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Living in Köflach

In Köflach, unemployment is 6.5% (2024).

Köflach's population was 9,489 at the start of 2025. The unemployment rate was 6.5% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population9,489people1 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 rate6.5%country median 4.8% — 37% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities
Recorded crime3,370incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — AT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Voitsberg Mühlgasse)

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

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 Köflach.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€10
Net rent across major citiesKöflach highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Köflach 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)7.4 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 36Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)474.2 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 36Official · regional context

Is Köflach 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–67%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%
Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 51–73%
Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%
Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 47–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Köflach?

The unemployment rate is 6.5 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities13

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Köflach is 6.5%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate71 %31 Dec 2024Statistik Austria15Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,296 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 20245Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6.5 %country median 4.8%31 Dec 2024Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities13Official

What does a salary buy in Köflach?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,296 (Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,968of €2,452 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
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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
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Köflach Salary needed to live in Köflach

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Köflach?

Police recorded about 3,370 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 tables14

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,370 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables14Official · county

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 15.2 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual PM10 was 23 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Köflach?

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: EEA air quality statistics — AT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Voitsberg Mühlgasse)7

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 Köflach is 10.0 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
NO₂ — annual mean15.25 µg/m³country median 14.231 Dec 2024Official 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 reading9 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Official 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 mean22.97 µg/m³country median 15.631 Dec 2024Official 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 mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — AT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Voitsberg Mühlgasse)7Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 43.3 km² in 2025. Population density was 219.1 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Köflach?

The published population was 9,489 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 area43.3 km²1 Jan 2025Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry8Official
Foreign-resident share9.9 %31 Dec 2024Statistik Austria15Official
Foreign residents1,013 people1 Jan 2026Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten3Official
Population density219.1 people/km²1 Jan 2025Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.8Official
Population9,489 people1 Jan 2025Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence2Official

International community in Köflach

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 total9,557100.0%
Austria8,40387.9%
Non-Austria1,15412.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)6526.8%
EU Member States (26)6326.6%
Third countries5025.3%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)4334.5%
Europe including Türkiye3733.9%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)1992.1%
Romania1932.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Germany1641.7%
Ukraine1631.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1111.2%
Asia911.0%
Hungary760.8%
Croatia670.7%
Syria490.5%
Türkiye440.5%
Africa210.2%
Serbia210.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom200.2%
America150.2%
Latin America130.1%
North America20.0%
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 total9,557100.0%
Austria8,54489.4%
Non-Austria1,01310.6%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)5786.0%
EU Member States (26)5706.0%
Third countries4354.6%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)4344.5%
Europe including Türkiye3373.5%
Romania2172.3%
Ukraine1721.8%
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Published groupPeopleShare
EU Member States before 2004 (13)1361.4%
Germany1171.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina971.0%
Asia780.8%
Croatia730.8%
Hungary710.7%
Syria450.5%
Türkiye320.3%
Serbia160.2%
Africa100.1%
America90.1%
Latin America90.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom80.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless10.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households4,760 households31 Dec 2024Statistik Austria15Official

Alternatives for people set on Köflach

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.

Stainz as a Köflach alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Unemployment: 3.9% Stainz vs 6.5% Köflach−40%
  • Foreign residents: 5.3% Stainz vs 9.9% Köflach−46%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,803 Stainz vs 3,370 Köflach−17%
  • Residents: 8,783 Stainz vs 9,489 Köflach−7%
  • Rent: €7.40/m² Stainz vs €7.40/m² Köflachsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,296 Stainz vs €3,296 Köflachsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Stainz vs 10.0 µg/m³ Köflachsame level
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Klagenfurt am Wörthersee as a Köflach alternative in the same country

78 km away, 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 9,489 Köflach+1009%
  • Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 9.9% Köflach+115%
  • Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €7.40/m² Köflach−20%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3,370 Köflachno percentage
  • Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 6.5% Köflach+12%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,268 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €3,296 Köflachsame level
Full comparisonMore about Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Cities near Köflach

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities
Rum9,493 residentsPerg9,482 residentsFinkenstein am Faaker See9,466 residentsGuntramsdorf9,450 residentsVoitsberg9,547 residentsJudenburg9,607 residents

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

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

Is Köflach part of Graz?

Köflach is in the published commuting zone of Graz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Graz city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source9

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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 Köflach?

The published population was 9,489 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Köflach?

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: EEA air quality statistics — AT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Voitsberg Mühlgasse).

How safe is Köflach?

Police recorded about 3,370 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 Köflach?

The unemployment rate is 6.5 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Köflach?

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

Is Köflach a good place to live?

Köflach 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.

Is Köflach part of Graz?

Köflach is in the published commuting zone of Graz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Köflach?

Bärnbach, Voitsberg, Hitzendorf, Gratwein-Straßengel, Gratkorn are near Köflach. 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 Köflach?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,557 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). Köflach, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version bc9adf2d05a538ba2a81acdabaaad9d8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/koflach/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Köflach, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {bc9adf2d05a538ba2a81acdabaaad9d8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/koflach/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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