Living in Leonding

In Leonding, unemployment is 4.6% (2024).

Leonding is in Austria; its population was 29,244 at the start of 2025. At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 5,241.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population29,244people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,404EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent6.9EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate4.6%country median 4.8% — 3% belowOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime4,855incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

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

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 Leonding.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 citiesLeonding 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)	6.9 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	461.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Leonding 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 worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–71%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–73%

Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–72%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–69%

Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Leonding?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Leonding is 4.6%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Leonding 4.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	77.6 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,404 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.6 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Leonding?

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

Left over each month€2,053of €2,507 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.	€2,507
Rent, 60 m²€6.90/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €414
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	€2,053

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Leonding Salary needed to live in Leonding

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Leonding?

Police recorded about 4,855 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 tables¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,855 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹¹Official · county

Language courses and integration

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

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 (EEA)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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.513WHO 5 · EU 25

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

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Leonding 13.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 24 km² in 2025. Population density was 1,216.9 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Leonding?

The published population was 29,244 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport82.1%
Foreign residents17.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	24.03 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	17.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹²Official
Foreign residents	5,241 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	1,217 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.⁸Official
Population	29,244 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Leonding

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	29,161	100.0%
Austria	22,800	78.2%
Non-Austria	6,361	21.8%
Third countries	3,793	13.0%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	2,568	8.8%
EU Member States (26)	2,504	8.6%
Europe including Türkiye	2,470	8.5%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,687	5.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,041	3.6%
Asia	994	3.4%

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Published group	People	Share
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	817	2.8%
Romania	668	2.3%
Germany	601	2.1%
Türkiye	436	1.5%
Serbia	331	1.1%
Croatia	247	0.8%
Hungary	232	0.8%
Syria	212	0.7%
Ukraine	184	0.6%
Africa	172	0.6%
America	125	0.4%
Latin America	91	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	64	0.2%
North America	34	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	23	0.1%
Oceania	9	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	29,161	100.0%
Austria	23,920	82.0%
Non-Austria	5,241	18.0%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	2,656	9.1%
EU Member States (26)	2,618	9.0%
Third countries	2,585	8.9%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,974	6.8%
Europe including Türkiye	1,582	5.4%
Asia	795	2.7%
Romania	719	2.5%

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Published group	People	Share
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	644	2.2%
Croatia	545	1.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	520	1.8%
Germany	437	1.5%
Türkiye	328	1.1%
Hungary	240	0.8%
Serbia	224	0.8%
Syria	210	0.7%
Ukraine	175	0.6%
Africa	135	0.5%
America	58	0.2%
Latin America	40	0.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	38	0.1%
North America	18	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	8	0.0%
Oceania	7	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	13,598 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Leonding

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.

Alkoven as a Leonding alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.6% Alkoven vs 4.6% Leonding−43%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,114 Alkoven vs 4,855 Leonding−36%
Residents: 6,172 Alkoven vs 29,244 Leonding−79%
Foreign residents: 10.1% Alkoven vs 17.7% Leonding−43%
Annual PM2.5: 11.0 µg/m³ Alkoven vs 13.0 µg/m³ Leonding−15%
Rent: €6.90/m² Alkoven vs €6.90/m² Leondingsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Alkoven vs €3,404 Leondingsame level

Full comparison More about Alkoven

Cities near Leonding

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Bregenz29,476 residents Klosterneuburg28,152 residents Baden25,931 residents Krems an der Donau25,473 residents Traun25,345 residents Wolfsberg24,961 residents

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Leonding in rankings

#2 of 28 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Austria #15 of 29 in Largest cities in Austria #24 of 28 in Most international cities in Austria #28 of 29 in Cities with cleanest air in Austria

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

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

Is Leonding part of Linz?

Leonding is in the published commuting zone of Linz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Linz 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 Leonding?

The published population was 29,244 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Leonding?

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 (EEA).

How safe is Leonding?

What is the unemployment rate in Leonding?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Leonding?

The median gross salary is 3,404 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Leonding a good place to live?

Leonding 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 Leonding part of Linz?

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

Which cities are near Leonding?

Linz, Pasching, Traun, Wilhering, Hörsching are near Leonding. 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 Leonding?

The official country of birth distribution records 29,161 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). Leonding, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d2b6541aa2eb41bf8cbd3034f9ac1935]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/leonding/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Leonding, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
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Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry statistik.gv.at · checked 2025-01-01
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