Living in Hartberg

In Hartberg, unemployment is 5.5% (2024).

The unemployment rate was 5.5% at the end of 2024. Monthly precipitation was 19.2 mm in January and 108.5 mm in July. At the start of 2025, Hartberg had a population of 6,725.

Last checked 2026-09-2419 sources

Population6,725people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,296EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent7.4EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate5.5%country median 4.8% — 16% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime2,976incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

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

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 Hartberg.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 citiesHartberg 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)	7.4 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	474.2 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Hartberg a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–63%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%

Student56%strong on cost, weak on education · range 45–67%

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–63%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hartberg?

The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹²

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Hartberg is 5.5%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Hartberg 5.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	74.6 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,296 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.5 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹²Official

What does a salary buy in Hartberg?

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

Left over each month€1,968of €2,452 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.	€2,452
Rent, 60 m²€7.40/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €444
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	€1,968

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hartberg. 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 Hartberg. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Hartberg?

Police recorded about 2,976 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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,976 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹³Official · county

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hartberg. 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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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1.1°C in January and 20.6°C in July. Annual NO₂ was 12.8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual PM10 was 18.1 µg/m³ in 2024.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

4°-4°

7°-3°

12°0°

17°5°

22°9°

25°13°

27°14°

21°10°

16°6°

9°2°

4°-3°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

109

114

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

126

171

206

224

235

248

242

186

146

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

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

PM1018.1WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂12.8WHO 10 · EU 40

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

PM10 across cities in AustriaWhere Hartberg lands among 60 measured cities

6–79–1011–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2022–23

Hartberg 18.1

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	12.85 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.⁹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	16 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.¹¹Official
PM10 — annual mean	18.14 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.¹⁰Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.57 · Feb 7.14 · Mar 11.67 · Apr 17.43 · May 21.64 · Jun 25.36 · Jul 26.97 · Aug 26.51 · Sep 21.18 · Oct 15.86 · Nov 9.32 · Dec 4.04 °C	31 Dec 2020	GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations — mean monthly daily maximum 2m air temperature, Hartberg, 1991-2020⁸Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.22 · Feb -2.89 · Mar 0.227 · Apr 4.62 · May 9.36 · Jun 12.97 · Jul 14.5 · Aug 14.18 · Sep 10.04 · Oct 5.58 · Nov 1.94 · Dec -2.82 °C	31 Dec 2020	GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations — mean monthly daily minimum 2m air temperature, Hartberg, 1991-2020⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb 1.12 · Mar 4.99 · Apr 10.51 · May 15.3 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 20.57 · Aug 19.73 · Sep 14.63 · Oct 9.55 · Nov 4.82 · Dec -0.085 °C	31 Dec 2020	GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations — monthly mean 2m air temperature, Hartberg, 1991-2020⁸Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 19.23 · Feb 23.96 · Mar 32.81 · Apr 43.19 · May 79.76 · Jun 109.3 · Jul 108.5 · Aug 113.9 · Sep 82.96 · Oct 52.44 · Nov 43.74 · Dec 30 mm	31 Dec 2020	GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations — monthly precipitation total, Hartberg, 1991-2020⁸Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 92.23 · Feb 126.2 · Mar 171.3 · Apr 206.2 · May 223.8 · Jun 235.2 · Jul 247.9 · Aug 242 · Sep 186 · Oct 146.1 · Nov 84.33 · Dec 76.96 hours	31 Dec 2020	GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations — monthly sunshine duration total, Hartberg, 1991-2020⁸Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 21.6 km² in 2025. Population density was 311.6 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Hartberg?

The published population was 6,725 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.4%
Foreign residents11.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	21.58 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	11.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	780 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	311.6 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	6,725 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Hartberg

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	6,687	100.0%
Austria	5,810	86.9%
Non-Austria	877	13.1%
Third countries	475	7.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	402	6.0%
EU Member States (26)	389	5.8%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	296	4.4%
Europe including Türkiye	272	4.1%
Asia	168	2.5%
Romania	120	1.8%

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Published group	People	Share
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	93	1.4%
Hungary	87	1.3%
Germany	71	1.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	59	0.9%
Ukraine	35	0.5%
Serbia	34	0.5%
Syria	25	0.4%
America	23	0.3%
Croatia	20	0.3%
Latin America	15	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	13	0.2%
Africa	11	0.2%
Türkiye	11	0.2%
North America	8	0.1%
Oceania	1	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	6,687	100.0%
Austria	5,907	88.3%
Non-Austria	780	11.7%
Third countries	431	6.4%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	349	5.2%
EU Member States (26)	339	5.1%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	262	3.9%
Europe including Türkiye	228	3.4%
Asia	181	2.7%
Romania	92	1.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	91	1.4%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	77	1.2%
Germany	57	0.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	48	0.7%
Ukraine	31	0.5%
Syria	27	0.4%
Serbia	20	0.3%
Croatia	19	0.3%
America	12	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	10	0.1%
Latin America	10	0.1%
Africa	9	0.1%
Türkiye	9	0.1%
North America	2	0.0%
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	3,135 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Hartberg

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.

Pöllau as a Hartberg alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 1 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 2.2% Pöllau vs 11.7% Hartberg−81%
Unemployment: 3.3% Pöllau vs 5.5% Hartberg−40%
Residents: 5,890 Pöllau vs 6,725 Hartberg−12%
Rent: €7.40/m² Pöllau vs €7.40/m² Hartbergsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,296 Pöllau vs €3,296 Hartbergsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,976 Pöllau vs 2,976 Hartbergsame level

Full comparison More about Pöllau

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee as a Hartberg alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 147 km, better on 2 of 5 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 6,725 Hartberg+1465%
Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 11.7% Hartberg+82%
Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €7.40/m² Hartberg−20%
Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 5.5% Hartberg+33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 2,976 Hartbergno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,268 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €3,296 Hartbergsame level

Full comparison More about Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Cities near Hartberg

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Hörbranz6,731 residents Seeboden am Millstätter See6,706 residents Gallneukirchen6,747 residents Lochau6,696 residents Frohnleiten6,690 residents Bad Hofgastein6,677 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hartberg 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; Hartberg'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 Hartberg?

The published population was 6,725 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

How safe is Hartberg?

What is the unemployment rate in Hartberg?

The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Hartberg?

The median gross salary is 3,296 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

How many foreign residents live in Hartberg?

780 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten.

Is Hartberg a good place to live?

Hartberg 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 Hartberg?

Pöllau, Gfangen, Pinkafeld, Oberwart are near Hartberg. 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 Hartberg?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,687 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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A1 Internet 100 a1.net · checked 2026-09-15
Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence statistik.at · checked 2025-01-01
Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten statistik.at · checked 2026-01-01
bob Flex 100GB newsroom.a1.net · checked 2026-09-15
Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024 statistik.at · checked 2026-09-23
Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 statistik.at · checked 2026-09-24
Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry statistik.gv.at · checked 2025-01-01
GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations — mean monthly daily maximum 2m air temperature, Hartberg, 1991-2020 GeoSphere Austria climate station monthly observations · dataset.api.hub.geosphere.at · checked 2026-07-27
Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means. eeadmz1batchservice02.blob.core.windows.net · checked 2024-12-31
Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means. eeadmz1batchservice02.blob.core.windows.net · checked 2024-12-31

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Official UBA NO2 TMW capture on 2026-07-15, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the same-day unweighted mean. luft.umweltbundesamt.at · checked 2026-07-15
Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 · statistik.at · checked 2026-07-26
Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables bundeskanzleramt.gv.at · checked 2026-09-24
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