Living in Knittelfeld

In Knittelfeld, unemployment is 8.9% (2024).

Knittelfeld had 12,870 residents at the start of 2025 and is a city in Austria. For Knittelfeld, the foreign population count was 3,615 at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2422 sources

Population12,870people1 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 rate8.9%country median 4.8% — 87% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,819incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³country median 10.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Knittelfeld.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 citiesKnittelfeld 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 Knittelfeld a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–66%

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

Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 51–73%

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

Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Knittelfeld?

The unemployment rate is 8.9 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Knittelfeld is 8.9%. 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

Knittelfeld 8.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	67.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,296 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	8.9 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Knittelfeld?

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 Knittelfeld. 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 Knittelfeld. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Knittelfeld?

Police recorded about 3,819 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	3,819 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
Destinations from nearest airport	11 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Nearest airport	GRZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	53 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Is the air quality good in Knittelfeld?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁹

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

PM2.510WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1018WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂12WHO 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 Knittelfeld is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — AT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Zeltweg Hauptschule)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
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.¹²Official
PM10 — annual mean	18 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — AT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Zeltweg Hauptschule)⁸Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³country median 10.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁹Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.46 · Feb 16.46 · Mar 19.38 · Apr 24.05 · May 29.34 · Jun 32.69 · Jul 33.99 · Aug 34.31 · Sep 28.81 · Oct 23.01 · Nov 18.7 · Dec 11.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.13 · Feb -24.58 · Mar -22.23 · Apr -7.71 · May -2.84 · Jun -0.43 · Jul 5.06 · Aug 3.17 · Sep -0.88 · Oct -11.22 · Nov -11.93 · Dec -21.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.24 · Feb -2.16 · Mar 2.07 · Apr 7.23 · May 11.86 · Jun 16.18 · Jul 18.14 · Aug 17.59 · Sep 12.47 · Oct 7.84 · Nov 2.96 · Dec -1.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official

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

8.5

10.8

13.2

15.5

10.020152017201920212024

Annual PM2.5 fell 33.3% between 2015 and 2024, from 15.0 to 10.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 13.9 km² in 2025.

How many people live in Knittelfeld?

The published population was 12,870 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport71.9%
Foreign residents28.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	13.85 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry¹⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	27.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	3,615 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	929.1 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.¹⁰Official
Population	12,870 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Knittelfeld

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	12,792	100.0%
Austria	9,342	73.0%
Non-Austria	3,450	27.0%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,864	14.6%
EU Member States (26)	1,840	14.4%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,604	12.5%
Third countries	1,586	12.4%
Romania	1,186	9.3%
Europe including Türkiye	996	7.8%
Asia	513	4.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Bosnia and Herzegovina	440	3.4%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	236	1.8%
Syria	235	1.8%
Croatia	197	1.5%
Ukraine	174	1.4%
Germany	158	1.2%
Hungary	88	0.7%
Türkiye	86	0.7%
Africa	51	0.4%
Serbia	33	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	24	0.2%
America	19	0.1%
Latin America	15	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	7	0.1%
North America	4	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	12,792	100.0%
Austria	9,177	71.7%
Non-Austria	3,615	28.3%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	2,339	18.3%
EU Member States (26)	2,327	18.2%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	2,181	17.0%
Romania	1,303	10.2%
Third countries	1,276	10.0%
Europe including Türkiye	671	5.2%
Croatia	653	5.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Asia	557	4.4%
Syria	276	2.2%
Ukraine	176	1.4%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	146	1.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	116	0.9%
Hungary	102	0.8%
Germany	93	0.7%
Türkiye	80	0.6%
Africa	35	0.3%
Serbia	19	0.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	12	0.1%
America	10	0.1%
Latin America	7	0.1%
North America	3	0.0%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	3	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	6,459 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Knittelfeld

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.

Spielberg as a Knittelfeld alternative in the same region

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

Unemployment: 4.0% Spielberg vs 8.9% Knittelfeld−55%
Foreign residents: 6.2% Spielberg vs 27.3% Knittelfeld−77%
Residents: 5,351 Spielberg vs 12,870 Knittelfeld−58%
Rent: €7.40/m² Spielberg vs €7.40/m² Knittelfeldsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,296 Spielberg vs €3,296 Knittelfeldsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,819 Spielberg vs 3,819 Knittelfeldsame level

Full comparison More about Spielberg

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee as a Knittelfeld alternative in the same country

78 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 105,256 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 12,870 Knittelfeld+718%
Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €7.40/m² Knittelfeld−20%
Nearest airport: 3.0 km Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 53.0 km Knittelfeld−94%
Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 8.9% Knittelfeld−18%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3,819 Knittelfeldno percentage
Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 27.3% Knittelfeld−22%
Annual PM2.5: 10.8 µg/m³ Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 10.0 µg/m³ Knittelfeld+8%

Full comparison More about Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Cities near Knittelfeld

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Neunkirchen12,940 residents Gratwein-Straßengel12,799 residents Ried im Innkreis12,766 residents Vöcklabruck12,989 residents Tulln12,591 residents Gmunden13,231 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Knittelfeld 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; Knittelfeld's school authority applies it locally.

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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 Knittelfeld?

The published population was 12,870 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Knittelfeld?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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 Knittelfeld?

What is the unemployment rate in Knittelfeld?

The unemployment rate is 8.9 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Knittelfeld?

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

Is Knittelfeld a good place to live?

Knittelfeld 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 Knittelfeld?

Spielberg, Zeltweg, Fohnsdorf, Judenburg are near Knittelfeld. 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 Knittelfeld?

The official country of birth distribution records 12,792 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 = {Knittelfeld, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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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
EEA air quality statistics — AT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Zeltweg Hauptschule) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — AT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Zeltweg Hauptschule) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry statistik.gv.at · checked 2025-01-01

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NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
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
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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