Living in Weiz

In Weiz, unemployment is 5.1% (2024).

Weiz is a city in Austria, with a population of 12,116 at the start of 2025. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 was 9.74 µg/m³. The city covered 17.5 km² in 2025. Population density was 693.3 people per km² in 2025. The unemployment rate was 5.1% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population12,116people1 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 rate5.1%country median 4.8% — 7% aboveOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,240incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean9.74µg/m³country median 10.0 — 3% belowOfficial source · Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means.

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

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 Weiz.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 citiesWeiz 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 Weiz a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–69%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–66%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Weiz?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Weiz is 5.1%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Weiz 5.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	74.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,296 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.1 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Weiz?

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

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

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Weiz?

Police recorded about 3,240 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 tables¹⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,240 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁷Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	11 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	GRZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	28 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Weiz. 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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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 16 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual PM10 was 19 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Weiz?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.7 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: 9.74 µg/m³ · Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means.¹²

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

PM2.59.7WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1019WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂16WHO 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 Weiz is 9.7 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Weiz 9.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	16.01 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	13 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.¹³Official
PM10 — annual mean	19.04 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	9.74 µg/m³country median 10.0	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.¹²Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.49 · Feb 19.4 · Mar 21.62 · Apr 27.25 · May 32.45 · Jun 36.29 · Jul 38.01 · Aug 39.04 · Sep 32.73 · Oct 26.09 · Nov 21.69 · Dec 15.63 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.06 · Feb -18.37 · Mar -15.96 · Apr -4.7 · May -0.7 · Jun 2.29 · Jul 7.26 · Aug 5.78 · Sep 1.07 · Oct -8.24 · Nov -11.31 · Dec -19.65 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.26 · Feb 0.24 · Mar 4.57 · Apr 10.01 · May 14.78 · Jun 19.26 · Jul 21.35 · Aug 20.63 · Sep 15.25 · Oct 10.02 · Nov 4.69 · Dec -0.24 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

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

9.2

11.7

14.1

16.5

9.720152017201920212024

Annual PM2.5 fell 35.1% between 2015 and 2024, from 15.0 to 9.7.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Weiz?

The published population was 12,116 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport81.4%
Foreign residents18.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	17.47 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	18 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	2,251 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	693.3 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	12,116 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Weiz

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	12,212	100.0%
Austria	9,880	80.9%
Non-Austria	2,332	19.1%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,390	11.4%
EU Member States (26)	1,364	11.2%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,102	9.0%
Third countries	942	7.7%
Romania	698	5.7%
Europe including Türkiye	565	4.6%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	262	2.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Asia	248	2.0%
Ukraine	195	1.6%
Germany	182	1.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	164	1.3%
Hungary	147	1.2%
Croatia	100	0.8%
Syria	84	0.7%
Türkiye	65	0.5%
Africa	59	0.5%
America	59	0.5%
Latin America	49	0.4%
Serbia	31	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	26	0.2%
North America	10	0.1%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	9	0.1%
Oceania	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	12,212	100.0%
Austria	9,961	81.6%
Non-Austria	2,251	18.4%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,477	12.1%
EU Member States (26)	1,462	12.0%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	1,278	10.5%
Romania	801	6.6%
Third countries	774	6.3%
Europe including Türkiye	466	3.8%
Asia	215	1.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukraine	204	1.7%
Hungary	191	1.6%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	184	1.5%
Croatia	143	1.2%
Germany	130	1.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	107	0.9%
Türkiye	80	0.7%
Syria	73	0.6%
Africa	51	0.4%
America	38	0.3%
Latin America	35	0.3%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	15	0.1%
Serbia	14	0.1%
North America	3	0.0%
Oceania	2	0.0%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	2	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	5,910 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Weiz

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.

Gleisdorf as a Weiz alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 13.6% Gleisdorf vs 18.0% Weiz−24%
Unemployment: 4.5% Gleisdorf vs 5.1% Weiz−12%
Nearest airport: 24.0 km Gleisdorf vs 28.0 km Weiz−14%
Residents: 11,533 Gleisdorf vs 12,116 Weiz−5%
Rent: €7.40/m² Gleisdorf vs €7.40/m² Weizsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,296 Gleisdorf vs €3,296 Weizsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,240 Gleisdorf vs 3,240 Weizsame level

Full comparison More about Gleisdorf

Wels as a Weiz alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 159 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 65,482 Wels vs 12,116 Weiz+440%
Unemployment: 9.2% Wels vs 5.1% Weiz+80%
Foreign residents: 34.1% Wels vs 18.0% Weiz+89%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,756 Wels vs 3,240 Weizno percentage
Nearest airport: 14.0 km Wels vs 28.0 km Weiz−50%
Rent: €6.90/m² Wels vs €7.40/m² Weiz−7%
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Wels vs €3,296 Weiz+3%

Full comparison More about Wels

Cities near Weiz

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

Graz 21.7 km away

Rent: 6.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2005-12-31

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Lienz12,107 residents Groß-Enzersdorf12,088 residents Rankweil12,157 residents Gerasdorf bei Wien12,158 residents Enns12,184 residents Mistelbach12,044 residents

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

The published population was 12,116 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Weiz?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official EEA E1a station annual stream, exact station point inside the target Gemeinde; place value is the documented unweighted mean of station means..

How safe is Weiz?

What is the unemployment rate in Weiz?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Weiz?

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

Is Weiz a good place to live?

Weiz 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 Weiz?

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab, Eggersdorf bei Graz, Gleisdorf, Pöllau, Hart bei Graz are near Weiz. 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 Weiz?

The official country of birth distribution records 12,212 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). Weiz, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d0927d62abedb187c238729051b94c61]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/at/weiz/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Weiz, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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