Living in Ostrov

In Ostrov, unemployment is 5.3% (2024).

Residents of Ostrov numbered 15,681 at the end of 2025. The city faced an unemployment rate of 5.25% at the end of 2024. Ostrov recorded annual PM2.5 of 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0732 sources

Population15,681people31 Dec 2025Official source · Czech Statistical Office (CZSO)

Median gross salary (region)1,658EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region

Unemployment rate5.25%country median 4.1% — 28% aboveOfficial source · Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí České republiky

Recorded crime1,871incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KROK Database — 2025 open data

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Czechia-wide rules apply when you move to Ostrov?

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 CzechiaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Ostrov.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The city had 7,889 dwellings at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Ostrov. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€16

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesOstrov highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Jesenice€13.53

Čelákovice€12.51

Milovice€10.98

Studénka€8.97

Plzeň€5.92

Ostrava€4.83

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Klášterec nad Ohří€8.39

Prague€8.25

Krupka€8.10

Brno€7.50

Jirkov€7.49

Chodov€7.45

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	16.44 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone fixed internet¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.32 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Datamanie 10GB¹³Official · national market
Dwellings	7,889 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)¹Official

Is Ostrov a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on housing · range 47–69%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–72%

Student55%strong on cost, weak on education · range 43–67%

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–64%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

At the end of 2021, 7,775 were in employment in Ostrov.

What is the unemployment rate in Ostrov?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2024-12).

Unemployment rate: 5.25 % · Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí České republiky¹¹

Unemployment across cities in CzechiaUnemployment in Ostrov is 5.3%. Of 279 cities with data, 72 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1112–13

Ostrov 5.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,741 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	MPSV/ISPV RSCP MZS-M0, 2025 — Karlovarský kraj, wage sphere¹²Official · regional context
People in employment	7,775 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,658 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region¹⁷Official · county
Unemployment rate	5.25 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2024	Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí České republiky¹¹Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Labour Office of the Czech Republic — Public employment service

Úřad práce České republiky

Job SearchRegistration

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ostrov. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Ostrov?

Police recorded about 1,871 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KROK Database — 2025 open data⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,871 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	KROK Database — 2025 open data⁹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Ostrov's nearest airport was KLV, 12 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	12 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KLV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ostrov. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adaptation and integration courses “Welcome to the Czech Republic” — Civic Orientation

Refugee Facilities Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

For third-country nationals with qualifying long-term or permanent residence.

CzechIn PersonCo-payment

Open official information

Centres for Support of Integration of Foreigners — counselling, language and sociocultural support — Welcome Program

Refugee Facilities Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

For foreigners legally residing in the Czech Republic, people granted international protection.

CzechIn Person, OnlineFree

Open official information

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ostrov.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Ostrov?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁸

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.6 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 12.7 · May 17.1 · Jun 20.6 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 17.2 · Oct 11.4 · Nov 5.1 · Dec 1.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.6 · Feb -4.4 · Mar -1.6 · Apr 1.7 · May 5.9 · Jun 9.1 · Jul 11 · Aug 10.6 · Sep 7 · Oct 3.4 · Nov -0.3 · Dec -3.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.8 · Feb -1 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 7.5 · May 12 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.2 · Aug 16.7 · Sep 12 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 2.4 · Dec -0.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 35.5 · Feb 27.8 · Mar 34.9 · Apr 29.9 · May 56.5 · Jun 71.1 · Jul 68.3 · Aug 67 · Sep 55 · Oct 43 · Nov 38.9 · Dec 40.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 44.2 · Feb 75.3 · Mar 116 · Apr 177.9 · May 209.5 · Jun 213.9 · Jul 229 · Aug 222.9 · Sep 154.9 · Oct 100.5 · Nov 41.2 · Dec 33.8 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Czechia: Olomouc ±1.3 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.1 °C, Linköping (Sweden) ±0.6 °C, Quedlinburg (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Thale (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Zeulenroda-Triebes (Germany) ±1.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The count of female residents in Ostrov was 8,012 at the end of 2021. Ostrov was home to 8,659 men at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Ostrov?

The published population was 15,681 people in January 2025. Source: Czech Statistical Office (CZSO)⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	8,012 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)³Official
Male residents	8,659 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)³Official
Population	15,681 people	31 Dec 2025	Czech Statistical Office (CZSO)⁴Official

International community in Ostrov

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population with usual residence; Census 2021; source indicator: Počet obyvatel s obvyklým pobytem · 2021 Census (2021-03-26)

Published group	People	Share
Total population	16,671	100.0%
Česká republika	15,946	95.7%
Vietnamská socialistická republika	329	2.0%
Slovenská republika	80	0.5%
Ukrajina	77	0.5%
Dvojí občanství	74	0.4%
Nezjištěno	55	0.3%
Spolková republika Německo	38	0.2%
Ruská federace	20	0.1%
Bulharská republika	16	0.1%
Polská republika	11	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Tuniská republika	5	0.0%
Rumunsko	4	0.0%
Nepál	3	0.0%
Chorvatská republika	2	0.0%
Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska	2	0.0%
Běloruská republika	1	0.0%
Chilská republika	1	0.0%
Kyperská republika	1	0.0%
Gruzie	1	0.0%
Řecká republika	1	0.0%
Maďarská republika	1	0.0%
Italská republika	1	0.0%
Syrská arabská republika	1	0.0%
Republika Severní Makedonie	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population with usual residence; Census 2021; source indicator: Počet obyvatel s obvyklým pobytem · 2021 Census (2021-03-26)

Published group	People	Share
Total population	16,671	100.0%
Česká celkem	10,586	63.5%
Slovenská celkem	357	2.1%
Vietnamská celkem	252	1.5%
Německá celkem	129	0.8%
Romská celkem	85	0.5%
Ukrajinská celkem	60	0.4%
Maďarská celkem	39	0.2%
Moravská celkem	34	0.2%
Jiná celkem	29	0.2%
Československá celkem	25	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruská celkem	24	0.1%
Evropská celkem	20	0.1%
Polská celkem	18	0.1%
Bulharská celkem	10	0.1%
Rumunská celkem	7	0.0%
Chorvatská celkem	6	0.0%
Anglická celkem	4	0.0%
Španělská celkem	4	0.0%
Slezská celkem	3	0.0%
Židovská celkem	3	0.0%
Makedonská celkem	2	0.0%
Řecká celkem	2	0.0%
Srbská celkem	2	0.0%
Albánská celkem	1	0.0%
Americká (USA) celkem	1	0.0%
Australská celkem	1	0.0%
Čínská celkem	1	0.0%
Gruzínská celkem	1	0.0%
Irská celkem	1	0.0%
Italská celkem	1	0.0%
Litevská celkem	1	0.0%
Lotyšská celkem	1	0.0%
Moldavská celkem	1	0.0%
Rakouská celkem	1	0.0%
Turecká celkem	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁵

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Labour force	8,401 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Ostrov

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.

Chodov as an Ostrov alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,566 Chodov vs 1,871 Ostrov−16%
Unemployment: 6.0% Chodov vs 5.3% Ostrov+14%
Residents: 12,609 Chodov vs 15,681 Ostrov−20%
Median gross pay, region: €1,658 Chodov vs €1,658 Ostrovsame level
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Chodov vs 8.0 µg/m³ Ostrovsame level

Full comparison More about Chodov

Kladno as an Ostrov alternative in the same country

85 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 69,664 Kladno vs 15,681 Ostrov+344%
Median gross pay, region: €1,878 Kladno vs €1,658 Ostrov+13%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,580 Kladno vs 1,871 Ostrov−16%

Full comparison More about Kladno

Cities near Ostrov

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

Oberwiesenthal Germany · 12.8 km away

Rent: 4.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Nejdek 15.0 km away

Rent: 7.12 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Chodov 15.0 km away

Rent: 7.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Klášterec nad Ohří 18.6 km away

Rent: 8.39 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Horní Slavkov 20.8 km away

Rent: 6.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Johanngeorgenstadt Germany · 21.3 km away

Rent: 4.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Czechia

Other cities in Czechia to compare with Ostrov, nearest in population first.

All Czechia cities

Rakovník15,682 residents Nymburk15,642 residents Dvůr Králové nad Labem15,322 residents Rožnov pod Radhoštěm16,063 residents Svitavy16,073 residents Jičín16,101 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ostrov 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: Free Czech-language courses for foreigners (NPI cizinci.npi.cz portal + school adaptation support). How to enrol a child (msmt.gov.cz).

A country-wide rule for Czechia; Ostrov's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Ostrov part of Karlovy Vary?

Ostrov is in the published commuting zone of Karlovy Vary; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Karlovy Vary city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹⁴

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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 Ostrov?

The published population was 15,681 people in January 2025. Source: Czech Statistical Office (CZSO).

Is the air quality good in Ostrov?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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.

How safe is Ostrov?

What is the unemployment rate in Ostrov?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2024-12). Source: Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí České republiky.

What is the typical salary around Ostrov?

The median gross salary is 1,658 EUR/month. Source: Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region.

Is Ostrov a good place to live?

Ostrov 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 Ostrov part of Karlovy Vary?

Ostrov is in the published commuting zone of Karlovy Vary; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Ostrov?

Karlovy Vary, Oberwiesenthal, Nejdek, Chodov, Klášterec nad Ohří are near Ostrov. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Česká republika citizenship group in Ostrov?

The official citizenship distribution records 15,946 people (95.7%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census (2021-03-26). This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Ostrov, Czechia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9bf73d43232b1c86e5239320ec4feef5},
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}

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