Living in Liminka

In Liminka, unemployment is 7.7% (2024).

At the end of 2024, the foreign population was 59.

Last checked 2026-09-1921 sources

Population10,190people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)

Median gross salary (region)3,526EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · pxweb2.stat.fi

Unemployment rate7.7%country median 10.6% — 27% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime8,842incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 2% belowOfficial source · statfin.stat.fi

PM2.5, annual mean5µg/m³country median 4.9 — 2% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Finland-wide rules apply when you move to Liminka?

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 FinlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Liminka.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Net rent across major citiesLiminka highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Järvenpää€16.41

Kerava€15.72

Porvoo€13.87

Riihimäki€13.02

Rauma€10.94

Kouvola€10.83

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Kajaani€12.27

Kokkola€12.19

Kotka€12.17

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DNA fixed broadband¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Finland mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	3,476 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official

Is Liminka a good place to live?

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–72%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on housing · range 56–74%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 50–66%

Family58%strong on family, weak on housing · range 49–67%

Retirement62%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–73%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Liminka?

The unemployment rate is 7.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland⁹

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Liminka is 7.7%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Liminka 7.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	4,317 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Employment rate	82.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,526 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	pxweb2.stat.fi⁵Official
Unemployment rate	7.7 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Job Market Finland — Public employment service

Finnish public employment services

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	77.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: suomi/ruotsi toisena kielenä (S2) + valmistava opetus (preparatory education) + mother-tongue subsidies. How to enrol a child (oph.fi).

A country-wide rule for Finland; Liminka's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Liminka?

Police recorded 8,842 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: statfin.stat.fi⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesLiminka highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982

Helsinki12,307

Turku11,977

Kouvola10,948

Tampere10,243

Lahti9,882

Jyväskylä9,685

Kuopio9,025

Joensuu9,008

Liminka8,842

Oulu8,794

Espoo7,549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,842 incidents per 100,000country median 9,016	31 Dec 2024	statfin.stat.fi⁶Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was JOE, 18.5 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat³Official
Nearest airport	JOE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	18.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Municipal integration services and integration training — Integration course

Municipalities and employment services in Finland

For immigrants needing an integration plan.

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Liminka?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2021) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency²

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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-5°-12°

0°-8°

6°-3°

13°3°

18°9°

21°12°

19°11°

13°6°

6°1°

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-3°-9°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.55WHO 5 · EU 25

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

PM2.5 across cities in FinlandAnnual PM2.5 in Liminka is 5.0 µg/m³. Of 39 cities with data, 16 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–8

Liminka 5.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5 µg/m³country median 4.9	31 Dec 2021	European Environment Agency²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -4.8 · Feb -4.7 · Mar -0.4 · Apr 5.8 · May 12.6 · Jun 17.9 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 13.2 · Oct 5.8 · Nov 0.5 · Dec -2.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -11.9 · Feb -12.1 · Mar -8.3 · Apr -2.5 · May 3.4 · Jun 9.3 · Jul 12.4 · Aug 10.6 · Sep 6 · Oct 0.6 · Nov -4.2 · Dec -8.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -8.2 · Feb -8.4 · Mar -4.4 · Apr 1.6 · May 8 · Jun 13.7 · Jul 16.7 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 3.3 · Nov -1.6 · Dec -5.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31.6 · Feb 28.5 · Mar 26.4 · Apr 22.7 · May 39.5 · Jun 51.1 · Jul 79.9 · Aug 62.3 · Sep 49 · Oct 51.1 · Nov 43.4 · Dec 38.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official

Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2013–2021

4.8

5.9

7.1

8.2

5.020132015201720192021

Annual PM2.5 fell 28.6% between 2013 and 2021, from 7.0 to 5.0.

Similar climate. In Finland: Kuopio ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±3.4 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±3.7 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±3.8 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±3.2 °C, Linköping (Sweden) ±3.9 °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 Liminka?

The published population was 10,190 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	727.5 km²	1 Jan 2024	www.maanmittauslaitos.fi²¹Official
Foreign-resident share	0.7 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁷Official
Foreign residents	59 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁴Official
Population density	16 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁴Official
Population	10,190 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁴Official
Population covered by crime statistics	10,116 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)¹⁵Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	19.3 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official

International community in Liminka

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

Country of birth

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	10,116	100.0%
Finland	9,923	98.1%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	193	1.9%
EUROPE	148	1.5%
Sweden	81	0.8%
ASIA	28	0.3%
Former Soviet Union	17	0.2%
Ukraine	13	0.1%
AFRICA	7	0.1%
AMERICA	6	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	10,116	100.0%
Finland	10,050	99.3%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	66	0.7%
EUROPE	51	0.5%
Ukraine	19	0.2%
ASIA	12	0.1%
AFRICA	2	0.0%
AMERICA	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Language spoken at home

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
Total	10,116	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	10,008	98.9%
Finnish	9,986	98.7%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	108	1.1%
Ukrainian	19	0.2%
Russian	18	0.2%
Swedish	15	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	34.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official
Households	3,476 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Residents with a migration background	1.1 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Liminka

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Liminka from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Finland

Other cities in Finland to compare with Liminka, nearest in population first.

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Sotkamo10,161 residents Hämeenkyrö10,249 residents Nivala10,300 residents Kauniainen10,318 residents Vammala9,852 residents Lieksa9,846 residents

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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 Liminka?

The published population was 10,190 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra).

Is the air quality good in Liminka?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2021) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Liminka?

Police recorded 8,842 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: statfin.stat.fi.

What is the unemployment rate in Liminka?

The unemployment rate is 7.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Liminka?

The median gross salary is 3,526 EUR/month. Source: pxweb2.stat.fi.

How many foreign residents live in Liminka?

59 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra).

Is Liminka a good place to live?

Liminka 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.

How many people born in Finland live in Liminka?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,923 people (98.1%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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