Living in Oberwart

In Oberwart, unemployment is 11.1% (2024).

Population density was 221 people per km² in 2025. The unemployment rate was 11.1% at the end of 2024. Oberwart, a city in Austria, had a population of 8,060 at the start of 2025. For Oberwart, annual NO₂ was 17.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. The city covered 36.5 km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population8,060people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,552EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent5.8EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate11.1%country median 4.8% — 134% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,364incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

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

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 Oberwart.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 citiesOberwart 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)	5.8 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	455.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Oberwart a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–64%

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

Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–72%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–60%

Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Oberwart?

The unemployment rate is 11.1 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Oberwart is 11.1%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Oberwart 11.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	68.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,552 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	11.1 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Oberwart?

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

Left over each month€2,202of €2,590 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.	€2,590
Rent, 60 m²€5.80/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €348
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	€2,202

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Oberwart. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich — Public employment service

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Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	4,583 beds per 100,000	3 Aug 2026	Gesundheit Österreich GmbH / BMSGPK (kliniksuche.at)⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Oberwart 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents4,583 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Oberwart?

Police recorded 3,364 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	3,364 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	67 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration in Oberwart

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM10 was 17.6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

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

PM1017.6WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂17.1WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in AustriaWhere Oberwart lands among 60 measured cities

6–79–1011–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2022–23

Oberwart 17.6

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	17.11 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	12 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	17.61 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
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.66 · Feb 17.85 · Mar 20.45 · Apr 26.65 · May 32.18 · Jun 34.52 · Jul 36.44 · Aug 38.17 · Sep 33.56 · Oct 25.18 · Nov 19.83 · Dec 14.71 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.01 · Feb -18.47 · Mar -20.89 · Apr -6.28 · May -1.05 · Jun 1.97 · Jul 6.95 · Aug 6.08 · Sep 1.32 · Oct -8.78 · Nov -9.7 · Dec -18 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.92 · Feb -0.51 · Mar 3.77 · Apr 9.26 · May 13.98 · Jun 18.37 · Jul 20.46 · Aug 19.89 · Sep 14.54 · Oct 9.31 · Nov 4.14 · Dec -0.75 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Oberwart?

The published population was 8,060 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport79.5%
Foreign residents20.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	36.47 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	19.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	1,656 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	221 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.⁷Official
Population	8,060 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Oberwart

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	8,130	100.0%
Austria	6,249	76.9%
Non-Austria	1,881	23.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	978	12.0%
EU Member States (26)	958	11.8%
Third countries	903	11.1%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	813	10.0%
Europe including Türkiye	501	6.2%
Hungary	490	6.0%
Asia	327	4.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Romania	208	2.6%
Ukraine	186	2.3%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	145	1.8%
Germany	122	1.5%
Syria	110	1.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	107	1.3%
Africa	50	0.6%
Serbia	47	0.6%
Türkiye	44	0.5%
Croatia	34	0.4%
America	21	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	20	0.2%
North America	13	0.2%
Latin America	8	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	3	0.0%
Oceania	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	8,130	100.0%
Austria	6,474	79.6%
Non-Austria	1,656	20.4%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	891	11.0%
EU Member States (26)	886	10.9%
Third countries	765	9.4%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	754	9.3%
Hungary	526	6.5%
Europe including Türkiye	427	5.3%
Asia	279	3.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukraine	190	2.3%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	132	1.6%
Romania	129	1.6%
Syria	115	1.4%
Germany	106	1.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	67	0.8%
Türkiye	42	0.5%
Africa	41	0.5%
Croatia	36	0.4%
Serbia	26	0.3%
America	9	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	8	0.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	5	0.1%
North America	5	0.1%
Latin 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	3,777 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Oberwart

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.

Pinkafeld as an Oberwart alternative in the same region

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

Unemployment: 8.2% Pinkafeld vs 11.1% Oberwart−26%
Foreign residents: 12.6% Pinkafeld vs 19.5% Oberwart−35%
Residents: 5,890 Pinkafeld vs 8,060 Oberwart−27%
Rent: €5.80/m² Pinkafeld vs €5.80/m² Oberwartsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,552 Pinkafeld vs €3,552 Oberwartsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,364 Pinkafeld vs 3,364 Oberwartsame level
Nearest airport: 67.0 km Pinkafeld vs 67.0 km Oberwartsame level

Full comparison More about Pinkafeld

Wels as an Oberwart alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 190 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: 65,482 Wels vs 8,060 Oberwart+712%
Rent: €6.90/m² Wels vs €5.80/m² Oberwart+19%
Foreign residents: 34.1% Wels vs 19.5% Oberwart+75%
Nearest airport: 14.0 km Wels vs 67.0 km Oberwart−79%
Unemployment: 9.2% Wels vs 11.1% Oberwart−17%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,756 Wels vs 3,364 Oberwartno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Wels vs €3,552 Oberwart−4%

Full comparison More about Wels

Cities near Oberwart

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Herzogenburg7,990 residents Wattens8,138 residents Liezen8,147 residents Kindberg8,149 residents St. Andrä-Wördern7,956 residents Pressbaum7,932 residents

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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; Oberwart's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Oberwart?

The published population was 8,060 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

How safe is Oberwart?

What is the unemployment rate in Oberwart?

The unemployment rate is 11.1 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Oberwart?

The median gross salary is 3,552 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

How many foreign residents live in Oberwart?

1,656 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten.

Is Oberwart a good place to live?

Oberwart 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 Oberwart?

Pinkafeld, Gfangen, Hartberg are near Oberwart. 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 Oberwart?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,130 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). Oberwart, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f709f75e62cfdeedff1f93af110400a5]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/oberwart/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Oberwart, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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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
Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry statistik.gv.at · checked 2025-01-01
Gesundheit Österreich GmbH / BMSGPK (kliniksuche.at) khstrukturdaten.goeg.at · checked 2026-08-03
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
Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 · statistik.at · checked 2026-07-26
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
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q257428 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05
Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q368598 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05
Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q671259 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05

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