Living in Siilinjärvi

In Siilinjärvi, unemployment is 9.7% (2024).

The city covers 401 km², with a population density of 53 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1920 sources

Population21,269people31 Dec 2024Official source · Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.

Median gross salary (region)3,400EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · pxweb2.stat.fi

Unemployment rate9.7%country median 10.6% — 8% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime7,386incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 18% belowOfficial source · statfin.stat.fi

PM2.5, annual mean4µg/m³country median 4.9 — 18% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Less recorded crime than 68% of Finnish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 87% of Finnish cities that publish it.

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

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 Siilinjärvi.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Siilinjärvi. 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 citiesSiilinjärvi 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

Show the other 3 cities

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 plan¹⁷Official · national market
Dwellings	9,714 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official

Is Siilinjärvi 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 worker63%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–73%

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

Student59%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 51–67%

Family56%strong on family, weak on housing · range 47–65%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 50–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Siilinjärvi?

The unemployment rate is 9.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Siilinjärvi is 9.7%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

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

Siilinjärvi 9.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	9,127 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Employment rate	79 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,400 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	pxweb2.stat.fi⁶Official
Unemployment rate	9.7 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Siilinjärvi. 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

Job SearchRegistration

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	79.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official

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; Siilinjärvi's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Siilinjärvi?

Police recorded about 7,386 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.fi⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesSiilinjärvi 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

Oulu8,794

Espoo7,549

Siilinjärvi7,386

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,386 incidents per 100,000country median 9,016	31 Dec 2024	statfin.stat.fi⁷Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was KUO, 10.3 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁴Official
Nearest airport	KUO	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	10.3 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

Finnish, SwedishIn Person, Online

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Siilinjärvi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4 µg/m³ (2018) — 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°-11°

-5°-12°

0°-8°

7°-2°

14°5°

19°11°

22°14°

19°12°

13°8°

6°2°

1°-3°

-3°-8°

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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

PM2.54WHO 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 Siilinjärvi is 4.0 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

Siilinjärvi 4.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	4 µg/m³country median 4.9	31 Dec 2018	European Environment Agency²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -5.2 · Feb -4.9 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 6.7 · May 14.2 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 19.5 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 0.8 · Dec -2.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -11.2 · Feb -11.8 · Mar -7.6 · Apr -1.7 · May 4.6 · Jun 10.6 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 12.2 · Sep 7.6 · Oct 2.1 · Nov -3 · Dec -7.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -8.1 · Feb -8.3 · Mar -3.7 · Apr 2.4 · May 9.3 · Jun 14.7 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 15.6 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 4.1 · Nov -1 · Dec -5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 40.5 · Feb 34.8 · Mar 31.3 · Apr 29.4 · May 48.5 · Jun 70.6 · Jul 84.5 · Aug 65.9 · Sep 54.6 · Oct 55.3 · Nov 50.9 · Dec 51.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official

Annual PM2.5 over time6 published observations, 2013–2018

2.8

3.9

5.1

6.2

4.02013201520172018

Annual PM2.5 fell 20.0% between 2013 and 2018, from 5.0 to 4.0.

Similar climate. In Finland: Jyväskylä ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Barrie (Canada) ±2.9 °C, Jönköping (Sweden) ±3.1 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±3.1 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±2.4 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±2.9 °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 Siilinjärvi?

The published population was 21,269 people in 2024. Source: Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.¹⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	401 km²	1 Jan 2024	www.maanmittauslaitos.fi²⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	1.7 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Foreign residents	360 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁵Official
Population density	53 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁵Official
Population	21,269 people	31 Dec 2024	Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.¹⁵Official
Population covered by crime statistics	21,348 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)¹⁶Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	26.1 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

International community in Siilinjärvi

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	21,348	100.0%
Finland	20,734	97.1%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	614	2.9%
EUROPE	443	2.1%
Former Soviet Union	167	0.8%
ASIA	101	0.5%
Sweden	66	0.3%
Ukraine	61	0.3%
Thailand	51	0.2%
Estonia	35	0.2%
Russia	35	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
AMERICA	22	0.1%
AFRICA	20	0.1%
Unknown	19	0.1%
Philippines	13	0.1%
Germany	10	0.0%
India	10	0.0%
Turkey	10	0.0%
OCEANIA	9	0.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	21,348	100.0%
Finland	20,983	98.3%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	365	1.7%
EUROPE	263	1.2%
Ukraine	135	0.6%
ASIA	70	0.3%
Estonia	43	0.2%
Russia	40	0.2%
Thailand	37	0.2%
AFRICA	12	0.1%
Philippines	11	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
AMERICA	10	0.0%
OCEANIA	7	0.0%

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

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	21,348	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	20,816	97.5%
Finnish	20,800	97.4%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	532	2.5%
Ukrainian	130	0.6%
Russian	127	0.6%
Thai	49	0.2%
Estonian	45	0.2%
Spanish; Castilian	20	0.1%
English	15	0.1%
Swedish	15	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Turkish	12	0.1%
Tagalog	11	0.1%
Other language	10	0.0%
Hungarian	10	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	34.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Households	9,714 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Residents with a migration background	2.6 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Siilinjärvi

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 Siilinjärvi 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 21,269 Siilinjärvi+231%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 9,184 Vaasa vs 7,386 Siilinjärvino percentage
Unemployment: 8.8% Vaasa vs 9.7% Siilinjärvi−9%
Foreign residents: 8.5% (2024) Vaasa vs 1.7% (2025) Siilinjärvino percentage
Nearest airport: 8.9 km Vaasa vs 10.3 km Siilinjärvi−14%
Median gross pay, region: €3,475 Vaasa vs €3,400 Siilinjärvisame level

Full comparison More about Vaasa

Alternative cities in Finland

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Pirkkala21,042 residents Tornio20,959 residents Mäntsälä20,861 residents Valkeakoski20,762 residents Lieto20,732 residents Iisalmi20,463 residents

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Siilinjärvi in rankings

#9 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Finland #12 of 30 in Safest cities in Finland by recorded crime #19 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Finland

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Siilinjärvi 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 Siilinjärvi part of Kuopio?

Siilinjärvi is in the published commuting zone of Kuopio; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Kuopio city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source³

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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 Siilinjärvi?

The published population was 21,269 people in 2024. Source: Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year..

Is the air quality good in Siilinjärvi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4 µg/m³ (2018) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Siilinjärvi?

Police recorded about 7,386 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 Siilinjärvi?

The unemployment rate is 9.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Siilinjärvi?

The median gross salary is 3,400 EUR/month. Source: pxweb2.stat.fi.

How many foreign residents live in Siilinjärvi?

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

Is Siilinjärvi a good place to live?

Siilinjärvi 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 Siilinjärvi part of Kuopio?

Siilinjärvi is in the published commuting zone of Kuopio; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Finland live in Siilinjärvi?

The official country of birth distribution records 20,734 people (97.1%) 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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Statistics Finland language spoken at home distribution pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-28
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