Living in Straßwalchen

In Straßwalchen, unemployment is 3.2% (2024).

For Straßwalchen, the foreign population count was 1,347 at the start of 2026. Straßwalchen had a population of 8,194 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population8,194people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,113EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent9.5EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate3.2%country median 4.8% — 33% belowOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,871incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Lower unemployment than 86% of Austrian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 78% of Austrian cities that publish it.

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

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 Straßwalchen.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 citiesStraßwalchen 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)	9.5 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	610.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Straßwalchen a good place to live?

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 52–74%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–77%

Student41%strong on cost, weak on education · range 29–53%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–74%

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Straßwalchen?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Straßwalchen is 3.2%. 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

Straßwalchen 3.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	79.9 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,113 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.2 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Straßwalchen?

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

Left over each month€1,738of €2,347 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.	€2,347
Rent, 60 m²€9.50/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €570
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	€1,738

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

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Straßwalchen?

Police recorded about 3,871 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	3,871 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 Straßwalchen. 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 Straßwalchen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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

PM2.59WHO 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 Straßwalchen is 9.0 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

Straßwalchen 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 44.5 km² in 2025.

How many people live in Straßwalchen?

The published population was 8,194 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport83.6%
Foreign residents16.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	44.52 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	16.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹²Official
Foreign residents	1,347 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	184 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	8,194 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Straßwalchen

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	8,219	100.0%
Austria	6,826	83.1%
Non-Austria	1,393	16.9%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	754	9.2%
EU Member States (26)	738	9.0%
Third countries	639	7.8%
Europe including Türkiye	458	5.6%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	432	5.3%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	306	3.7%
Germany	272	3.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Romania	213	2.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	173	2.1%
Asia	126	1.5%
Hungary	102	1.2%
Serbia	102	1.2%
Türkiye	73	0.9%
Syria	52	0.6%
Croatia	47	0.6%
Ukraine	43	0.5%
America	26	0.3%
Africa	22	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	16	0.2%
Latin America	14	0.2%
North America	12	0.1%
Oceania	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	8,219	100.0%
Austria	6,872	83.6%
Non-Austria	1,347	16.4%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	802	9.8%
EU Member States (26)	794	9.7%
Third countries	545	6.6%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	511	6.2%
Europe including Türkiye	404	4.9%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	283	3.4%
Germany	246	3.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Romania	241	2.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	132	1.6%
Asia	112	1.4%
Serbia	109	1.3%
Hungary	105	1.3%
Croatia	82	1.0%
Türkiye	62	0.8%
Syria	58	0.7%
Ukraine	42	0.5%
America	14	0.2%
Africa	12	0.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	8	0.1%
Latin America	8	0.1%
North America	6	0.1%
Oceania	3	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	3,319 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Straßwalchen

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.

Mattighofen as a Straßwalchen alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 9.5% Mattighofen vs 3.2% Straßwalchen+197%
Foreign residents: 42.2% Mattighofen vs 16.3% Straßwalchen+159%
Rent: €6.90/m² Mattighofen vs €9.50/m² Straßwalchen−27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,350 Mattighofen vs 3,871 Straßwalchen−13%
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Mattighofen vs €3,113 Straßwalchen+9%
Residents: 7,701 Mattighofen vs 8,194 Straßwalchen−6%

Full comparison More about Mattighofen

Villach as a Straßwalchen alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 158 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 65,749 Villach vs 8,194 Straßwalchen+702%
Unemployment: 8.4% Villach vs 3.2% Straßwalchen+163%
Rent: €5.90/m² Villach vs €9.50/m² Straßwalchen−38%
Foreign residents: 24.2% Villach vs 16.3% Straßwalchen+48%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,321 Villach vs 3,871 Straßwalchenno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,268 Villach vs €3,113 Straßwalchen+5%

Full comparison More about Villach

Cities near Straßwalchen

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Langenzersdorf8,194 residents Ebenthal in Kärnten8,224 residents Kindberg8,149 residents Liezen8,147 residents Zirl8,250 residents Wattens8,138 residents

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

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

Is Straßwalchen part of Salzburg?

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

The published population was 8,194 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Straßwalchen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Straßwalchen?

What is the unemployment rate in Straßwalchen?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Straßwalchen?

The median gross salary is 3,113 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Straßwalchen a good place to live?

Straßwalchen 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 Straßwalchen part of Salzburg?

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

Which cities are near Straßwalchen?

Lengau, Neumarkt am Wallersee, Henndorf am Wallersee, Seekirchen am Wallersee, Thalgau are near Straßwalchen. 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 Straßwalchen?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,219 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 = {Straßwalchen, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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