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Living in Starý Plzenec

In Starý Plzenec, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.20 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.6% (2024).

Starý Plzenec had a population of 5,403 at the end of 2024. Starý Plzenec had an unemployment rate of 2.61% at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 13 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-10-0730 sources

Population5,403people31 Dec 2024Official source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR
Median gross salary (region)1,833EUR/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
Average net rent10.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €8.58 — 19% aboveOfficial source · Ministerstvo financí ČR — Cenová mapa nájemního bydlení (kalkulačka tržního nájemného)
Unemployment rate2.61%country median 4.1% — 36% belowOfficial source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR
Recorded crime2,159incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KROK Database — 2025 open data
PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 79% of Czech cities that publish it and lower unemployment than 87% of Czech cities that publish it.

Which Czechia-wide rules apply when you move to Starý Plzenec?

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 Starý Plzenec.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The dwelling count was 2,541 at the end of 2021.

How much does it cost to rent in Starý Plzenec?

Average net cold rent is about 10.2 EUR/m² per month (2026), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 10.2 EUR/m²/month · Ministerstvo financí ČR — Cenová mapa nájemního bydlení (kalkulačka tržního nájemného)15
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Starý Plzenec recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€16
Mobile plan, 10 GB€12
Net rent across major citiesStarý Plzenec highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Starý Plzenec highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Jesenice€13.53
Čelákovice€12.51
Milovice€10.98
Starý Plzenec€10.20
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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited16.44 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Vodafone fixed internet23Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB12.32 EUR/month30 Sept 2026O2 Datamanie 10GB18Official · national market
Dwellings2,541 dwellings31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)3Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €8.5831 Dec 2026Ministerstvo financí ČR — Cenová mapa nájemního bydlení (kalkulačka tržního nájemného)15Official

Is Starý Plzenec 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 39–59%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%
Student44%strong on safety, weak on education · range 33–55%
Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–68%
Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 36–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 612 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.2 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2026

Work and income

Starý Plzenec had 2,664 at the end of 2021.

What is the unemployment rate in Starý Plzenec?

The unemployment rate is about 2.6 % (2024).

  • Unemployment rate: 2.61 % · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR6
Unemployment across cities in CzechiaUnemployment in Starý Plzenec is 2.6%. Of 279 cities with data, 72 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,998 EUR/month31 Dec 2025MPSV/ISPV RSCP MZS-M0, 2025 — Plzeňský kraj, wage sphere16Official · regional context
People in employment2,664 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)4Official
Median gross salary (regional)1,833 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region22Official · county
Unemployment rate2.61 %country median 4.1%31 Dec 2024Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR6Official

What does a salary buy in Starý Plzenec?

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

regional median gross pay: €1,833 (Structure of Earnings Survey 2025, 2025-12-31).
Left over each month€809of €1,450 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; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€1,450
Rent, 60 m²€10.20/m² · official · Ministerstvo financí ČR · 2026-12-31− €612
Internet€16 · official · Vodafone fixed internet · 2026-09-30− €16
Mobile plan€12 · official · O2 Datamanie 10GB · 2026-09-30− €12
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€809
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Starý Plzenec Salary needed to live in Starý Plzenec

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Starý Plzenec?

Police recorded about 2,159 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 data14

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,159 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025KROK Database — 2025 open data14Official · county

Mobility and administration

Starý Plzenec's nearest airport was KLV, 69 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport3 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights20Official
Distance to the nearest major airport69 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports21Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)KLV3 Aug 2026OurAirports21Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Starý Plzenec?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency9

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

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean13 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency9Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 10.78 · Feb 14.51 · Mar 20.2 · Apr 25.26 · May 28.83 · Jun 33.35 · Jul 35.79 · Aug 36.45 · Sep 33.11 · Oct 24.05 · Nov 18.83 · Dec 11.46 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -26 · Feb -20.26 · Mar -18.8 · Apr -9.01 · May -3.83 · Jun 1.38 · Jul 6.62 · Aug 4.87 · Sep -0.27 · Oct -8.05 · Nov -11.29 · Dec -18.86 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan -2.74 · Feb -1.51 · Mar 2.56 · Apr 7.89 · May 12.54 · Jun 16.73 · Jul 18.88 · Aug 18.45 · Sep 13.43 · Oct 8.11 · Nov 2.92 · Dec -1.18 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

At the end of 2021, Starý Plzenec had 2,654 residents who were female. The count of male residents in Starý Plzenec was 2,578 at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Starý Plzenec?

The published population was 5,403 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR6

MetricValuePeriodSource
Female residents2,654 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)5Official
Male residents2,578 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)5Official
Population5,403 people31 Dec 2024Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR6Official

International community in Starý Plzenec

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 groupPeopleShare
Total population5,232100.0%
Česká republika5,13898.2%
Slovenská republika240.5%
Ukrajina170.3%
Dvojí občanství140.3%
Vietnamská socialistická republika120.2%
Spolková republika Německo40.1%
Polská republika40.1%
Nezjištěno40.1%
Lotyšská republika30.1%
Spojené státy americké30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bulharská republika20.0%
Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska20.0%
Běloruská republika10.0%
Kanada10.0%
Finská republika10.0%
Francouzská republika10.0%
Rumunsko10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total population5,232100.0%
Česká celkem3,63069.4%
Slovenská celkem390.7%
Ukrajinská celkem220.4%
Německá celkem190.4%
Evropská celkem160.3%
Moravská celkem130.2%
Jiná celkem90.2%
Vietnamská celkem70.1%
Československá celkem60.1%
Romská celkem50.1%
Show 14 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Britská celkem40.1%
Francouzská celkem40.1%
Maďarská celkem40.1%
Polská celkem40.1%
Běloruská celkem30.1%
Chorvatská celkem30.1%
Kanadská celkem30.1%
Lotyšská celkem30.1%
Americká (USA) celkem20.0%
Bulharská celkem20.0%
Rakouská celkem20.0%
Rumunská celkem20.0%
Ruská celkem10.0%
Židovská celkem10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Labour force2,761 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)4Official

Alternatives for people set on Starý Plzenec

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.

Třemošná as a Starý Plzenec alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Rent: €8.76/m² Třemošná vs €10.20/m² Starý Plzenec−14%
  • Annual PM2.5: 11.0 µg/m³ Třemošná vs 13.0 µg/m³ Starý Plzenec−15%
  • Unemployment: 2.5% Třemošná vs 2.6% Starý Plzenec−6%
  • Residents: 5,052 Třemošná vs 5,403 Starý Plzenec−6%
  • Median gross pay, region: €1,833 Třemošná vs €1,833 Starý Plzenecsame level
Full comparisonMore about Třemošná

Zlín as a Starý Plzenec alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 307 km, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Residents: 74,684 Zlín vs 5,403 Starý Plzenec+1282%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,090 Zlín vs 2,159 Starý Plzenec−50%
  • Unemployment: 3.1% Zlín vs 2.6% Starý Plzenec+17%
  • Median gross pay, region: €1,703 Zlín vs €1,833 Starý Plzenec−7%
  • Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Zlín vs 13.0 µg/m³ Starý Plzenecsame level
Full comparisonMore about Zlín

Cities near Starý Plzenec

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

Plzeň Satellite · 8.1 km away
Rent
5.92 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2017-12-31
Dobřany 13.8 km away
Rent
8.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31
Třemošná 14.3 km away
Rent
8.76 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Alternative cities in Czechia

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

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Brumov-Bylnice5,400 residentsJilemnice5,377 residentsÚpice5,448 residentsBakov nad Jizerou5,355 residentsStochov5,349 residentsHradec nad Moravicí5,459 residents

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

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

Is Starý Plzenec part of Plzeň?

Starý Plzenec is identified as a satellite of Plzeň. It is about 8.3 km away by straight-line distance. Plzeň city profile

Relationship type: Satellite Of. Source19

Which comparable places record less crime than Starý Plzenec?

13 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Starý Plzenec in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Starý Plzenec: 862.7 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents (2024).

Lomnice nad Popelkou — 496.9 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Zubří — 522.6 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Nová Paka — 529.8 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Třemošná — 554.3 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Hradec nad Moravicí — 674.6 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Dolní Lutyně — 677.3 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Bystřice — 683.6 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Týnec nad Sázavou — 699.7 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source11

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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 Starý Plzenec?

The published population was 5,403 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

How much does it cost to rent in Starý Plzenec?

Average net cold rent is about 10.2 EUR/m² per month (2026), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 714 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Ministerstvo financí ČR — Cenová mapa nájemního bydlení (kalkulačka tržního nájemného).

Is the air quality good in Starý Plzenec?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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 Starý Plzenec?

Police recorded about 2,159 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 data.

What is the unemployment rate in Starý Plzenec?

The unemployment rate is about 2.6 % (2024). Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

What is the typical salary around Starý Plzenec?

The median gross salary is 1,833 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 Starý Plzenec a good place to live?

Starý Plzenec 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 Starý Plzenec part of Plzeň?

Starý Plzenec is identified as a satellite of Plzeň. It is about 8.3 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Starý Plzenec?

Plzeň, Rokycany, Dobřany, Třemošná, Přeštice are near Starý Plzenec. 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 Starý Plzenec?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,138 people (98.2%) 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.

Which comparable places record less crime than Starý Plzenec?

13 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Starý Plzenec in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Policie ČR Mapy kriminality municipal 2024 + CZSO population municipalities 1 January 2024, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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