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Living in Haag

In Haag, unemployment is 3.4% (2024).

The foreign population count was 585 at the start of 2026. The unemployment rate was 3.4% at the end of 2024. Its population was 5,851 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population5,851people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence
Median gross salary (region)3,495EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024
Average net rent6.7EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3
Unemployment rate3.4%country median 4.8% — 28% belowOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities
Recorded crime3,459incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables
PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³country median 10.0 — 30% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 84% of Austrian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 95% of Austrian cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Haag recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€10
Net rent across major citiesHaag highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Haag highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Vienna€7.90
Innsbruck€7.58
Salzburg€6.92
Graz€6.33
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.9 EUR/month30 Sept 2026A1 Internet 1001Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB9.9 EUR/month30 Apr 2026bob Flex 100GB4Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.7 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 36Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)473.3 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 36Official · regional context

Is Haag a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–69%
Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–76%
Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–70%
Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–73%
Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–62%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Haag?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities12

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Haag is 3.4%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate77.7 %31 Dec 2024Statistik Austria14Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,495 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 20245Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.4 %country median 4.8%31 Dec 2024Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities12Official

What does a salary buy in Haag?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,495 (Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€2,120of €2,562 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.€2,562
Rent, 60 m²€6.70/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31− €402
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€2,120
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Haag Salary needed to live in Haag

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Haag. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Haag?

Police recorded about 3,459 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 tables13

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,459 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables13Official · county

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport8 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights10Official
Nearest airportLNZ3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official
Distance to nearest airport7 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Haag. 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

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

Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn PersonSubsidised
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Haag.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Haag?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency7

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

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 Haag is 13.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean13 µg/m³country median 10.031 Dec 2024European Environment Agency7Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 11.49 · Feb 14.95 · Mar 19.92 · Apr 24.84 · May 28.03 · Jun 30.62 · Jul 33.09 · Aug 33.98 · Sep 32.23 · Oct 23.53 · Nov 17.86 · Dec 13.14 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center9Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -25.98 · Feb -21 · Mar -19.08 · Apr -7.11 · May -2.52 · Jun 1.63 · Jul 5.88 · Aug 5.54 · Sep -0.7 · Oct -6.77 · Nov -12.57 · Dec -21.06 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center9Official
Average temperature by monthJan -3.26 · Feb -1.97 · Mar 2.22 · Apr 7.67 · May 12.21 · Jun 16.26 · Jul 18.11 · Aug 17.78 · Sep 12.79 · Oct 7.87 · Nov 2.76 · Dec -1.65 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center9Official
Annual PM2.5 over time10 published observations, 2015–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 27.8% between 2015 and 2024, from 18.0 to 13.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Haag?

The published population was 5,851 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence2

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area54.99 km²1 Jan 2025Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry8Official
Foreign-resident share8.8 %31 Dec 2024Statistik Austria14Official
Foreign residents585 people1 Jan 2026Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten3Official
Population density106.4 people/km²1 Jan 2025Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.8Official
Population5,851 people1 Jan 2025Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence2Official

International community in Haag

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 groupPeopleShare
Population total5,977100.0%
Austria5,34589.4%
Non-Austria63210.6%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)3786.3%
EU Member States (26)3746.3%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)3035.1%
Third countries2544.2%
Romania1913.2%
Europe including Türkiye1702.8%
Ukraine841.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
EU Member States before 2004 (13)711.2%
Asia651.1%
Germany490.8%
Türkiye460.8%
Hungary410.7%
Syria380.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina110.2%
Serbia90.2%
America80.1%
Africa60.1%
Croatia50.1%
Latin America50.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom40.1%
North America30.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless30.1%
Oceania20.0%

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 groupPeopleShare
Population total5,977100.0%
Austria5,39290.2%
Non-Austria5859.8%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)3666.1%
EU Member States (26)3636.1%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)3095.2%
Third countries2193.7%
Romania1933.2%
Europe including Türkiye1522.5%
Ukraine811.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Asia601.0%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)540.9%
Hungary530.9%
Germany380.6%
Syria380.6%
Türkiye350.6%
Croatia120.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina100.2%
Africa40.1%
America30.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom30.1%
Latin America20.0%
Serbia20.0%
North America10.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households2,352 households31 Dec 2024Statistik Austria14Official

Alternatives for people set on Haag

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.

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee as a Haag alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 167 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: 105,256 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 5,851 Haag+1699%
  • Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3.4% Haag+115%
  • Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 8.8% Haag+142%
  • Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €6.70/m² Haag−12%
  • Nearest airport: 3.0 km Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 7.0 km Haag−57%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3,459 Haagno percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.8 µg/m³ Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 13.0 µg/m³ Haag−17%

Cities near Haag

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Haag 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; Haag's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Haag?

The published population was 5,851 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Haag?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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 Haag?

Police recorded about 3,459 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 tables.

What is the unemployment rate in Haag?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Haag?

The median gross salary is 3,495 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Haag a good place to live?

Haag 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 Haag?

St. Valentin, St. Peter in der Au, Steyr, Enns, Garsten are near Haag. 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 Haag?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,977 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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