Living in Balatonfüred

In Balatonfüred, unemployment is 3.5% (2022).

The population of Balatonfüred totalled 12,361 at the end of 2022. The unemployment rate was 3.47% at the end of 2022. Foreign residents numbered 232 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population12,361people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,576EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions

Average net rent3.78EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate3.47%country median 4.6% — 25% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,746incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Hungary-wide rules apply when you move to Balatonfüred?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 25.23%. Balatonfüred recorded 7,044 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26

Mobile plan, 10 GB€18

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	26.04 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom home internet¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁵Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	25.23 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	7,044 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.78 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	191.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Balatonfüred a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–68%

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

Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 44–64%

Family57%strong on family, weak on cost · range 46–68%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Balatonfüred?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.47 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Balatonfüred is 3.5%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Balatonfüred 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,576 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions¹⁰Official · county
Unemployment rate	3.47 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Balatonfüred?

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

Left over each month€401of €672 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; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€672
Rent, 60 m²€3.78/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €227
Internet€26 · official · Telekom home internet · 2026-09-30	− €26
Mobile plan€18 · official · Telekom Domino Next · 2026-09-30	− €18
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€401

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Balatonfüred. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Safety

How safe is Balatonfüred?

Police recorded about 1,746 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,746 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Balatonfüred's nearest major airport was 62 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	62 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SOB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Care and integration support for persons granted international or national protection — Newcomer Adaptation

National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing — Refugee Affairs Directorate

For persons granted international protection, persons granted national protection.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 12 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Balatonfüred's monthly mean temperatures were −1.3°C in January and 23°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 30.9 mm in January and 54.5 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Balatonfüred?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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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

PM2.512WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.25 · Feb 18.4 · Mar 21.11 · Apr 29.42 · May 32.55 · Jun 36.89 · Jul 39.54 · Aug 38.98 · Sep 33.42 · Oct 27.24 · Nov 20.29 · Dec 15.63 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -21.11 · Feb -17.19 · Mar -15.61 · Apr -4.16 · May 1.2 · Jun 4.21 · Jul 9.45 · Aug 8 · Sep 2.88 · Oct -6.73 · Nov -7.81 · Dec -16.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.34 · Feb 0.66 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 11.28 · May 16.21 · Jun 20.65 · Jul 22.98 · Aug 22.51 · Sep 16.87 · Oct 11.11 · Nov 5.34 · Dec -0.09 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 30.9 · Feb 32.8 · Mar 31 · Apr 35.2 · May 57.7 · Jun 57.6 · Jul 54.5 · Aug 65.4 · Sep 58.8 · Oct 47.8 · Nov 47.8 · Dec 41.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Balatonfüred?

The published population was 12,361 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	232 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	12,361 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	11.69 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Balatonfüred

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

Citizenship

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship	12,361	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	12,129	98.1%
Foreign national	232	1.9%
EU foreign national	127	1.0%
Non-EU foreign national	105	0.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Language spoken at home

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Language spoken with family members or friends	12,361	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	10,241	82.8%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	2,064	16.7%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	400	3.2%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	232	1.9%
German language spoken with family members or friends	186	1.5%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.1%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Ethnic groups	12,361	100.0%
Hungarian	10,271	83.1%
No answer to ethnic groups	2,005	16.2%
Domestic ethnic groups	213	1.7%
German	117	0.9%
Other ethnic groups	51	0.4%
Gipsy (Romani)	38	0.3%
Slovakian	13	0.1%
Ukrainian	11	0.1%
Romanian	7	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruthenian	7	0.1%
Croatian	6	0.0%
Polish	6	0.0%
Greek	4	0.0%
Armenian	3	0.0%
Bulgarian	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	25.91 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Balatonfüred

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.

Veszprém as a Balatonfüred alternative in the same region

17 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 12,361 Balatonfüred+352%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 1,746 Balatonfüredno percentage
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 3.5% Balatonfüred−5%
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.78/m² Balatonfüredsame level
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Veszprém vs 12.0 µg/m³ Balatonfüredsame level

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Békéscsaba as a Balatonfüred alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 245 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 12,361 Balatonfüred+346%
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.78/m² Balatonfüred−15%
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 3.5% Balatonfüred+24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,746 Balatonfüredno percentage

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Cities near Balatonfüred

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

Other cities in Hungary to compare with Balatonfüred, nearest in population first.

All Hungary cities

Maglód12,470 residents Tiszavasvári12,238 residents Tököl12,217 residents Újfehértó12,181 residents Gyomaendrőd12,155 residents Pilis12,098 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Balatonfüred under the national coverage rules.

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 3 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Hungarian as a second language (második idegen nyelvként) support programmes. How to enrol a child (kormany.hu).

A country-wide rule for Hungary; Balatonfüred'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 Balatonfüred?

The published population was 12,361 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Balatonfüred?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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 Balatonfüred?

What is the unemployment rate in Balatonfüred?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Balatonfüred?

232 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Balatonfüred a good place to live?

Balatonfüred 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 Balatonfüred?

Balatonalmádi, Siófok, Veszprém are near Balatonfüred. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Citizenship citizenship group in Balatonfüred?

The official citizenship distribution records 12,361 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2022 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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