Areas within Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area will need an annual average of at least 62,800 new housing units in the next six years to deal with a surge in urban population.

A Knight Frank study on commuter towns in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area indicates that the population is projected to expand by 4.24 percent annually in the six years to 2030, with the number of people expected to rise by 3.3 million from 5.2 million.

Therefore, this will require the construction of approximately 62,800 new housing units per year to accommodate the population that is projected to exceed 8.5 million by 2030.

The report, which reviews housing and population projections in parts of Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, and Mpigi, further indicates that among the four districts, Wakiso will experience the highest rate of population growth of 6.3 percent, thus requiring an average of 52,000 new housing units in the six years to 2030, followed by Kampala at a 1.5 percent, which will require an average of 17,000 housing units per year.

Mukono and Mpigi populations will expand by 2.5 percent and 2 percent, requiring an average of 12,000 and 10,000 new housing units per annum, respectively.

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