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Living in Säkylä

In Säkylä, unemployment is 8.2% (2024).

The population of Säkylä totalled 6,221 at the end of 2025. Regional median gross salary figures for Säkylä showed €3,434 per month at the end of 2024. Säkylä's unemployment stood at 8.2% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0722 sources

Population6,221people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland
Median gross salary (region)3,434EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland
Unemployment rate8.2%country median 10.6% — 23% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland
Recorded crime8,616incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 4% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

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

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 Säkylä.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2024, the dwelling count totalled 3,277.

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

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

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€25
Net rent across major citiesSäkylä highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Säkylä 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 broadband2Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.93 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Finland mobile plan17Official · national market
Dwellings3,277 dwellings31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official

Is Säkylä 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on housing · range 48–66%
Student46%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 38–54%
Family52%strong on family, weak on housing · range 43–61%
Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–68%

Work and income

Säkylä's average monthly gross earnings totalled €3,790 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, 2,547 were in employment in Säkylä.

What is the unemployment rate in Säkylä?

The unemployment rate is 8.2 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland11

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Säkylä is 8.2%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,790 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official · regional context
People in employment2,547 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland9Official
Employment rate79.3 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official
GDP per capita46,185 EUR/year31 Dec 2023Statistics Finland10Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)3,434 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official · regional context
Unemployment rate8.2 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland11Official

Public employment offices in Säkylä

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Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with high school education or higher71.3 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official

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; Säkylä's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Säkylä?

Police recorded 8,616 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting1

Recorded crime across major citiesSäkylä highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Säkylä highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982
Helsinki12,307
Turku11,977
Kouvola10,948
Tampere10,243
Lahti9,882
Jyväskylä9,685
Vaasa9,184
Kuopio9,025
Joensuu9,008
Oulu8,794
Espoo7,549
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents8,616 incidents per 100,000country median 9,01631 Dec 202513ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting1Official

Mobility and administration

Säkylä's nearest airport was POR, 56 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport3 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights4Official
Distance to the nearest major airport56 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)POR3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official

Language courses and integration

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -1.8 · Feb -1.9 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 8.9 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.6 · Jul 22.3 · Aug 21 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 8.2 · Nov 2.9 · Dec 0.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -7.7 · Feb -8.7 · Mar -5.6 · Apr -0.3 · May 4.2 · Jun 8.9 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 10.6 · Sep 6.6 · Oct 2.3 · Nov -1.3 · Dec -4.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -4.5 · Feb -5.1 · Mar -1.6 · Apr 4.1 · May 10.1 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 17.2 · Aug 15.8 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 5.2 · Nov 1 · Dec -2.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 44.3 · Feb 32.7 · Mar 28.7 · Apr 29.4 · May 36 · Jun 61.2 · Jul 61.4 · Aug 69.4 · Sep 56.5 · Oct 65.1 · Nov 52.7 · Dec 52 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO3Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Finland: Tampere ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.3 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±1.1 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.0 °C, Haninge (Sweden) ±1.9 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±2.4 °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

The city had 3,277 households at the end of 2024.

How many people live in Säkylä?

The published population was 6,221 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland7

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign-resident share5.1 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland6Official
Population6,221 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland7Official
Population covered by crime statistics6,221 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)16Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share22.2 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland12Official

International community in Säkylä

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
TOTAL6,221100.0%
Finland5,86094.2%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL3615.8%
EUROPE3125.0%
Former Soviet Union1211.9%
Ukraine831.3%
ASIA370.6%
Estonia330.5%
Thailand210.3%
Sweden150.2%
Turkey130.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Moldova120.2%
AMERICA30.0%
AFRICA10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL6,221100.0%
Finland5,90494.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL3175.1%
EUROPE2864.6%
Ukraine1672.7%
Estonia470.8%
ASIA270.4%
Romania140.2%
Thailand120.2%
Turkey120.2%
Moldova110.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
AMERICA20.0%
AFRICA10.0%
OCEANIA10.0%

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

Language spoken at home

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total6,221100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL5,86494.3%
Finnish5,84794.0%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL3575.7%
Ukrainian1682.7%
Estonian500.8%
Russian380.6%
Romanian200.3%
Thai180.3%
Swedish170.3%
Turkish160.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher25.2 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official
Households3,277 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland9Official
Residents with a migration background5.9 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland12Official

Alternatives for people set on Säkylä

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.

Porvoo as a Säkylä alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 195 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 6,221 Säkylä+734%
  • Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 8.2% Säkylä+23%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,434 Säkylä+16%
  • Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 5.1% Säkylä+27%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 8,616 Säkylä−6%
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Cities near Säkylä

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

Alternative cities in Finland

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

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Siuntio6,192 residentsVörå6,185 residentsKronoby6,268 residentsPälkäne6,146 residentsHaapavesi6,298 residentsVirrat6,126 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 Säkylä?

The published population was 6,221 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Säkylä?

Police recorded 8,616 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting.

What is the unemployment rate in Säkylä?

The unemployment rate is 8.2 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Säkylä?

The median gross salary is 3,434 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Säkylä a good place to live?

Säkylä 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.

Which cities are near Säkylä?

Huittinen is near Säkylä. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Finland live in Säkylä?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,860 people (94.2%) 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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  title = {Säkylä, Finland: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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