Living in Liezen

In Liezen, unemployment is 5.2% (2024).

For Liezen, the unemployment rate was 5.2% at the end of 2024. The population of Liezen, in Austria, was 8,147 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2417 sources

Population8,147people1 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 rate5.2%country median 4.8% — 9% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,953incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean5µg/m³country median 10.0 — 50% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Liezen.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 citiesLiezen 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 Liezen a good place to live?

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Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–73%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%

Student64%strong on cost, weak on education · range 53–75%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 48–70%

Retirement64%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 53–75%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Liezen?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Liezen is 5.2%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Liezen 5.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	73.8 %	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	5.2 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Liezen?

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 Liezen. 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 Liezen. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Liezen?

Police recorded about 3,953 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	3,953 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	8 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Nearest airport	LNZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	74 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Annual NO₂ was 10.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual PM10 was 15 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Liezen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2021) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. 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

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

PM2.55WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1015WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂10.1WHO 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 Liezen is 5.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Liezen 5.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	10.1 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.¹⁰Official
NO₂ — latest reading	6 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	15 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.¹¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	5 µg/m³country median 10.0	31 Dec 2021	European Environment Agency⁷Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 9.68 · Feb 14.32 · Mar 18 · Apr 22.12 · May 24.82 · Jun 29.87 · Jul 28.48 · Aug 30.34 · Sep 25.06 · Oct 21.52 · Nov 17.5 · Dec 8.52 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -21.69 · Feb -23.01 · Mar -25.2 · Apr -11.19 · May -4.1 · Jun -0.7 · Jul 2.93 · Aug 1.5 · Sep -4.07 · Oct -11.37 · Nov -16.87 · Dec -23.67 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -5.04 · Feb -4.23 · Mar -0.21 · Apr 4.81 · May 9.2 · Jun 13.21 · Jul 14.91 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 10.01 · Oct 6.01 · Nov 1.25 · Dec -3.44 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

Annual PM2.5 over time7 published observations, 2015–2021

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5.02015201720192021

Annual PM2.5 fell 16.7% between 2015 and 2021, from 6.0 to 5.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 91.8 km² in 2025. Population density was 88.8 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Liezen?

The published population was 8,147 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport76.3%
Foreign residents23.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	91.76 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	23.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	1,933 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	88.78 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	8,147 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Liezen

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	8,081	100.0%
Austria	6,237	77.2%
Non-Austria	1,844	22.8%
Third countries	1,071	13.3%
Europe including Türkiye	817	10.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	773	9.6%
EU Member States (26)	762	9.4%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	607	7.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	525	6.5%
Croatia	223	2.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Asia	209	2.6%
Romania	195	2.4%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	155	1.9%
Germany	121	1.5%
Syria	106	1.3%
Hungary	94	1.2%
Türkiye	87	1.1%
Serbia	37	0.5%
Ukraine	34	0.4%
Africa	25	0.3%
America	18	0.2%
Latin America	13	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	11	0.1%
North America	5	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	2	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	8,081	100.0%
Austria	6,148	76.1%
Non-Austria	1,933	23.9%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,053	13.0%
EU Member States (26)	1,042	12.9%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	943	11.7%
Third countries	880	10.9%
Europe including Türkiye	615	7.6%
Croatia	529	6.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	333	4.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Asia	239	3.0%
Romania	203	2.5%
Syria	125	1.5%
Hungary	123	1.5%
Türkiye	102	1.3%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	99	1.2%
Germany	69	0.9%
Ukraine	34	0.4%
Serbia	29	0.4%
Africa	18	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	11	0.1%
America	7	0.1%
Latin America	6	0.1%
North America	1	0.0%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	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	4,007 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Liezen

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 Liezen alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 106 km, better on 2 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 8,147 Liezen+1192%
Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €7.40/m² Liezen−20%
Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 5.2% Liezen+40%
Nearest airport: 3.0 km Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 74.0 km Liezen−96%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3,953 Liezenno percentage
Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 23.1% Liezen−8%
Median gross pay, region: €3,268 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €3,296 Liezensame level

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Alternative cities in Austria

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

The published population was 8,147 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Liezen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2021) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Liezen?

What is the unemployment rate in Liezen?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Liezen?

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

Is Liezen a good place to live?

Liezen 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.

How many people born in Population total live in Liezen?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,081 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 = {Liezen, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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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
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
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
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 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 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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Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables bundeskanzleramt.gv.at · checked 2026-09-24
Statistik Austria data.statistik.gv.at · checked 2026-08-07

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