Where the community lives: the full CBS table — Netanya by number, Kiryat Malachi by share

Why now

Each year, ahead of Sigd, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics publishes a data compilation on the Ethiopian-origin population. The most recent — release 367/2025, published 16 November 2025 — is the newest figure that exists, and it describes the end of 2024. The next one is expected close to Sigd 5787, 9 November 2026. Until then, these are the numbers.

We read the CBS release in full. What follows is taken from it directly.

The national picture

177,600 residents of Ethiopian origin at the end of 2024 — 1.8% of Israel's population (10,065,500).
Of these, 93,400 born in Ethiopia (~53%) and 84,200 born in Israel to a father born in Ethiopia (~47%).
In addition: 6,860 Israel-born whose mother alone was born in Ethiopia, and 1,029 foreign nationals holding Ethiopian identity documents.
285 people immigrated from Ethiopia in 2024 — against 1,812 in 2023 and 1,680 in 2022.

Where they live

64.6% live in two districts: the Central district (37.2%, about 66,100 people) and the Southern district (27.4%, about 48,800). The Tel Aviv district holds 6.4% (about 11,300).

The full table — localities with 2,000 or more residents of Ethiopian origin

Locality	Ethiopian-origin residents (thousands)	Total residents (thousands)	Share
Kiryat Malachi	3.9	28.0	13.8%
Kiryat Gat	8.5	72.1	11.8%
Yavne	3.8	58.1	6.5%
Afula	4.1	66.4	6.2%
Ashkelon	10.1	166.9	6.1%
Hadera	6.4	108.0	5.9%
Netanya	13.3	234.8	5.6%
Ramla	4.7	86.1	5.5%
Kiryat Yam	2.2	42.0	5.3%
Beersheba	11.4	223.6	5.1%
Lod	4.7	94.2	5.0%
Rehovot	7.8	155.0	5.0%
Netivot	2.7	56.0	4.7%
Kiryat Bialik	2.1	47.1	4.4%
Petah Tikva	10.5	270.4	3.9%
Rishon LeZion	9.9	259.3	3.8%
Ashdod	7.6	228.6	3.3%
Beit Shemesh	4.7	176.8	2.7%
Bat Yam	2.7	129.5	2.1%
Haifa	5.6	297.1	1.9%
Holon	3.1	191.8	1.6%
Jerusalem	6.5	1,050.2	0.6%
Tel Aviv-Yafo	2.7	494.9	0.5%

Source: CBS release 367/2025, Table A, end of 2024.

What the table actually says

Two different numbers tell two different stories. Netanya has the largest number of Ethiopian-origin residents — 13,300 — but they are 5.6% of the city. Kiryat Malachi, with only 3,900, is the locality where the community forms the largest share of the population: 13.8%, almost eight times the national average.

That is why a service opening in Kiryat Malachi feels different from the same service in Netanya: in Kiryat Malachi and Kiryat Gat it is a service the whole town notices; in Netanya it is a neighbourhood service.

Births

In 2024, 4,010 babies were born to women of Ethiopian origin, about 71% of them to women born in Ethiopia. The total fertility rate was 2.54, below that of Jewish and other women (2.94).

Localities with the most births to mothers of Ethiopian origin: Netanya (311), Rishon LeZion (257) and Petah Tikva (239). Localities where such births are the highest share of all births in the locality: Kiryat Malachi (~15%), Kiryat Gat (~14%) and Kiryat Yam (~12%).

Age and household

26.2% of the Ethiopian-origin population are children aged 0-14 (more than 94.6% of them Israel-born) — close to the figure for Jews and others (26.7%).
7.0% are 65 or over — against 15.0% among Jews and others, nearly double. This is a young population.
46,300 households (2022-2024 average), with an average size of 3.70 people against 2.99 among Jews and others.

Sources

CBS — The Ethiopian Population in Israel, data compilation for the Sigd holiday 2025 (release 367/2025) · published 16 Nov 2025 · verified 8 Sep 2026