Living in Maardu linn

In Maardu linn, the median gross salary is €1,496 a month (2026) and unemployment is 4.4% (2025).

Maardu linn is a city in Estonia, with a population of 16,875 at the start of 2025. The nearest airport was TLL, 12.6 km away, with 28 listed destinations in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-0727 sources

Population16,875people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence

Median gross salary1,496EUR/month4 Aug 2026Official source · Statistics Estonia

Unemployment rate4.43%country median 2.9% — 51% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share

Recorded crime2,030incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Crimes per 10 000 people in counties

PM2.5, annual mean3µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")

Which Estonia-wide rules apply when you move to Maardu linn?

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 EstoniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Maardu linn.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesMaardu linn highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Tallinn€7.33

Tartu linn€6.42

Pärnu€2.24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	27.9 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telia Estonia 100 Mbps internet²⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	20.32 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Estonia 16GB plan²⁷Official · national market
Dwellings	8,609 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹⁵Official
Housing vacancy rate	17.76 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹⁶Official

Is Maardu linn a good place to live?

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Remote worker44%strong on work, weak on housing · range 33–55%

Skilled employee59%strong on legal route, weak on housing · range 50–68%

Student60%strong on legal route, weak on housing · range 50–70%

Family64%strong on family, weak on housing · range 53–75%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–66%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 4.43% at the end of 2025.

What is the typical salary in Maardu linn?

The median gross salary is 1,496 EUR/month (2026). The regional series (home-region basis, 2026Q1) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 1,496 EUR/month · Statistics Estonia¹⁷
Median gross salary (regional): 1,496 EUR/month · 2026-08-26 · andmed.stat.ee¹⁷

What is the unemployment rate in Maardu linn?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2025).

Unemployment rate: 4.43 % · Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share²⁵

Unemployment across cities in EstoniaUnemployment in Maardu linn is 4.4%. Of 47 cities with data, 35 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1216–18

Maardu linn 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	1,496 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Statistics Estonia¹⁷Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,496 EUR/month	26 Aug 2026	andmed.stat.ee¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	4.43 %country median 2.9%	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share²⁵Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Eesti Töötukassa — Public employment service

Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	80.92 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹⁹Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 7 to 17, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: eesti keel teise keelena (Estonian as a second language remedial teaching + individual-curriculum support measures). How to enrol a child (hm.ee).

A country-wide rule for Estonia; Maardu linn's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Maardu linn?

Police recorded 2,030 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Crimes per 10 000 people in counties¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,030 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Crimes per 10 000 people in counties¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	28 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹²Official
Nearest airport	TLL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹³Official
Distance to nearest airport	12.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

2026 free Estonian language courses with named regional locations — State Language Course

Integration Foundation and named language schools

For permanent residents, returnees.

EstonianIn Person, OnlineFree

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Estonian language courses for newcomers and residents — State Language Course

Integration Foundation

For newly arrived residents, permanent residents, returnees.

EstonianIn Person, OnlineFree

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Maardu linn?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")⁴

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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15°5°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

148

217

306

294

312

256

162

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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

PM2.53WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1015WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂11WHO 10 · EU 40

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Liivalaia")²Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Liivalaia")³Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	3 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average January temperature	-4.5 °C	28 Aug 2026	Keskkonnaagentuur (KAUR) / ilmateenistus.ee⁶Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -1 · Mar 2.8 · Apr 9.5 · May 15.4 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 21 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.5 · Feb -6.2 · Mar -3.7 · Apr 0.7 · May 5.2 · Jun 9.8 · Jul 13.1 · Aug 12.3 · Sep 8.4 · Oct 3.7 · Nov -0.2 · Dec -3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.9 · Feb -3.6 · Mar -0.6 · Apr 4.8 · May 10.2 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 12 · Oct 6.5 · Nov 2 · Dec -0.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 56.1 · Feb 40.1 · Mar 36.8 · Apr 35.1 · May 36.8 · Jun 68.1 · Jul 82 · Aug 84.9 · Sep 58.2 · Oct 77.8 · Nov 65.5 · Dec 58.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 29.7 · Feb 58.8 · Mar 148.4 · Apr 217.3 · May 306 · Jun 294.3 · Jul 312.1 · Aug 255.6 · Sep 162.3 · Oct 88.3 · Nov 29.1 · Dec 20.7 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Estonia: Pärnu ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.0 °C, Espoo (Finland) ±0.6 °C, Turku (Finland) ±0.6 °C, Vantaa (Finland) ±0.8 °C, Haninge (Sweden) ±0.9 °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

How many people live in Maardu linn?

The published population was 16,875 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence²³

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 4,332 is not 64.4% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport74.3%
Foreign residents25.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	23.44 km²	1 Jan 2026	RV0291U: Population number, area and density, 1 January (Statistics Estonia)¹⁴Official
Foreign-resident share	64.37 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	4,332 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Estonia RV068 — population by citizenship and place of residence²⁴Official
Population density	717.2 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	RV0291U: Population number, area and density, 1 January (Statistics Estonia)¹⁴Official
Population	16,875 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence²³Official

International community in Maardu linn

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

Country of birth

Population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census; total age group and total sex · 2021 Census (31 December 2021)

Published group	People	Share
Country of birth total	16,170	100.0%
Estonia	11,046	68.3%
Russian Federation	3,079	19.0%
Ukraine	893	5.5%
Belarus	434	2.7%
Other foreign country	221	1.4%
Kazakhstan	126	0.8%
Latvia	97	0.6%
Georgia	64	0.4%
Lithuania	59	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Azerbaidjan	38	0.2%
Uzbekistan	37	0.2%
Germany	34	0.2%
Finland	23	0.1%
United Kingdom	14	0.1%
Country of birth unknown	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²²

Citizenship

Population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census; total age group and total sex · 2021 Census (31 December 2021)

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship total	16,170	100.0%
Estonian citizenship	9,839	60.8%
Citizenship undetermined	3,008	18.6%
Russian citizenship	2,367	14.6%
Citizenship of another country	951	5.9%
Citizenship unknown	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census; total age group and total sex · 2021 Census (31 December 2021)

Published group	People	Share
Ethnic nationalities total	16,170	100.0%
Russian	10,037	62.1%
Estonian	3,746	23.2%
Ukrainian	957	5.9%
Belarusian	536	3.3%
Other ethnic nationalities	289	1.8%
Tatar	156	1.0%
Pole	85	0.5%
Ethnic nationality unknown	80	0.5%
Lithuanian	78	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Armenian	64	0.4%
Finn	62	0.4%
Latvian	42	0.3%
German	25	0.2%
Jew	13	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Alternatives for people set on Maardu linn

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.

Tallinn as a Maardu linn alternative in the same region

Better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 8.1% Tallinn vs 4.4% Maardu linn+83%
Median gross pay, city: €2,048 Tallinn vs €1,496 Maardu linn+37%
Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €1,496 (2026) Maardu linnno percentage
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 12.6 km Maardu linn−56%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,030 Tallinn vs 2,030 Maardu linnno percentage
Empty flats: 18.7% Tallinn vs 17.8% Maardu linn+5%

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Tartu linn as a Maardu linn alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k and foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, city: €1,924 Tartu linn vs €1,496 Maardu linn+29%
Median gross pay, region: €1,924 Tartu linn vs €1,496 Maardu linn+29%
Empty flats: 25.4% Tartu linn vs 17.8% Maardu linn+43%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,370 Tartu linn vs 2,030 Maardu linnno percentage
Nearest airport: 8.3 km Tartu linn vs 12.6 km Maardu linn−34%
Foreign residents: 11.0% (2026) Tartu linn vs 64.4% (2021) Maardu linnno percentage

Full comparison More about Tartu linn

Alternative cities in Estonia

Other cities in Estonia to compare with Maardu linn, nearest in population first.

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Maardu16,812 residents Viljandi17,000 residents Viljandi linn17,157 residents Jõhvi vald16,052 residents Rakvere linn15,668 residents Rakvere15,345 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Maardu linn 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.

Is Maardu linn part of Tallinn?

Maardu linn is in the published commuting zone of Tallinn; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Tallinn city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁵

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Maardu linn?

The published population was 16,875 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence.

Is the air quality good in Maardu linn?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe").

How safe is Maardu linn?

Police recorded 2,030 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Crimes per 10 000 people in counties.

What is the typical salary in Maardu linn?

The median gross salary is 1,496 EUR/month (2026). The regional series (home-region basis, 2026Q1) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Estonia.

What is the unemployment rate in Maardu linn?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2025). Source: Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share.

What is the typical salary around Maardu linn?

The median gross salary is 1,496 EUR/month. Source: andmed.stat.ee.

Is Maardu linn a good place to live?

Maardu linn 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 Maardu linn part of Tallinn?

Maardu linn is in the published commuting zone of Tallinn; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Country of birth total live in Maardu linn?

The official country of birth distribution records 16,170 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census (31 December 2021). This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Maardu linn, Estonia: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 0e3ec4fa85c4717913e1ff51e7aafab9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ee/maardu-linn/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Maardu linn, Estonia: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {0e3ec4fa85c4717913e1ff51e7aafab9},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ee/maardu-linn/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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