Living in Orosháza

In Orosháza, unemployment is 4.5% (2022).

Orosháza numbered 25,783 residents at the end of 2022. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.5% at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, the foreign population in Orosháza numbered 152.

Last checked 2026-10-0721 sources

Population25,783people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,350EUR/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 rate4.5%country median 4.6% — 3% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,886incidents 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 Orosháza?

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 Orosháza.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Orosháza's housing vacancy rate stood at 15.81% at the end of 2022. Orosháza recorded 14,135 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)	15.81 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	14,135 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 Orosháza a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–66%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on work · range 38–58%

Family47%strong on safety, weak on education · range 36–58%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Orosháza?

The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Orosháza is 4.5%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Orosháza 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,350 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	4.5 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Orosháza?

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

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National Employment Service — Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Orosháza?

Police recorded about 1,886 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	1,886 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Orosháza's nearest airport was DEB, 125 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	125 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DEB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Orosháza. 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 15.27 · Feb 18.77 · Mar 23.8 · Apr 30.31 · May 34.34 · Jun 38.87 · Jul 40.8 · Aug 41.18 · Sep 37.35 · Oct 30.09 · Nov 24.11 · Dec 17.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -23.61 · Feb -19.36 · Mar -12.55 · Apr -4.75 · May 1.71 · Jun 4.96 · Jul 9.59 · Aug 8.82 · Sep 3.77 · Oct -4.39 · Nov -5.93 · Dec -16.55 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.87 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 12.25 · May 17.59 · Jun 21.84 · Jul 24.19 · Aug 24.11 · Sep 18.38 · Oct 12.16 · Nov 6.22 · Dec 0.47 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Orosháza?

The published population was 25,783 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	152 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	25,783 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	30.49 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Orosháza

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	25,783	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	25,631	99.4%
Foreign national	152	0.6%
EU foreign national	76	0.3%
Non-EU foreign national	76	0.3%

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	25,783	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	22,046	85.5%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	3,670	14.2%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	708	2.7%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	261	1.0%
German language spoken with family members or friends	87	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	87	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	76	0.3%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	35	0.1%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	13	0.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	11	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Greek 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
Ethnic groups	25,783	100.0%
Hungarian	22,040	85.5%
No answer to ethnic groups	3,565	13.8%
Domestic ethnic groups	391	1.5%
Gipsy (Romani)	202	0.8%
Other ethnic groups	71	0.3%
Slovakian	59	0.2%
German	55	0.2%
Romanian	40	0.2%
Serbian	10	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgarian	7	0.0%
Ukrainian	7	0.0%
Greek	6	0.0%
Polish	6	0.0%
Armenian	5	0.0%
Ruthenian	5	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 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Orosháza

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.

Békéscsaba as an Orosháza alternative in the same region

36 km away, 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 25,783 Orosháza+114%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,886 Orosházano percentage
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 4.5% Orosháza−5%
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.20/m² Orosházasame level

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Érd as an Orosháza alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 159 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 25,783 Orosháza+176%
Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €3.20/m² Orosházano percentage
Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 4.5% Orosháza−19%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 1,886 Orosházano percentage

Full comparison More about Érd

Cities near Orosháza

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

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Jászberény26,115 residents Szentes25,079 residents Ajka26,705 residents Kiskunhalas26,784 residents Kazincbarcika24,371 residents Gyöngyös27,648 residents

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

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

Is Orosháza part of Szeged?

Orosháza 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 54.8 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 Orosháza?

The published population was 25,783 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Orosháza?

What is the unemployment rate in Orosháza?

The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Orosháza?

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

Is Orosháza a good place to live?

Orosháza 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 Orosháza part of Szeged?

Orosháza 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 54.8 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Orosháza?

Nagyszénás, Csorvás, Tótkomlós, Kondoros are near Orosháza. 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 Orosháza?

The official citizenship distribution records 25,783 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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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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