 4% (80), Canada 4% (76), Egypt 3% (62), Iran 3% (53), Others 40% (398).<\/p>\n

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JVC, Al Barsha South Fourth: <\/strong>India 12% (3,086), UK 11% (2,683), Egypt 8% (2,094), Lebanon 7% (1,833), Syria 5% (1,180), Pakistan 5% (1,180), Russia 4% (935), Jordan 4% (915), France 3% (685), Philippines 3% (672), Others 39% (9,663).<\/p>\n

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Jumeirah First<\/strong>: Russia 18% (114), UK 13% (86), France 9% (56), Germany 7% (44), Italy 5% (30), Turkey 4% (23), Ukraine 3% (18), USA 2% (14), India 2% (13), Australia 2% (13), Others 36% (228).<\/p>\n

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Business Bay: <\/strong>India 18% (2,405), Iran 7% (945), UK 7% (933), Lebanon 6% (754),<\/p>\n

Russia 5% (712), France 5% (680), Egypt 4% (581), Italy 3% (394), Pakistan 2% (322),<\/p>\n

Canada 2% (321), Others: 40% (5,320).<\/p>\n

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Jebel Ali First: <\/strong>India 52% (12,777), Philippines 12% (2,880), Pakistan 4% (1,075),<\/p>\n

UK 3% (842), Egypt 3% (711), Russia 3% (612), Sri Lanka 2% (506), Lebanon 2% (471),<\/p>\n

Jordan 2% (405), Syria 1% (306), Others 16% (3,857).<\/p>\n

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Al Yelayiss 1: <\/strong>UK 26% (416), Egypt 15% (248), Lebanon: 7% (108), South Africa 6% (104), Jordan 6% (98), India 4% (67), Canada 3% (44), USA 2% (37), France 2% (34),<\/p>\n

Germany 2% (33), Pakistan 2% (33), Others 25% (400).<\/p>\n

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Al Jadaf: <\/strong>India: 16% (501), Egypt: 9% (277), Iran: 7% (219), Lebanon: 5% (157), Pakistan 5% (144), UK 4% (140), Jordan 4% (135), Syria 4% (121), UAE 3% (93), Russia 3% (85), Others 41% (1,285).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dubai\u2019s status as a uniquely global city where communities of every background build professional and family lives is highlighted by a new market analysis released today. The report from f\u00e4m Properties paints a clear picture of Dubai as a city of micro-hubs, with the rental market sharply segmented, allowing different nationalities to settle in communities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21569,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21565\/revisions\/21569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}