Living in Bludenz

In Bludenz, unemployment is 6% (2024).

Bludenz is in Austria; its population was 15,102 at the start of 2025. The foreign population count was 4,451 at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population15,102people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,286EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent9.3EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate6%country median 4.8% — 26% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime5,008incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³country median 10.0 — 30% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 73% of Austrian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 96% of Austrian cities that publish it.

Which Austria-wide rules apply when you move to Bludenz?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in AustriaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Bludenz.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€10

Net rent across major citiesBludenz highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Vienna€7.90

Innsbruck€7.58

Salzburg€6.92

Graz€6.33

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	A1 Internet 100¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	9.9 EUR/month	30 Apr 2026	bob Flex 100GB⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.3 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	619.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Bludenz a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–70%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student45%strong on cost, weak on education · range 35–55%

Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–66%

Retirement62%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 52–72%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 6% at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Bludenz?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Bludenz is 6.0%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–12

Bludenz 6.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	73.4 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,286 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	6 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Bludenz?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,849of €2,446 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,446
Rent, 60 m²€9.30/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €558
Internet€30 · official · A1 Internet 100 · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€10 · official · bob Flex 100GB · 2026-04-30	− €10
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,849

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Bludenz Salary needed to live in Bludenz

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bludenz. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich — Public employment service

Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS)

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Bludenz. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	960.1 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Gesundheit Österreich GmbH / BMSGPK (kliniksuche.at)¹⁰Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bludenz when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents960.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Bludenz?

Police recorded about 5,008 incidents per 100,000 (2023). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,008 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁶Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	HOH	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	27 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bludenz. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

ÖIF German-learning and integration centres — Welcome Program

Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)

For migrants and newcomers.

GermanIn Person, Online

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ÖIF individual language-course funding and partner institutes — State Language Course

Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn PersonSubsidised

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Bludenz.

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 13.9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Bludenz?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁸

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂13.9WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in AustriaAnnual PM2.5 in Bludenz is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Bludenz 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	13.92 µg/m³country median 14.2	31 Dec 2024	Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means.¹²Official
NO₂ — latest reading	7 µg/m³	15 Jul 2026	Official UBA NO2 TMW capture on 2026-07-15, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the same-day unweighted mean.¹³Official
PM10 — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — AT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Feldkirch Bärenkreuzung)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³country median 10.0	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁸Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 4.39 · Feb 5.01 · Mar 12.53 · Apr 16.43 · May 21.13 · Jun 26.19 · Jul 26.21 · Aug 27.97 · Sep 23.57 · Oct 20.35 · Nov 14.62 · Dec 7.17 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -27.34 · Feb -32.92 · Mar -31.27 · Apr -20.74 · May -9.15 · Jun -6.19 · Jul -2.25 · Aug -1.6 · Sep -9.97 · Oct -16.59 · Nov -23.43 · Dec -28.35 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -8.4 · Feb -8.06 · Mar -4.54 · Apr 0.77 · May 5.66 · Jun 10 · Jul 11.69 · Aug 11.37 · Sep 7.39 · Oct 3.43 · Nov -2.11 · Dec -6.85 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official

Annual PM2.5 over time10 published observations, 2015–2024

6.7

8.2

9.8

11.3

7.020152017201920212024

Annual PM2.5 fell 36.4% between 2015 and 2024, from 11.0 to 7.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 29.9 km² in 2025. Population density was 504.3 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Bludenz?

The published population was 15,102 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport70.5%
Foreign residents29.5%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	29.94 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁹Official
Foreign-resident share	29.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	4,451 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	504.3 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.⁹Official
Population	15,102 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Bludenz

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population with main residence, current territorial structure, 1 January 2026, total sex · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Population total	14,994	100.0%
Austria	10,242	68.3%
Non-Austria	4,752	31.7%
Third countries	2,981	19.9%
Europe including Türkiye	1,818	12.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,771	11.8%
EU Member States (26)	1,671	11.1%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	927	6.2%
Asia	912	6.1%
Türkiye	813	5.4%

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Published group	People	Share
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	744	5.0%
Germany	598	4.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	554	3.7%
Syria	463	3.1%
Romania	239	1.6%
Africa	146	1.0%
Hungary	138	0.9%
Croatia	134	0.9%
Serbia	131	0.9%
Ukraine	109	0.7%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	100	0.7%
America	88	0.6%
Latin America	76	0.5%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	15	0.1%
North America	12	0.1%
Oceania	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Citizenship

Population with main residence, current territorial structure, 1 January 2026, total sex · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Population total	14,994	100.0%
Austria	10,543	70.3%
Non-Austria	4,451	29.7%
Third countries	2,542	17.0%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,909	12.7%
EU Member States (26)	1,856	12.4%
Europe including Türkiye	1,427	9.5%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,083	7.2%
Asia	891	5.9%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	773	5.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Türkiye	673	4.5%
Germany	587	3.9%
Syria	520	3.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	358	2.4%
Romania	260	1.7%
Croatia	220	1.5%
Africa	169	1.1%
Hungary	150	1.0%
Serbia	110	0.7%
Ukraine	101	0.7%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	53	0.4%
America	44	0.3%
Latin America	34	0.2%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	11	0.1%
North America	10	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	6,980 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Bludenz

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Feldkirch as a Bludenz alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,864.2 Feldkirch vs 960.1 Bludenz+94%
Residents: 36,708 Feldkirch vs 15,102 Bludenz+143%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Feldkirch vs 27.0 km Bludenz−33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,351 Feldkirch vs 5,008 Bludenz+7%
Unemployment: 5.6% Feldkirch vs 6.0% Bludenz−7%
Foreign residents: 25.8% Feldkirch vs 29.5% Bludenz−13%
Rent: €9.30/m² Feldkirch vs €9.30/m² Bludenzsame level

Full comparison More about Feldkirch

Wels as a Bludenz alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 333 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 65,482 Wels vs 15,102 Bludenz+334%
Unemployment: 9.2% Wels vs 6.0% Bludenz+53%
Rent: €6.90/m² Wels vs €9.30/m² Bludenz−26%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,756 Wels vs 5,008 Bludenzno percentage
Nearest airport: 14.0 km Wels vs 27.0 km Bludenz−48%
Foreign residents: 34.1% Wels vs 29.5% Bludenz+16%
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Wels vs €3,286 Bludenz+4%

Full comparison More about Wels

Cities near Bludenz

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Austria

Other cities in Austria to compare with Bludenz, nearest in population first.

All Austria cities

Perchtoldsdorf14,960 residents Spittal an der Drau15,341 residents Marchtrenk14,815 residents Hall in Tirol14,698 residents Ternitz14,697 residents Feldkirchen in Kärnten14,528 residents

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School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Übergangsstufen (transition classes for pupils with insufficient German). How to enrol a child (bmbwf.gv.at).

A country-wide rule for Austria; Bludenz's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Bludenz?

The published population was 15,102 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Bludenz?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Bludenz?

What is the unemployment rate in Bludenz?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Bludenz?

The median gross salary is 3,286 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Bludenz a good place to live?

Bludenz may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Bludenz?

Nenzing, Frastanz, Rankweil, Feldkirch, Götzis are near Bludenz. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Population total live in Bludenz?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,994 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Bludenz, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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bob Flex 100GB newsroom.a1.net · checked 2026-09-15
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