Living in Wolfsberg

In Wolfsberg, unemployment is 4.7% (2024).

The city covered 278.6 km² in 2025. Population density was 89.6 people per km² in 2025. The unemployment rate was 4.7% at the end of 2024. For Wolfsberg, annual PM2.5 was 10.7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. At the start of 2025, Wolfsberg had a population of 24,961.

Last checked 2026-09-2420 sources

Population24,961people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,268EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent5.9EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate4.7%country median 4.8% — about the sameOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,211incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean10.68µg/m³country median 10.0 — 7% aboveOfficial 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 Wolfsberg?

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 Wolfsberg.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 citiesWolfsberg 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)	5.9 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	394.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Wolfsberg a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–63%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student56%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–66%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–64%

Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–60%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Wolfsberg?

The unemployment rate is 4.7 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Wolfsberg is 4.7%. 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

Wolfsberg 4.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	75.4 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,268 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.7 %country median 4.8% — about the same	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Wolfsberg?

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

Left over each month€2,042of €2,435 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.	€2,435
Rent, 60 m²€5.90/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €354
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	€2,042

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

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	846.8 beds per 100,000	3 Aug 2026	Gesundheit Österreich GmbH / BMSGPK (kliniksuche.at)⁹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Wolfsberg 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 residents846.8 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Wolfsberg?

Police recorded about 3,211 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	3,211 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	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	KLU	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	44 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

Annual NO₂ was 17.5 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Wolfsberg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.7 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: 10.68 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

PM2.510.7WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1019WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂17.5WHO 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 Wolfsberg is 10.7 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Wolfsberg 10.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	17.52 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.¹¹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	16 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 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — AT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Wolfsberg Hauptschule)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	10.68 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 13.46 · Feb 16.46 · Mar 19.38 · Apr 24.05 · May 29.34 · Jun 32.69 · Jul 33.99 · Aug 34.31 · Sep 28.81 · Oct 23.01 · Nov 18.7 · Dec 11.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.13 · Feb -24.58 · Mar -22.23 · Apr -7.71 · May -2.84 · Jun -0.43 · Jul 5.06 · Aug 3.17 · Sep -0.88 · Oct -11.22 · Nov -11.93 · Dec -21.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.24 · Feb -2.16 · Mar 2.07 · Apr 7.23 · May 11.86 · Jun 16.18 · Jul 18.14 · Aug 17.59 · Sep 12.47 · Oct 7.84 · Nov 2.96 · Dec -1.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official

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

10.0

13.2

16.4

19.7

10.720152017201920212024

Annual PM2.5 fell 43.8% between 2015 and 2024, from 19.0 to 10.7.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Wolfsberg?

The published population was 24,961 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	278.6 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	8.9 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	2,331 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	89.58 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	24,961 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Wolfsberg

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	25,011	100.0%
Austria	22,389	89.5%
Non-Austria	2,622	10.5%
Third countries	1,366	5.5%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,256	5.0%
EU Member States (26)	1,206	4.8%
Europe including Türkiye	905	3.6%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	694	2.8%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	512	2.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	438	1.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	425	1.7%
Asia	370	1.5%
Romania	235	0.9%
Türkiye	212	0.8%
Syria	150	0.6%
Hungary	118	0.5%
Croatia	86	0.3%
Ukraine	57	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	50	0.2%
Africa	42	0.2%
America	37	0.1%
Latin America	26	0.1%
Serbia	26	0.1%
North America	11	0.0%
Unknown / unsettled / stateless	10	0.0%
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	25,011	100.0%
Austria	22,680	90.7%
Non-Austria	2,331	9.3%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	1,250	5.0%
EU Member States (26)	1,209	4.8%
Third countries	1,081	4.3%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	844	3.4%
Europe including Türkiye	652	2.6%
Asia	379	1.5%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	365	1.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	281	1.1%
Croatia	251	1.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	247	1.0%
Romania	230	0.9%
Türkiye	188	0.8%
Syria	182	0.7%
Hungary	125	0.5%
Ukraine	57	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	41	0.2%
Africa	28	0.1%
America	18	0.1%
Serbia	14	0.1%
Latin America	13	0.1%
North America	5	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	11,279 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Wolfsberg

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.

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee as a Wolfsberg alternative in the same region

48 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 105,256 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 24,961 Wolfsberg+322%
Foreign residents: 21.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 8.9% Wolfsberg+139%
Unemployment: 7.3% Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 4.7% Wolfsberg+55%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,550.1 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 846.8 Wolfsberg+83%
Nearest airport: 3.0 km Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 44.0 km Wolfsberg−93%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,994 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs 3,211 Wolfsbergno percentage
Rent: €5.90/m² Klagenfurt am Wörthersee vs €5.90/m² Wolfsbergsame level

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Villach as a Wolfsberg alternative in the same country

81 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 24.2% Villach vs 8.9% Wolfsberg+172%
Unemployment: 8.4% Villach vs 4.7% Wolfsberg+79%
Residents: 65,749 Villach vs 24,961 Wolfsberg+163%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,382.4 Villach vs 846.8 Wolfsberg+63%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,321 Villach vs 3,211 Wolfsbergno percentage
Nearest airport: 37.0 km Villach vs 44.0 km Wolfsberg−16%
Rent: €5.90/m² Villach vs €5.90/m² Wolfsbergsame level

Full comparison More about Villach

Cities near Wolfsberg

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

Alternative cities in Austria

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

All Austria cities

Lustenau24,603 residents Sankt Pölten24,594 residents Traun25,345 residents Leoben24,561 residents Krems an der Donau25,473 residents Baden25,931 residents

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Wolfsberg in rankings

#3 of 28 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Austria #20 of 29 in Largest cities in Austria #22 of 29 in Cities with cleanest air in Austria #28 of 28 in Most international cities in Austria

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; Wolfsberg'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 Wolfsberg?

The published population was 24,961 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Wolfsberg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.7 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 Wolfsberg?

What is the unemployment rate in Wolfsberg?

The unemployment rate is 4.7 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Wolfsberg?

The median gross salary is 3,268 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Wolfsberg a good place to live?

Wolfsberg 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 Wolfsberg?

St. Andrä is near Wolfsberg. 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 Wolfsberg?

The official country of birth distribution records 25,011 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 = {Wolfsberg, Austria: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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