Living in Marchtrenk

In Marchtrenk, unemployment is 5% (2024).

At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 2,891. Marchtrenk had a population of 14,815 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population14,815people1 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 rate5%country median 4.8% — 5% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,681incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean11µg/m³country median 10.0 — 10% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Marchtrenk.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 citiesMarchtrenk 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 Marchtrenk 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 worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–69%

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

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

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–67%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Marchtrenk?

The unemployment rate is 5 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹³

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Marchtrenk is 5.0%. 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

Marchtrenk 5.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	79 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,404 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹³Official

What does a salary buy in Marchtrenk?

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 Marchtrenk Salary needed to live in Marchtrenk

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Marchtrenk?

Police recorded about 3,681 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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,681 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	8 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Nearest airport	LNZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Distance to nearest airport	8 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

ÖIF individual language-course funding and partner institutes — State Language Course

Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn PersonSubsidised

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Marchtrenk.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Marchtrenk?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁷

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

113

125

126

119

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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

PM2.511WHO 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 Marchtrenk is 11.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

4–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1516–17

Marchtrenk 11.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	11 µg/m³country median 10.0	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁷Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.43 · Feb 17.01 · Mar 22 · Apr 25.9 · May 29.78 · Jun 34.42 · Jul 33.87 · Aug 34.27 · Sep 31.98 · Oct 25.03 · Nov 20.39 · Dec 13.65 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.42 · Feb -18.31 · Mar -19 · Apr -7.11 · May -0.89 · Jun 2.35 · Jul 5.82 · Aug 5.38 · Sep -0.43 · Oct -7.16 · Nov -13.71 · Dec -18.93 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.29 · Feb -1.12 · Mar 3.05 · Apr 8.35 · May 12.79 · Jun 16.92 · Jul 18.76 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 13.46 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 3.59 · Dec -0.85 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 66.2 · Feb 54.2 · Mar 79.6 · Apr 61.6 · May 113 · Jun 124.9 · Jul 126 · Aug 119.4 · Sep 94.8 · Oct 71.2 · Nov 66.9 · Dec 69.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official

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

9.6

11.5

13.5

15.4

11.020152017201920212024

Annual PM2.5 fell 26.7% between 2015 and 2024, from 15.0 to 11.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 23.1 km² in 2025.

How many people live in Marchtrenk?

The published population was 14,815 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport80.5%
Foreign residents19.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	23.13 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	19.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁵Official
Foreign residents	2,891 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	640.5 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	14,815 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Marchtrenk

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	14,942	100.0%
Austria	11,563	77.4%
Non-Austria	3,379	22.6%
Third countries	1,893	12.7%
Europe including Türkiye	1,591	10.6%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,486	9.9%
EU Member States (26)	1,461	9.8%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,159	7.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	732	4.9%
Romania	456	3.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Türkiye	361	2.4%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	302	2.0%
Hungary	275	1.8%
Germany	245	1.6%
Asia	234	1.6%
Croatia	209	1.4%
Serbia	208	1.4%
Ukraine	58	0.4%
Syria	39	0.3%
America	36	0.2%
Africa	28	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	25	0.2%
Latin America	24	0.2%
North America	12	0.1%
Oceania	3	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

Citizenship

Population with main residence, current territorial structure, 1 January 2026, total sex · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Population total	14,942	100.0%
Austria	12,051	80.7%
Non-Austria	2,891	19.3%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,842	12.3%
EU Member States (26)	1,821	12.2%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,521	10.2%
Third countries	1,049	7.0%
Europe including Türkiye	825	5.5%
Croatia	514	3.4%
Romania	442	3.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	347	2.3%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	300	2.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	272	1.8%
Türkiye	271	1.8%
Germany	231	1.5%
Asia	185	1.2%
Serbia	80	0.5%
Ukraine	54	0.4%
Syria	34	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	21	0.1%
Africa	20	0.1%
America	18	0.1%
Latin America	14	0.1%
North America	4	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	6,150 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Marchtrenk

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 Marchtrenk alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.6% Alkoven vs 5.0% Marchtrenk−48%
Foreign residents: 10.1% Alkoven vs 19.3% Marchtrenk−48%
Residents: 6,172 Alkoven vs 14,815 Marchtrenk−58%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,114 Alkoven vs 3,681 Marchtrenk−15%
Rent: €6.90/m² Alkoven vs €6.90/m² Marchtrenksame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Alkoven vs €3,404 Marchtrenksame level

Full comparison More about Alkoven

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee as a Marchtrenk alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 176 km, 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 14,815 Marchtrenk+610%
Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 5.0% Marchtrenk+46%
Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €6.90/m² Marchtrenk−14%
Nearest airport: 3.0 km Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 8.0 km Marchtrenk−63%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3,681 Marchtrenkno percentage
Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 19.3% Marchtrenk+10%
Median gross pay, region: €3,268 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €3,404 Marchtrenk−4%

Full comparison More about Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Cities near Marchtrenk

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Hall in Tirol14,698 residents Ternitz14,697 residents Perchtoldsdorf14,960 residents Bludenz15,102 residents Feldkirchen in Kärnten14,528 residents Schwaz14,480 residents

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

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

Is Marchtrenk part of Wels?

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

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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 Marchtrenk?

The published population was 14,815 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Marchtrenk?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 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 Marchtrenk?

What is the unemployment rate in Marchtrenk?

The unemployment rate is 5 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Marchtrenk?

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

Is Marchtrenk a good place to live?

Marchtrenk 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 Marchtrenk part of Wels?

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

Which cities are near Marchtrenk?

Wels, Hörsching, Thalheim bei Wels, Pasching, Traun are near Marchtrenk. 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 Marchtrenk?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,942 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). Marchtrenk, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version af20bc6f4790619bf3a56e40af5db863]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/marchtrenk/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Marchtrenk, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {af20bc6f4790619bf3a56e40af5db863},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/marchtrenk/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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