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Living in Raisio

In Raisio, unemployment is 9.3% (2024).

The city covers 559.7 km², with a population density of 527.4 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2322 sources

Population25,738people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)
Median gross salary (region)3,435EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · pxweb2.stat.fi
Unemployment rate9.3%country median 10.6% — 12% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland
Recorded crime9,434incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 5% aboveOfficial source · statfin.stat.fi
PM2.5, annual mean4.3µg/m³country median 4.9 — 12% belowOfficial source · FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 2024

Lower unemployment than 65% of Finnish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 67% of Finnish cities that publish it.

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

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 Raisio.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Raisio recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€25
Net rent across major citiesRaisio highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Raisio highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.9 EUR/month30 Sept 2026DNA fixed broadband1Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.93 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Finland mobile plan16Official · national market
Dwellings12,655 dwellings31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official

Is Raisio 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 worker62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–72%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–71%
Student52%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 44–60%
Family50%strong on family, weak on housing · range 41–59%
Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Raisio?

The unemployment rate is 9.3 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland9

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Raisio is 9.3%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
People in employment11,590 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official
Employment rate77.9 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,435 EUR/month31 Dec 2024pxweb2.stat.fi5Official
Unemployment rate9.3 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland9Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Raisio. 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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with high school education or higher73.6 %31 Dec 2024Statistics 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; Raisio's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Raisio?

Police recorded about 9,434 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 citiesRaisio highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Raisio highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982
Helsinki12,307
Turku11,977
Kouvola10,948
Tampere10,243
Lahti9,882
Jyväskylä9,685
Raisio9,434
Kuopio9,025
Joensuu9,008
Oulu8,794
Espoo7,549
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents9,434 incidents per 100,000country median 9,01631 Dec 2024statfin.stat.fi6Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was SVL, 36.4 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport1 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat3Official
Nearest airportSVL13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv4Official
Distance to nearest airport36.4 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv4Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Raisio. 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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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Raisio?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4.3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 20242

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
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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.

PM2.5 across cities in FinlandAnnual PM2.5 in Raisio is 4.3 µg/m³. Of 39 cities with data, 16 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean4.3 µg/m³country median 4.931 Dec 2024FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 20242Official
Average daytime high by monthJan -1.1 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 9.1 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.5 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 15.7 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 3.6 · Dec 0.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -6.5 · Feb -7.1 · Mar -4.7 · Apr -0.2 · May 4.6 · Jun 9.3 · Jul 12.5 · Aug 11.6 · Sep 7.4 · Oct 2.8 · Nov -0.9 · Dec -4.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average temperature by monthJan -3.8 · Feb -4.5 · Mar -1.3 · Apr 4.1 · May 10 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 17.5 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 11.3 · Oct 5.7 · Nov 1.5 · Dec -1.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 57.8 · Feb 42.4 · Mar 38.5 · Apr 31.9 · May 35 · Jun 54.9 · Jul 74 · Aug 72.7 · Sep 59.1 · Oct 73.4 · Nov 71.1 · Dec 73.1 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 39.5 · Feb 66.8 · Mar 141 · Apr 204.5 · May 283.6 · Jun 282.6 · Jul 293.3 · Aug 238.6 · Sep 163.3 · Oct 87.8 · Nov 34.1 · Dec 24.2 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official

Similar climate. In Finland: Vantaa ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.1 °C, Pärnu (Estonia) ±0.9 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±0.7 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±0.9 °C, Haninge (Sweden) ±1.4 °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 Raisio?

The published population was 25,738 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)14

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area559.7 km²1 Jan 2024www.maanmittauslaitos.fi22Official
Foreign-resident share9.8 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland7Official
Foreign residents2,292 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)14Official
Population25,738 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)14Official
Population covered by crime statistics26,036 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)15Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share37.8 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland10Official

International community in Raisio

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 groupPeopleShare
TOTAL26,036100.0%
Finland22,53386.5%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL3,50313.5%
EUROPE2,4679.5%
Former Soviet Union7482.9%
ASIA6592.5%
Ukraine3701.4%
Former Yugoslavia2991.1%
Estonia2230.9%
Unknown1650.6%
Sweden1390.5%
Show 34 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Iraq1290.5%
AFRICA1280.5%
Philippines1220.5%
Poland1060.4%
Iran1010.4%
Romania810.3%
AMERICA800.3%
Russia740.3%
Somalia660.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina590.2%
China590.2%
Afghanistan510.2%
Thailand510.2%
Latvia470.2%
Turkey450.2%
Lithuania370.1%
Vietnam320.1%
Syria300.1%
Germany290.1%
Brazil260.1%
United Kingdom260.1%
Moldova220.1%
India200.1%
Former Serbia and Montenegro200.1%
Portugal170.1%
United States150.1%
Bulgaria140.1%
Belarus140.1%
Hungary130.0%
Italy120.0%
Colombia100.0%
Democratic Republic of the Congo100.0%
Nepal100.0%
OCEANIA40.0%

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 groupPeopleShare
TOTAL26,036100.0%
Finland23,47290.2%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL2,5649.8%
EUROPE2,0167.7%
Ukraine8173.1%
ASIA3841.5%
Estonia2170.8%
Russia1450.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1250.5%
Former Serbia and Montenegro1220.5%
Poland1110.4%
Show 33 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Philippines1090.4%
Romania920.4%
AFRICA800.3%
Lithuania630.2%
Iraq600.2%
Latvia550.2%
Somalia430.2%
AMERICA390.1%
China380.1%
Belarus340.1%
Unknown330.1%
Turkey320.1%
Iran300.1%
Afghanistan280.1%
Sweden240.1%
Thailand240.1%
Germany230.1%
Moldova220.1%
United Kingdom190.1%
India180.1%
Portugal170.1%
Vietnam170.1%
Italy140.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo130.0%
Syria130.0%
Brazil120.0%
Hungary120.0%
Uzbekistan120.0%
Bulgaria110.0%
Albania100.0%
Nigeria100.0%
Without citizenship100.0%
OCEANIA20.0%

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 groupPeopleShare
Total26,036100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL22,18585.2%
Finnish21,81883.8%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL3,85114.8%
Ukrainian7472.9%
Russian5792.2%
Swedish3671.4%
Albanian3281.3%
Bosnian2260.9%
Estonian1960.8%
Kurdish1580.6%
Show 28 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Arabic1410.5%
Romanian1270.5%
Polish1230.5%
Persian, Farsi1160.4%
Serbo-Croatian1110.4%
Somali1010.4%
English910.3%
Tagalog790.3%
Chinese590.2%
Turkish520.2%
Thai490.2%
Lithuanian470.2%
Portuguese470.2%
Latvian450.2%
Spanish; Castilian420.2%
Other language400.2%
Unknown400.2%
Vietnamese360.1%
German240.1%
Hungarian190.1%
Pushto; Pashto180.1%
Bulgarian150.1%
Kinyarwanda150.1%
Uzbek150.1%
Italian120.0%
Nepali110.0%
French100.0%
Hindi100.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher31.4 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official
Households12,655 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official
Residents with a migration background15 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland10Official

Alternatives for people set on Raisio

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.

Vaasa as a Raisio alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k and foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 70,361 Vaasa vs 25,738 Raisio+173%
  • Nearest airport: 8.9 km Vaasa vs 36.4 km Raisio−76%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 9,184 Vaasa vs 9,434 Raisiono percentage
  • Foreign residents: 8.5% (2024) Vaasa vs 9.8% (2025) Raisiono percentage
  • Unemployment: 8.8% Vaasa vs 9.3% Raisio−5%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,475 Vaasa vs €3,435 Raisiosame level
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Alternative cities in Finland

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

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Lempäälä24,854 residentsImatra24,724 residentsRaahe23,571 residentsSastamala23,332 residentsRiihimäki28,643 residentsSibbo23,006 residents

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Raisio in rankings

#5 of 30 in Most international cities in Finland #13 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Finland #14 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Finland #19 of 30 in Safest cities in Finland by recorded crime

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Raisio when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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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 Raisio?

The published population was 25,738 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra).

Is the air quality good in Raisio?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4.3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 2024.

How safe is Raisio?

Police recorded about 9,434 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 Raisio?

The unemployment rate is 9.3 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Raisio?

The median gross salary is 3,435 EUR/month. Source: pxweb2.stat.fi.

How many foreign residents live in Raisio?

2,292 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra).

Is Raisio a good place to live?

Raisio 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 Raisio?

The official country of birth distribution records 22,533 people (86.5%) 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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  2. Statistics Finland country of birth distribution pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-28
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  4. Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra) pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-07-14
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