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Living in Mándra

In Mándra, unemployment is 9.4% (2021).

Mándra had a population of 12,365 at the end of 2021. Mándra had an unemployment rate of 9.35% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 15 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-10-0714 sources

Population12,365people31 Dec 2021Official source · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
Average gross salary2,193EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)
Average rent462.5EUR/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 rate9.35%country median 13.6% — 31% belowOfficial source · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census
Recorded crime2,927incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)
PM2.5, annual mean15µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Mándra.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

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

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€21
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited21 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Nova Fiber10011Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB20 EUR/month30 Sept 2026COSMOTE mobile plan1Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)462.5 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions8Official · regional context

Is Mándra 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–60%
Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on education · range 40–62%
Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–71%
Family48%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–60%
Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Mándra?

The unemployment rate is about 9.4 % (October 2021).

  • Unemployment rate: 9.35 % · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census7
Unemployment across cities in GreeceUnemployment in Mándra is 9.4%. Of 274 cities with data, 210 have unemployment of 10 to under 20%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings2,193 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)9Official · regional context
Unemployment rate9.35 %country median 13.6%31 Dec 2021Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census7Official

What does a salary buy in Mándra?

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

Greece median gross pay: €1,274 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€526of €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− €462
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€526
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Mándra Salary needed to live in Mándra

Safety

How safe is Mándra?

Police recorded about 2,927 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)14

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,927 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)14Official · county

Mobility and administration

Mándra's nearest airport was ATH, 42 km away and offered 104 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport104 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Distance to the nearest major airport42 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)ATH3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official

Language courses and integration

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 9.2°C in January to 27.5°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Mándra?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency2

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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.

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency2Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 19.74 · Feb 20.59 · Mar 26.29 · Apr 29 · May 35.4 · Jun 42.58 · Jul 42.12 · Aug 40.65 · Sep 38.55 · Oct 30.99 · Nov 27.41 · Dec 21.18 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center10Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -2.21 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 0.56 · Apr 3.68 · May 9.14 · Jun 14.36 · Jul 18.99 · Aug 19.12 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 8.47 · Nov 3.64 · Dec 0.64 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center10Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan 9.2 · Feb 9.66 · Mar 11.79 · Apr 14.75 · May 19.92 · Jun 24.87 · Jul 27.52 · Aug 27.41 · Sep 23.74 · Oct 19.09 · Nov 14.82 · Dec 10.85 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center10Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Mándra?

The published population was 12,365 people in 2021. Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)4

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population12,365 people31 Dec 2021Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)4Official

International community in Mándra

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 groupPeopleShare
Total12,368100.0%
Greece11,22890.8%
Other country1,1359.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source5

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total12,368100.0%
Greece11,44392.5%
Outside Greece9217.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source6

Alternatives for people set on Mándra

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 Mándra alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 50,494 Irákleio vs 12,365 Mándra+308%
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Irákleio vs 15.0 µg/m³ Mándra−33%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,126 (2024) Irákleio vs 2,927 (2025) Mándrano percentage
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Irákleio vs 9.4% Mándra+12%
Full comparisonMore about Irákleio

Alternative cities in Greece

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

All Greece cities
Grevená12,515 residentsIalysós12,717 residentsDiavatá11,876 residentsNáfpaktos12,950 residentsSpáta12,991 residentsNéa Alikarnassós13,090 residents

How does Mándra compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Mándra 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; Mándra's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Mándra part of Athens?

Mándra is near Athens, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 29.9 km away by straight-line distance. Athens city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. 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 Mándra?

The published population was 12,365 people in 2021. Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

Is the air quality good in Mándra?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Mándra?

Police recorded about 2,927 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).

What is the unemployment rate in Mándra?

The unemployment rate is about 9.4 % (October 2021). Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census.

Is Mándra a good place to live?

Mándra 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 Mándra part of Athens?

Mándra is near Athens, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 29.9 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people born in Greece live in Mándra?

The official country of birth distribution records 11,228 people (90.8%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Mándra, Greece: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ad0af032dbde370dac3f750a5471e4a2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/gr/mandra/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Mándra, Greece: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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Sources

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  1. COSMOTE mobile plan cosmote.gr · checked 2026-09-15
  2. European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
  3. gisco-services.ec.europa.eu place coordinates gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-28
  4. Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-05
  5. Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-30
  6. Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-30
  7. Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-05
  8. 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
  9. Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022) ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-24
  10. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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  1. Nova Fiber100 nova.gr · checked 2026-09-15
  2. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  3. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  4. Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03) lms.statistics.gr · checked 2026-10-05

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