Living in Eisenstadt

In Eisenstadt, unemployment is 5.7% (2024).

Eisenstadt is a city in Austria, with a population of 16,118 at the start of 2025. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 was 11.3 µg/m³. The city covered 42.8 km² in 2025. Population density was 376.2 people per km² in 2025. The unemployment rate was 5.7% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population16,118people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,552EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent5.8EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate5.7%country median 4.8% — 20% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime6,654incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023Official source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean11.27µg/m³country median 10.0 — 13% aboveOfficial source · Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means.

Higher unemployment than 67% of Austrian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 93% of Austrian cities that publish it.

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

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 Eisenstadt.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 citiesEisenstadt 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)	5.8 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	455.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Eisenstadt a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–71%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–70%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–59%

Retirement58%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 49–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Eisenstadt?

The unemployment rate is 5.7 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Eisenstadt is 5.7%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Eisenstadt 5.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	71.6 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,552 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.7 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Eisenstadt?

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

Left over each month€2,202of €2,590 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.	€2,590
Rent, 60 m²€5.80/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €348
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	€2,202

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Eisenstadt. 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)

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	4,296 beds per 100,000	3 Aug 2026	Gesundheit Österreich GmbH / BMSGPK (kliniksuche.at)⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Eisenstadt 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 residents4,296 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Eisenstadt?

Police recorded about 6,654 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 tables¹⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,654 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	137 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	VIE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	30 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration in Eisenstadt

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 12.7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual PM10 was 17 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Eisenstadt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 11.27 µg/m³ · Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means.¹²

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

PM2.511.3WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1017WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂12.7WHO 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 Eisenstadt is 11.3 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Eisenstadt 11.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	12.68 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.¹⁰Official
NO₂ — latest reading	8 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	16.98 µg/m³country median 15.6	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.¹¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	11.27 µg/m³country median 10.0	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
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.95 · Feb 16.8 · Mar 21.92 · Apr 27.92 · May 31.42 · Jun 35.1 · Jul 36.4 · Aug 38.53 · Sep 34.19 · Oct 26.59 · Nov 19.79 · Dec 15.02 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -23.02 · Feb -17.09 · Mar -17.41 · Apr -5.6 · May -0.96 · Jun 3.68 · Jul 8.13 · Aug 6.55 · Sep 1.65 · Oct -8.41 · Nov -8.5 · Dec -17.05 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.64 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 4.16 · Apr 9.76 · May 14.45 · Jun 18.81 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 20.41 · Sep 15.05 · Oct 9.61 · Nov 4.44 · Dec -0.39 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2016–2024

9.7

11.2

12.8

14.3

11.320162018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 13.3% between 2016 and 2024, from 13.0 to 11.3.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Eisenstadt?

The published population was 16,118 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport80.2%
Foreign residents19.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	42.84 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	19.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	3,194 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	376.2 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.⁷Official
Population	16,118 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Eisenstadt

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	16,396	100.0%
Austria	12,610	76.9%
Non-Austria	3,786	23.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	2,199	13.4%
EU Member States (26)	2,160	13.2%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,737	10.6%
Third countries	1,587	9.7%
Hungary	978	6.0%
Europe including Türkiye	950	5.8%
Asia	435	2.7%

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Published group	People	Share
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	423	2.6%
Germany	348	2.1%
Romania	301	1.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	262	1.6%
Ukraine	224	1.4%
Serbia	160	1.0%
Croatia	119	0.7%
Africa	109	0.7%
Türkiye	96	0.6%
Syria	92	0.6%
America	74	0.5%
Latin America	42	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	39	0.2%
North America	32	0.2%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	16	0.1%
Oceania	3	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	16,396	100.0%
Austria	13,202	80.5%
Non-Austria	3,194	19.5%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	2,031	12.4%
EU Member States (26)	2,007	12.2%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,657	10.1%
Third countries	1,163	7.1%
Hungary	962	5.9%
Europe including Türkiye	644	3.9%
Asia	366	2.2%

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Published group	People	Share
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	350	2.1%
Germany	289	1.8%
Romania	247	1.5%
Ukraine	212	1.3%
Croatia	163	1.0%
Serbia	116	0.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	93	0.6%
Africa	89	0.5%
Syria	88	0.5%
Türkiye	69	0.4%
America	50	0.3%
Latin America	27	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	24	0.1%
North America	23	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	13	0.1%
Oceania	1	0.0%

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	7,545 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Eisenstadt

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Cities near Eisenstadt

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Telfs16,439 residents Bruck an der Mur15,735 residents Spittal an der Drau15,341 residents Tulln an der Donau16,951 residents Bludenz15,102 residents Stockerau17,210 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; Eisenstadt'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 Eisenstadt?

The published population was 16,118 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Eisenstadt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means..

How safe is Eisenstadt?

What is the unemployment rate in Eisenstadt?

The unemployment rate is 5.7 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Eisenstadt?

The median gross salary is 3,552 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Eisenstadt a good place to live?

Eisenstadt 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 Eisenstadt?

Pottendorf, Eggendorf, Mattersburg, Ebreichsdorf, Neudörfl are near Eisenstadt. 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 Eisenstadt?

The official country of birth distribution records 16,396 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Eisenstadt, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 00ee77ebc68bb1d31ffe87e318faccd8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/eisenstadt/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Eisenstadt, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {00ee77ebc68bb1d31ffe87e318faccd8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/eisenstadt/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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