Area guides · Dubai
Communities and Neighbourhoods in Dubai
Every residential area of Dubai with a recorded history — 118 communities and neighbourhoods, each with a guide built from the Dubai Land Department’s two registers: what it sells for, what it rents for, the buildings in it, our homes on the market there, and the McCone agent who works it. Recorded prices, not asking prices — the same figures the Dubai property prices page carries, read as a guide.
| Community | Sales on record | Resale AED/sqft, 12 months | Rent, 1 B/R | Rent, 2 B/R | Rent, 3 B/R | Buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic City | 94 | — | 62,375 | 80,300 | — | 1 |
| Al Barari | 1,374 | 1,738 | — | — | — | 17 |
| Al Barsha | 1,319 | 1,298 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Al Furjan | 15,330 | 1,309 | — | — | — | 102 |
| Al Garhoud | — | — | 65,000 | 80,999 | 120,000 | — |
| Al Jaddaf | 9,158 | 1,764 | — | — | — | 39 |
| Al Karama | — | — | 57,000 | 70,000 | 92,000 | — |
| Al Khawaneej | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Al Mizhar | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Al Muhaisnah | 861 | 1,380 | 80,000 | 118,839 | 170,000 | 11 |
| Al Nahda | — | — | 45,000 | 58,000 | 82,000 | — |
| Al Quoz | 2,750 | 912 | 58,338 | 58,799 | 70,999 | 14 |
| Al Qusais | — | — | 41,500 | 53,000 | 64,500 | — |
| Al Rashidiya | — | — | — | 63,674 | 108,045 | — |
| Al Safa | 2,714 | 2,942 | — | — | — | 15 |
| Al Satwa | 2,634 | 1,725 | 72,000 | 94,400 | 195,000 | 34 |
| Al Sufouh | 836 | 1,647 | 85,000 | 100,000 | 180,838 | 8 |
| Al Twar | — | — | 42,000 | 61,000 | 86,000 | — |
| Al Warqa | — | — | 45,928 | 61,500 | 95,000 | — |
| Al Warsan | 4,204 | 881 | 49,000 | 62,000 | 90,000 | 37 |
| Al Wasl | 450 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Arabian Ranches | 567 | 1,514 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Arabian Ranches 2 | 2,756 | 1,415 | — | — | — | 9 |
| Arabian Ranches 3 | 6,111 | 1,853 | — | — | — | 16 |
| Arjan | 23,687 | 1,355 | 65,000 | 90,000 | 150,000 | 107 |
| Athlon by Aldar | 104 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Barsha Heights (Tecom) | 1,598 | 1,155 | 68,000 | 86,100 | 120,000 | 8 |
| Bluewaters | 2,281 | 5,771 | — | — | — | 12 |
| Bukadra | 8,716 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| Bur Dubai | 3,486 | 1,947 | 105,000 | 150,000 | 220,000 | 10 |
| Business Bay | 66,287 | 1,886 | 87,000 | 125,000 | 170,000 | 159 |
| City of Arabia | 5,047 | 1,131 | — | — | — | 28 |
| City Walk | 6,965 | 2,677 | — | — | — | 56 |
| Culture Village | 2,012 | 1,846 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Damac Hills | 14,986 | 1,433 | — | — | — | 72 |
| Damac Hills 2 | 19,312 | 1,062 | 47,500 | 82,250 | 90,000 | 38 |
| DAMAC Islands | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Damac Islands 2 | 253 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Damac Lagoons | 16,236 | 1,645 | — | — | — | 49 |
| Deira | 22 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| DIFC | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Discovery Gardens | 11,686 | 967 | — | — | — | 86 |
| Downtown Dubai | 43,684 | 2,537 | 115,000 | 180,000 | 288,189 | 156 |
| Downtown Jebel Ali | 1,954 | 1,406 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Dubai Creek Harbour (The Lagoons) | 25,111 | 2,330 | 100,000 | 150,000 | 215,000 | 114 |
| Dubai Design District | 1,052 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Dubai Festival City | 703 | 1,564 | 86,000 | 152,000 | 204,000 | 13 |
| Dubai Harbour | 12,228 | 3,443 | — | — | — | 38 |
| Dubai Hills Estate | 31,210 | 2,304 | — | — | — | 108 |
| Dubai Industrial City | 2,164 | 958 | 50,000 | 68,000 | 80,000 | 21 |
| Dubai Internet City | 521 | 955 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Dubai Investment Park (DIP) | 10,562 | 886 | 55,000 | 75,856 | 152,250 | 133 |
| Dubai Islands | 8,625 | — | — | — | — | 121 |
| Dubailand | 15,512 | 1,370 | — | — | — | 80 |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | 23,426 | 819 | — | — | — | 96 |
| Dubai Marina | 64,508 | 1,891 | — | — | — | 154 |
| Dubai Media City | 1,183 | 2,218 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Dubai Production City (IMPZ) | 21,357 | 973 | — | — | — | 60 |
| Dubai Science Park | 9,921 | 1,460 | — | — | — | 21 |
| Dubai Silicon Oasis | 15,283 | 959 | 54,000 | 75,000 | 120,000 | 78 |
| Dubai South (Dubai World Central) | 33,862 | 1,125 | — | — | — | 189 |
| Dubai Sports City | 28,333 | 937 | — | — | — | 84 |
| Dubai Studio City | 4,991 | 1,392 | — | — | — | 24 |
| Dubai Waterfront | 308 | — | 41,000 | 64,000 | 86,811 | 8 |
| Emirates Golf Club | 27 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Expo City | 4,215 | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| Falcon City of Wonders | 1,237 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Ghaf Woods | 72 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Greens | 9,977 | 1,736 | — | — | — | 47 |
| Hor Al Anz | — | — | 43,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | — |
| International City | 43,122 | 661 | 40,000 | 55,695 | 110,000 | 302 |
| Jebel Ali | 6,015 | 945 | — | — | — | 20 |
| Jumeirah | 3,472 | 3,090 | — | — | — | 38 |
| Jumeirah Bay Island | 348 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Jumeirah Beach Residence | 14,992 | 1,659 | — | — | — | 36 |
| Jumeirah Golf Estates | 2,463 | 1,663 | — | — | — | 19 |
| Jumeirah Islands | 1,359 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Jumeirah Lake Towers | 38,911 | 1,454 | — | — | — | 71 |
| Jumeirah Park | 64 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 82,337 | 1,313 | 70,000 | 95,000 | 150,000 | 415 |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | 14,413 | 1,311 | 72,000 | 85,000 | 180,000 | 69 |
| Living Legends | 1,430 | 911 | — | — | — | 12 |
| Liwan | 7,040 | 885 | — | — | — | 53 |
| Majan | 11,236 | 889 | — | — | — | 45 |
| Maritime City | 9,744 | 2,070 | — | — | — | 30 |
| Meydan | 18,922 | 1,951 | — | — | — | 121 |
| Mina Rashid | 4,474 | 2,347 | — | — | — | 38 |
| Mirdif | 1,500 | 1,141 | 52,920 | 71,000 | 108,610 | 14 |
| Mohammed Bin Rashid City | 26,853 | 2,037 | — | — | — | 140 |
| Motor City | 16,798 | 1,000 | 72,000 | 115,000 | 180,000 | 79 |
| Mudon | 4,590 | 1,685 | — | — | — | 13 |
| Nad Al Sheba | 2,694 | 2,171 | — | — | — | 18 |
| Old Town | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oud Metha | — | — | 70,000 | 88,000 | 119,070 | — |
| Palm Jebel Ali | 448 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 22,546 | 2,685 | — | — | — | 109 |
| Pearl Jumeirah | 101 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ras Al Khor | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Reem | 6,744 | 1,225 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Remraam | 7,069 | 942 | — | — | — | 59 |
| Reportage Village | 1,524 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Rukan | 2,768 | 1,318 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Serena | 1,655 | 1,277 | — | — | — | 2 |
| The Lakes | 1,057 | 2,220 | — | — | — | 4 |
| The Oasis by Emaar | 36 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| The Springs | 9,066 | 1,667 | — | 155,000 | 235,000 | 14 |
| The Valley | 10,261 | 1,339 | — | — | 135,000 | 25 |
| The Views | 5,994 | 1,969 | — | — | — | 19 |
| The Villa | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| The World Islands | 22 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tilal Al Ghaf | 3,216 | 2,481 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Town Square | 19,208 | 1,351 | 60,000 | 85,000 | 145,000 | 65 |
| Umm Suqeim | 4,124 | 2,850 | 120,000 | 190,000 | 250,000 | 38 |
| Villanova | 6,863 | 1,509 | — | — | — | 16 |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 706 | 1,774 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Wasl Gate | 4,879 | 1,473 | — | — | — | 36 |
| Zabeel | 5,677 | 2,802 | — | — | — | 10 |
| Zabeel 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sales on record are every residential transfer registered at the Dubai Land Department for the community. The resale figure is the median price per square foot of completed homes over the last twelve months, for the 80 communities with twenty or more such resales; the rest carry theirs over a longer window on their own pages. Rents are median annual Ejari contracts by layout, where a hundred or more were registered in the year — and only for the 49 communities whose DLD area is their own. The rent register names the area a home sits in, not the building, and an area can serve several communities at once; where it does, the figure would be the area’s, not the community’s, and the row is left blank. A dash means the register cannot say, not that there is nothing there.
Looking for a home rather than an area? Start with property for sale or for rent. Deciding by the train? The metro map names the communities at every station. Deciding by the gate? The gated communities are listed on one page, dearest first, with what kind of gate each one actually has. Buying from abroad? The freehold areas — where a foreign national can own — are on one page too, read from the Land Department’s own records. Working to a budget? The cheapest areas are ranked on one page, to rent and to buy, cheapest first — and the most expensive areas are the same ladder from the other end, with the dearest building in each and what a villa and a flat actually cost there; Dubai rent prices says what every community’s rent did this year, a new lease against a renewal. Not sure where to start? The best areas to live are shortlisted by situation — a garden, no car, the sea — from what the registers record. Moving with a dog? The pet-friendly communities are ranked by how often the owners there actually said yes. Deciding by the tower? The best residential buildings in Dubai are ranked on one page by what buyers paid, with every district’s dearest tower beneath the league — and the cheapest buildings in Dubai read the same league from the other end, by what a home actually sold for, with the cheapest tower for a studio, a one-bed and a two-bed; every tower and villa community with a recorded sale is listed, by first letter, on buildings in Dubai, A to Z. Buying the whole tower? What a building for sale in Dubai actually went for, district by district and per square metre of plot, is read from the register’s whole-building transfers. Buying to let rather than to live? What Dubai property has actually returned — the yield from both registers, the price path year by year with its fall, and the costs in and out — is on property investment in Dubai, and how far each community’s price has moved since 2020, year by year, is the Dubai property price index, and which areas and towers pay the most rent for their price, from the same two registers, is rental yields in Dubai. Buying before it is built? The real estate developers in Dubai are ranked by RERA’s own project register — what each has built, has on site, and how many of its live projects stand past their registered end date. Choosing by the school? The best schools in Dubai are every private school ranked by KHDA’s own inspection, with its fees and the community it sits in. Wondering what the names mean? What Dubai’s area names mean gives the Arabic behind Jumeirah, Deira, Satwa and Al Quoz, what JBR, JVC, JLT, DSO and IMPZ stand for, and the older names the register files the new communities under. Looking for what just finished? The new buildings in Dubai are the towers the register dates as handed over this year and last, by community, with what their first resales fetched against the off-plan price. Paying for a name on the door? Every branded residence in Dubai — Address, Vida, St. Regis, Bugatti and the rest — is read against the rest of its own community. Buying the ground rather than the house? What a bare plot actually transferred for, per square metre and by district, with the freehold grade beside each, is on land and plots for sale in Dubai.
Questions people ask
Communities in Dubai, answered
How many communities are there in Dubai?
It depends who is counting: a master developer names the community it built, the Dubai Land Department registers each sale against one of its own areas, and the name people search by is often a third. This page keeps to the 118 communities with a recorded history — 107 with a sale history (4,588 buildings and villa projects between them, and 1,032,603 registered sales), and 11 known to the Ejari rent register alone, Al Garhoud and Al Karama among them — and gives each a guide. A community joins the list when the register first records a sale in it, so the newest launches appear as they start trading.
Which is the best community to live in Dubai?
The register cannot rank "best" — it records what people paid, not what they thought. It can say what they chose: Jumeirah Village Circle has the most recorded sales of any community, 82,337 since the register began. The best areas to live in Dubai page shortlists by situation instead — a family, no car, the sea, a budget — from what the two registers record.
Which is the cheapest community in Dubai?
International City, to buy and to rent. Completed homes there resold at a median AED 661 a square foot over the last twelve months, the lowest of the 80 communities with enough resales to rank, and a one-bedroom let for a median AED 40,000 a year on the Ejari register. The cheapest areas in Dubai page ranks every community both ways.
Which is the most expensive community in Dubai?
Bluewaters, at a median AED 5,771 a square foot for completed homes resold over the last twelve months — the highest of the 80 communities with enough resales to rank. Off-plan launches are kept out of that figure; they are counted separately on every guide.
Are all communities in Dubai freehold?
No. Dubai's property law (Law No. 7 of 2006) opens ownership to non-UAE nationals only in the areas designated for it — most of the master-planned communities on this page, and few of the older districts. The freehold areas in Dubai page reads the Land Department's own freehold mark on every home let in the last year and grades each community by it: freehold throughout, freehold in parts, or not at all.