Living in Kecel

In Kecel, unemployment is 5.9% (2022).

Residents of Kecel numbered 7,983 at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, unemployment in Kecel reached 5.87%. Kecel's foreign population totalled 83 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population7,983people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,525EUR/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 rate5.87%country median 4.6% — 26% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,970incidents 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 Kecel?

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 Kecel.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Kecel had a vacancy rate of 11.56% at the end of 2022. The number of dwellings in Kecel reached 3,825 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 internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹³Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	11.56 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	3,825 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.2 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Kecel a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–64%

Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on education · range 42–60%

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

Family44%strong on safety, weak on education · range 33–55%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kecel?

The unemployment rate is about 5.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.87 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Kecel is 5.9%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Kecel 5.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,525 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 regions⁹Official · county
Unemployment rate	5.87 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Kecel?

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 Kecel. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

National Employment Service — Public employment service

National Employment Service of Hungary

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Kecel. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Kecel?

Police recorded about 1,970 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	1,970 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Kecel was 98 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	98 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PEV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kecel. 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 temperature moved from −0.9°C in January to 24.1°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.92 · Feb 18.54 · Mar 22.08 · Apr 30.21 · May 33.99 · Jun 38.59 · Jul 41.55 · Aug 40.37 · Sep 36.3 · Oct 29.93 · Nov 22.5 · Dec 16.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.19 · Feb -19.74 · Mar -14.08 · Apr -4.56 · May 1.45 · Jun 4.65 · Jul 9.88 · Aug 9.21 · Sep 3.69 · Oct -4.47 · Nov -5.7 · Dec -15.5 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.86 · Feb 1.07 · Mar 6.05 · Apr 11.98 · May 17.24 · Jun 21.69 · Jul 24.13 · Aug 23.81 · Sep 18 · Oct 11.95 · Nov 5.95 · Dec 0.38 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kecel?

The published population was 7,983 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	83 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	7,983 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

The other-or-no-religion share in Kecel was 6.68%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	6.68 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Kecel

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	7,983	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	7,900	99.0%
Foreign national	83	1.0%
EU foreign national	71	0.9%
Non-EU foreign national	12	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

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	7,983	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	7,142	89.5%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	811	10.2%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	381	4.8%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	302	3.8%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	286	3.6%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	120	1.5%
German language spoken with family members or friends	41	0.5%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	27	0.3%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	16	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.1%
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 source⁷

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	7,983	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	7,314	91.6%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	661	8.3%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	601	7.5%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	395	4.9%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	125	1.6%
Belong to German ethnic group	111	1.4%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	56	0.7%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	11	0.1%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	9	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	9	0.1%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	7	0.1%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	6	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	9.53 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Kecel

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.

Kiskőrös as a Kecel alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 3.9% Kiskőrös vs 5.9% Kecel−34%
Residents: 13,515 Kiskőrös vs 7,983 Kecel+69%
Rent: €3.20/m² Kiskőrös vs €3.20/m² Kecelsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,970 Kiskőrös vs 1,970 Kecelsame level

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Békéscsaba as a Kecel alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 141 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 7,983 Kecel+591%
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 5.9% Kecel−27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,970 Kecelno percentage
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.20/m² Kecelsame level

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Kecel

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Jánoshalma7,956 residents Vásárosnamény7,922 residents Polgár7,914 residents Túrkeve7,868 residents Sándorfalva8,127 residents Szeghalom8,137 residents

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

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Kecel?

The published population was 7,983 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Kecel?

What is the unemployment rate in Kecel?

The unemployment rate is about 5.9 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Kecel?

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

Is Kecel a good place to live?

Kecel 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 Kecel?

Kiskőrös, Soltvadkert, Kalocsa, Kiskunhalas are near Kecel. 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 Kecel?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,983 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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