Living in Tammela

In Tammela, unemployment is 9.1% (2024).

Tammela had a population of 5,777 at the end of 2025. Regional median gross salary figures for Tammela showed €3,444 per month at the end of 2024. Tammela's unemployment stood at 9.1% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0721 sources

Population5,777people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland

Median gross salary (region)3,444EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland

Unemployment rate9.1%country median 10.6% — 14% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime8,032incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 11% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

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

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 Tammela.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Tammela. 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 citiesTammela 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 broadband²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Finland mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	2,786 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official

Is Tammela 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–63%

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

Student51%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 43–59%

Family57%strong on family, weak on housing · range 48–66%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–68%

Work and income

At the end of 2024, average monthly gross earnings stood at €3,775 per month. The employment figure in Tammela was 2,407 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the employment rate stood at 77.3%.

What is the unemployment rate in Tammela?

The unemployment rate is 9.1 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Tammela is 9.1%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

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Tammela 9.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,775 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official · regional context
People in employment	2,407 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Employment rate	77.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official
GDP per capita	41,105 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Finland⁹Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,444 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	9.1 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Tammela. 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 Tammela. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	74.2 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official

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; Tammela's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Tammela?

Police recorded about 8,032 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 citiesTammela highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,032 incidents per 100,000country median 9,016	31 Dec 2025	13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting¹Official

Mobility and administration

Tammela's nearest airport was TMP, 68 km away and offered 10 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	10 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	68 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	TMP	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

-2°-8°

2°-6°

9°-1°

16°4°

20°9°

22°11°

21°10°

15°6°

8°2°

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0°-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

144

190

259

264

214

140

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan -2.1 · Feb -2 · Mar 2 · Apr 9 · May 15.8 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 22.1 · Aug 20.8 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 8 · Nov 2.7 · Dec 0 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -7.8 · Feb -8.3 · Mar -5.8 · Apr -0.8 · May 3.9 · Jun 8.7 · Jul 11.4 · Aug 10.5 · Sep 6.4 · Oct 2 · Nov -1.6 · Dec -4.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -4.8 · Feb -5.4 · Mar -1.9 · Apr 3.9 · May 10 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 17 · Aug 15.5 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 4.9 · Nov 0.7 · Dec -2.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 47.3 · Feb 34.9 · Mar 30.8 · Apr 32.1 · May 37.7 · Jun 67.5 · Jul 73.8 · Aug 72.1 · Sep 53.8 · Oct 63.3 · Nov 56.3 · Dec 51.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 36 · Feb 68.1 · Mar 143.5 · Apr 189.9 · May 258.5 · Jun 258.8 · Jul 263.6 · Aug 213.8 · Sep 140.2 · Oct 76.9 · Nov 27.5 · Dec 22 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Finland: Tampere ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.4 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±1.2 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.2 °C, Linköping (Sweden) ±1.8 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±2.5 °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

At the end of 2024, Tammela had 2,786 households.

How many people live in Tammela?

The published population was 5,777 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	2.2 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁵Official
Population	5,777 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁶Official
Population covered by crime statistics	5,777 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	21.2 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

International community in Tammela

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	5,777	100.0%
Finland	5,599	96.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	178	3.1%
EUROPE	96	1.7%
ASIA	64	1.1%
Estonia	24	0.4%
Former Soviet Union	20	0.3%
Sweden	17	0.3%
Philippines	14	0.2%
Thailand	11	0.2%
Syria	10	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Unknown	10	0.2%
AFRICA	5	0.1%
AMERICA	3	0.1%

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	5,777	100.0%
Finland	5,648	97.8%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	129	2.2%
EUROPE	70	1.2%
ASIA	53	0.9%
Estonia	33	0.6%
Ukraine	13	0.2%
Philippines	12	0.2%
AFRICA	3	0.1%
OCEANIA	2	0.0%
AMERICA	1	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	5,777	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	5,616	97.2%
Finnish	5,600	96.9%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	161	2.8%
Estonian	35	0.6%
Russian	17	0.3%
Swedish	16	0.3%
Ukrainian	14	0.2%
Arabic	12	0.2%
English	12	0.2%
Thai	10	0.2%

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	29.4 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official
Households	2,786 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Residents with a migration background	2.8 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Tammela

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 Tammela alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 5,777 Tammela+798%
Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 2.2% Tammela+195%
Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,444 Tammela+15%
Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 9.1% Tammela+11%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 8,032 Tammelasame level

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Alternative cities in Finland

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All Finland cities

Viitasaari5,695 residents Larsmo5,955 residents Juva5,569 residents Parkano6,011 residents Vuokatti6,106 residents Virrat6,126 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tammela 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Tammela?

The published population was 5,777 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Tammela?

What is the unemployment rate in Tammela?

The unemployment rate is 9.1 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Tammela?

The median gross salary is 3,444 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Tammela a good place to live?

Tammela 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 Tammela?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,599 people (96.9%) 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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