Living in Csongrád

In Csongrád, unemployment is 4% (2022).

At the end of 2022, Csongrád had a population of 15,529. An unemployment rate of 3.99% was measured at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 76 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0723 sources

Population15,529people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,540EUR/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 rent3.2EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate3.99%country median 4.6% — 14% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime3,139incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

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

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 HungaryNational rates and thresholds that apply in Csongrád.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The vacancy rate was 18.26% at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, the dwelling count totalled 8,466.

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)	18.26 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	8,466 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.2 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Csongrád a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–67%

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

Student47%strong on cost, weak on work · range 37–57%

Family48%strong on family, weak on cost · range 37–59%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Csongrád?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.99 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Csongrád is 4.0%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Csongrád 4.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,540 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	3.99 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Csongrád?

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

Left over each month€436of €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€3.20/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €192
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	€436

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Public employment service

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

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Safety

How safe is Csongrád?

Police recorded about 3,139 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	3,139 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Csongrád's nearest airport was BUD, 104 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	104 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

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

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.9°C in January and 24.2°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.35 · Feb 18.51 · Mar 23.05 · Apr 30.37 · May 34.52 · Jun 38.82 · Jul 41.32 · Aug 40.89 · Sep 36.91 · Oct 29.52 · Nov 23.16 · Dec 17.57 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -23.23 · Feb -19.35 · Mar -13.43 · Apr -4.39 · May 1.81 · Jun 4.83 · Jul 10.02 · Aug 9.08 · Sep 3.67 · Oct -4.16 · Nov -5.71 · Dec -15.33 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.87 · Feb 1.21 · Mar 6.22 · Apr 12.18 · May 17.49 · Jun 21.84 · Jul 24.24 · Aug 24.05 · Sep 18.26 · Oct 12.1 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 0.43 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Csongrád?

The published population was 15,529 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	76 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	15,529 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	14.48 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Csongrád

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	15,529	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	15,453	99.5%
Foreign national	76	0.5%
EU foreign national	54	0.3%
Non-EU foreign national	22	0.1%

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	15,529	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	13,636	87.8%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	1,852	11.9%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	331	2.1%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	128	0.8%
German language spoken with family members or friends	71	0.5%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	29	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	25	0.2%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.1%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	4	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
Belong to ethnic groups	15,529	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	14,021	90.3%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	1,480	9.5%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	345	2.2%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	281	1.8%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	116	0.7%
Belong to German ethnic group	91	0.6%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	21	0.1%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	18	0.1%
Belong to Polish ethnic group	10	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	8	0.1%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	6	0.0%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	5	0.0%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	4	0.0%
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	4	0.0%
Belong to Armenian ethnic group	3	0.0%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	3	0.0%
Belong to Slovenian ethnic group	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	16.58 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Csongrád

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.

Kiskunfélegyháza as a Csongrád alternative in the same region

22 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,970 Kiskunfélegyháza vs 3,139 Csongrád−37%
Residents: 28,872 Kiskunfélegyháza vs 15,529 Csongrád+86%
Unemployment: 3.8% Kiskunfélegyháza vs 4.0% Csongrád−5%
Rent: €3.20/m² Kiskunfélegyháza vs €3.20/m² Csongrádsame level

Full comparison More about Kiskunfélegyháza

Érd as a Csongrád alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 118 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 71,253 Érd vs 15,529 Csongrád+359%
Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €3.20/m² Csongrádno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 3,139 Csongrádno percentage
Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 4.0% Csongrád−9%

Full comparison More about Érd

Cities near Csongrád

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Mezőkövesd15,504 residents Budakeszi15,575 residents Mátészalka15,653 residents Mezőtúr15,785 residents Kisvárda15,095 residents Kalocsa15,013 residents

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

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

Is Csongrád part of Szeged?

Csongrád is near Szeged, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 53.0 km away by straight-line distance. Szeged city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²

Common questions

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

How many people live in Csongrád?

The published population was 15,529 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Csongrád?

What is the unemployment rate in Csongrád?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Csongrád?

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

Is Csongrád a good place to live?

Csongrád 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 Csongrád part of Szeged?

Csongrád is near Szeged, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 53.0 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Csongrád?

Szentes, Tiszaalpár, Kunszentmárton, Mindszent, Kiskunfélegyháza are near Csongrád. 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 Csongrád?

The official citizenship distribution records 15,529 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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