FAQs – Locate A Street
The main purpose of Locate a Street is to help people search for a specific street in a particular Region, Locality and Local Council. Locate a Street may also be used for statistical reasons such as exploring how many streets have been named with the same name across the Maltese archipelago.
Enter all or part of a street name and click on the ‘Search’ button. You can also filter results by Region, Locality or Local Council to reduce the number of records displayed.
If you believe there is a missing street you can directly report it by clicking on the ‘Report Feedback’ icon on the right hand side of the webpage. We kindly ask you to provide as much detail as possible so that we can investigate the matter rigorously. Our commitment is to get back to you within 5 days.
Data is updated shortly after a street name is officially published on the Government Gazette following the approval of the Principal Permanent Secretary and that of the Prime Minister.
FAQs – Door Numbering
The numbering of doors is a system that assigns a unique number to every door or opening leading to a public street, with the intention to make it simpler to find a particular address.
Door numbers are essential:
in case of emergency;
for the delivery of mail by post persons;
for those providing a service such as delivery of goods, repairing faults or installation of new communication services, water and electricity services, etc.;
where there are duplicate property names in the same street; and
where there is a street passing through two or more different localities. Numbers will identify with which locality a household forms part.
You are legally obliged to affix permanently the new door number within ten working days of the notice issued by the Electoral Office. The number must be displayed without any obstruction. This is in accordance with Act II of 2016.
From now onwards only the new number should be quoted in every correspondence, documentation, etc, both officially and privately.
A sticker showing the new assigned door number is being provided. This should be affixed immediately in your door entrance and should serve temporarily until you permanently affix the new door number.
It doesn’t mean that your premises’ name should be omitted but the number should take precedence and shown before any name or other identification as shown on the annexed letter.
The Electoral Office will inform, through the Address Management System, all those departments that make use of the Government Common Database. These changes will be also reflected both on the Electoral Register and the ID Cards system. You would need to substitute your Identity Card.
Moreover, we recommend that you inform those providing you any type of service, hospitals, banks, your children’s school, your place of work, etc.
Most institutions can be informed via their websites about the change. For all those persons who don’t have Internet access, the Local Councils are provided with forms specifically for this purpose, which have to be filled and mailed in business reply envelopes provided to all those entities that one wishes to inform. E-form