Living in Karpathos

In Karpathos, unemployment is 14.1% (2021).

Karpathos had a population of 3,047 at the end of 2021. The unemployment rate was 14.1% at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-0712 sources

Population3,047people31 Dec 2021Official source · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)

Average gross salary1,843EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)

Average rent432.4EUR/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions

Unemployment rate14.1%country median 13.6% — 4% aboveOfficial source · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census

Recorded crime2,444incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)

Which Greece-wide rules apply when you move to Karpathos?

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 GreeceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Karpathos.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€21

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	21 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Nova Fiber100⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	20 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	COSMOTE mobile plan¹Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	432.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions⁶Official · regional context

Is Karpathos 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 36–58%

Skilled employee48%strong on work, weak on education · range 37–59%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 49–73%

Family45%strong on safety, weak on education · range 33–57%

Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–73%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Karpathos?

The unemployment rate is 14.1 % (October 2021). Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census⁵

Unemployment across cities in GreeceUnemployment in Karpathos is 14.1%. Of 274 cities with data, 210 have unemployment of 10 to under 20%.

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Karpathos 14.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,843 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	14.1 %country median 13.6%	31 Dec 2021	Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Karpathos?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€556of €1,029 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€1,029
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions · 2025-12-31	− €432
Internet€21 · official · Nova Fiber100 · 2026-09-30	− €21
Mobile plan€20 · official · COSMOTE mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€556

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Safety

How safe is Karpathos?

Police recorded about 2,444 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,444 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Karpathos's nearest airport was AOK, 11 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	11 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	AOK	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Preparatory Greek-language classes for migrants and refugees in Second Chance Schools — State Language Course

General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training and Lifelong Learning — Ministry of Education

For legally resident migrants, refugees aged 18 or over who meet the Second Chance School conditions.

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 14.7°C in January to 25.2°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 18.33 · Feb 18.79 · Mar 19.03 · Apr 22.02 · May 27.01 · Jun 28.25 · Jul 29.32 · Aug 31.54 · Sep 28.9 · Oct 27.38 · Nov 24.55 · Dec 21.23 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan 6.46 · Feb 5.56 · Mar 7.15 · Apr 10.28 · May 15.49 · Jun 18.93 · Jul 21.9 · Aug 23.27 · Sep 20.49 · Oct 14.99 · Nov 9.29 · Dec 7.83 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 14.68 · Feb 14.51 · Mar 15.46 · Apr 17 · May 19.9 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 25.24 · Aug 26.31 · Sep 24.88 · Oct 22.2 · Nov 19.28 · Dec 16.33 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Karpathos?

The published population was 3,047 people in 2021. Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	3,047 people	31 Dec 2021	Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)²Official

International community in Karpathos

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

Country of birth

Permanent resident population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	3,044	100.0%
Greece	2,287	75.1%
Other country	761	25.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Citizenship

Permanent resident population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	3,044	100.0%
Greece	2,464	80.9%
Outside Greece	584	19.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Alternatives for people set on Karpathos

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.

Irákleio as a Karpathos alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 417 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,494 Irákleio vs 3,047 Karpathos+1557%
Unemployment: 10.5% Irákleio vs 14.1% Karpathos−26%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,126 (2024) Irákleio vs 2,444 (2025) Karpathosno percentage

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Alternative cities in Greece

Other cities in Greece to compare with Karpathos, nearest in population first.

All Greece cities

Zacháro3,172 residents Chalkidóna2,905 residents Fylí3,209 residents Kými2,888 residents Melíki2,838 residents Gouménissa3,292 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Karpathos 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.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Reception classes for pupils with insufficient Greek (ZEP measures). How to enrol a child (minedu.gov.gr).

A country-wide rule for Greece; Karpathos's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Karpathos?

The published population was 3,047 people in 2021. Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

How safe is Karpathos?

What is the unemployment rate in Karpathos?

The unemployment rate is 14.1 % (October 2021). Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census.

Is Karpathos a good place to live?

Karpathos 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 Greece live in Karpathos?

The official country of birth distribution records 2,287 people (75.1%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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COSMOTE mobile plan cosmote.gr · checked 2026-09-15
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-05
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-30
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-30
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-05
Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions statistics.gr · checked 2026-10-06
Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022) ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-24
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
Nova Fiber100 nova.gr · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03

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OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03) lms.statistics.gr · checked 2026-10-05

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