Living in Trofaiach

In Trofaiach, unemployment is 3.9% (2024).

The foreign population count was 930 at the start of 2026. For Trofaiach, the unemployment rate was 3.9% at the end of 2024. Its population was 11,030 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2418 sources

Population11,030people1 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 rate3.9%country median 4.8% — 18% belowOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime4,257incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean9.99µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

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

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 Trofaiach.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 citiesTrofaiach 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 100GB⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.4 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁷Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	474.2 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁷Official · regional context

Is Trofaiach a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–70%

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

Student57%strong on cost, weak on education · range 45–69%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–71%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Trofaiach?

The unemployment rate is 3.9 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹²

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Trofaiach is 3.9%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Trofaiach 3.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	74.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,296 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁶Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.9 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹²Official

What does a salary buy in Trofaiach?

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 Trofaiach. 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 Trofaiach. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Trofaiach?

Police recorded about 4,257 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 tables¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,257 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	11 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	GRZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	58 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 9.99 µg/m³ · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)²

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

PM2.510WHO 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 Trofaiach is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9.99 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 11.59 · Feb 14.86 · Mar 19.23 · Apr 22.75 · May 28.3 · Jun 30.24 · Jul 30.43 · Aug 32.73 · Sep 27.97 · Oct 22.52 · Nov 17.33 · Dec 9.98 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -21.95 · Feb -20.33 · Mar -23.19 · Apr -9.98 · May -4 · Jun 0.03 · Jul 3.41 · Aug 2.34 · Sep -2.32 · Oct -10.12 · Nov -15.71 · Dec -21.31 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -4.22 · Feb -3.35 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 5.67 · May 10.1 · Jun 14.18 · Jul 15.96 · Aug 15.57 · Sep 10.77 · Oct 6.63 · Nov 1.95 · Dec -2.73 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Trofaiach?

The published population was 11,030 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport91.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	143.2 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	8.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	930 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten⁴Official
Population density	77.01 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	11,030 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence³Official

International community in Trofaiach

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	10,960	100.0%
Austria	9,939	90.7%
Non-Austria	1,021	9.3%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	665	6.1%
EU Member States (26)	650	5.9%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	434	4.0%
Third countries	356	3.2%
Europe including Türkiye	223	2.0%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	216	2.0%
Romania	198	1.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	188	1.7%
Hungary	106	1.0%
Asia	90	0.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	60	0.5%
Ukraine	49	0.4%
Syria	41	0.4%
Croatia	28	0.3%
Serbia	27	0.2%
America	23	0.2%
Türkiye	21	0.2%
Latin America	18	0.2%
Africa	17	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	15	0.1%
North America	5	0.0%
Oceania	2	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 source⁴

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
Population total	10,960	100.0%
Austria	10,030	91.5%
Non-Austria	930	8.5%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	661	6.0%
EU Member States (26)	655	6.0%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	490	4.5%
Third countries	269	2.5%
Romania	235	2.1%
Europe including Türkiye	166	1.5%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	165	1.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	138	1.3%
Hungary	104	0.9%
Asia	87	0.8%
Croatia	74	0.7%
Syria	49	0.4%
Ukraine	46	0.4%
Türkiye	19	0.2%
Serbia	18	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	0.1%
Africa	9	0.1%
America	6	0.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Latin America	3	0.0%
North America	3	0.0%
Oceania	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	5,579 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Trofaiach

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.

Villach as a Trofaiach alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 127 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 65,749 Villach vs 11,030 Trofaiach+496%
Unemployment: 8.4% Villach vs 3.9% Trofaiach+115%
Foreign residents: 24.2% Villach vs 8.3% Trofaiach+192%
Rent: €5.90/m² Villach vs €7.40/m² Trofaiach−20%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,321 Villach vs 4,257 Trofaiachno percentage
Nearest airport: 37.0 km Villach vs 58.0 km Trofaiach−36%
Median gross pay, region: €3,268 Villach vs €3,296 Trofaiachsame level

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Cities near Trofaiach

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Waidhofen an der Ybbs11,062 residents Völkermarkt10,902 residents Imst11,183 residents Zwettl-Niederösterreich10,771 residents Bischofshofen10,743 residents Lauterach10,568 residents

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

The published population was 11,030 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Trofaiach?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Trofaiach?

What is the unemployment rate in Trofaiach?

The unemployment rate is 3.9 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Trofaiach?

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

Is Trofaiach a good place to live?

Trofaiach 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 Trofaiach?

Leoben, Bruck an der Mur, Kapfenberg are near Trofaiach. 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 Trofaiach?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,960 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). Trofaiach, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f43c34630f57f841009c9daa216aa4d8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/trofaiach/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Trofaiach, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  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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