Living in Ózd
In Ózd, unemployment is 10.4% (2022).
Ózd had a population of 31,022 at the end of 2022. Ózd had an unemployment rate of 10.43% at the end of 2022. Ózd had a foreign population of 165 at the end of 2022.
Which Hungary-wide rules apply when you move to Ózd?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
Ózd had a vacancy rate of 10.18% at the end of 2022. The dwelling count was 14,276 at the end of 2022.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 26.04 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom home internet17Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 17.81 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom Domino Next16Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 10.18 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)5Official |
| Dwellings | 14,276 dwellings | 31 Dec 2022 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)6Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 2.66 EUR/m²/month | 31 Oct 2018 | Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei12Official · regional context |
| Average monthly rent (whole dwelling) | 141.1 EUR/month | 31 Oct 2018 | Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei12Official · regional context |
Is Ózd 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Ózd?
The unemployment rate is about 10.4 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 10.43 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10
Ózd 10.4%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 1,436 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 regions11Official · county |
| Unemployment rate | 10.43 %country median 4.6% | 31 Dec 2022 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10Official |
What does a salary buy in Ózd?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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€2.66/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31 | − €159 |
| 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 | €468 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ózd. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
National Employment Service — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ózd. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Ózd?
Police recorded about 1,877 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 | 1,877 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region1Official · county |
Mobility and administration
Ózd's nearest airport was BUD, 117 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ózd. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
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.
Climate and air quality
Annual PM2.5 levels for Ózd stood at 18 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperatures were −2.9°C in January and 21.6°C in July.
Is the air quality good in Ózd?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 18 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency3
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
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 | 18 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency3Official · nearest-station reading |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 12.83 · Feb 15.43 · Mar 21.67 · Apr 28.51 · May 30.68 · Jun 35.81 · Jul 39.61 · Aug 37.64 · Sep 33.81 · Oct 27.03 · Nov 20.65 · Dec 11.54 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official · coordinate grid |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -22.62 · Feb -18.84 · Mar -16.81 · Apr -4.65 · May -1.32 · Jun 2.99 · Jul 7.06 · Aug 6.78 · Sep 2.05 · Oct -4.63 · Nov -12.69 · Dec -16.96 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official · coordinate grid |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -2.94 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 4.17 · Apr 10.54 · May 15.46 · Jun 19.4 · Jul 21.59 · Aug 21.27 · Sep 15.85 · Oct 9.73 · Nov 4.14 · Dec -1.46 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official · coordinate grid |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Ózd?
The published population was 31,022 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10
By nationality
National passport99.5%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| No religion or other, share | 18.66 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)8Official |
International community in Ózd
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 | 31,022 | 100.0% |
| Citizen of Hungary | 30,857 | 99.5% |
| Foreign national | 165 | 0.5% |
| EU foreign national | 116 | 0.4% |
| Non-EU foreign national | 49 | 0.2% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9
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 | 31,022 | 100.0% |
| Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends | 26,143 | 84.3% |
| No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends | 4,837 | 15.6% |
| Other language spoken with family members or friends | 462 | 1.5% |
| Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups | 186 | 0.6% |
| German language spoken with family members or friends | 108 | 0.3% |
| Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends | 20 | 0.1% |
| Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends | 20 | 0.1% |
| Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends | 17 | 0.1% |
| Romanian language spoken with family members or friends | 9 | 0.0% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends | 8 | 0.0% |
| Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends | 5 | 0.0% |
| Serbian language spoken with family members or friends | 5 | 0.0% |
| Polish language spoken with family members or friends | 4 | 0.0% |
| Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends | 4 | 0.0% |
| Greek 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 source9
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 | 31,022 | 100.0% |
| Belong to Hungarian ethnic group | 26,623 | 85.8% |
| No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups | 4,363 | 14.1% |
| Belong to domestic ethnic groups | 3,210 | 10.3% |
| Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group | 2,950 | 9.5% |
| Belong to Other ethnic groups | 482 | 1.6% |
| Belong to German ethnic group | 139 | 0.4% |
| Belong to Slovakian ethnic group | 42 | 0.1% |
| Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group | 24 | 0.1% |
| Belong to Romanian ethnic group | 21 | 0.1% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belong to Polish ethnic group | 15 | 0.0% |
| Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group | 13 | 0.0% |
| Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group | 12 | 0.0% |
| Belong to Greek ethnic group | 8 | 0.0% |
| Belong to Serbian ethnic group | 8 | 0.0% |
| Belong to Croatian ethnic group | 4 | 0.0% |
| Belong to Armenian 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 source9
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher | 9.82 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)7Official |
Alternatives for people set on Ózd
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.
Putnok as a Ózd alternative in the same region
14 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Residents: 6,324 Putnok vs 31,022 Ózd−80%
- Unemployment: 9.7% Putnok vs 10.4% Ózd−7%
- Rent: €2.66/m² Putnok vs €2.66/m² Ózdsame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,877 Putnok vs 1,877 Ózdsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 18.0 µg/m³ Putnok vs 18.0 µg/m³ Ózdsame level
Érd as a Ózd alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 138 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 10.4% Ózd−65%
- Residents: 71,253 Érd vs 31,022 Ózd+130%
- Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €2.66/m² Ózdno percentage
- Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Érd vs 18.0 µg/m³ Ózd−28%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 1,877 Ózdno percentage
Cities near Ózd
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
Alternative cities in Hungary
Other cities in Hungary to compare with Ózd, nearest in population first.
How does Ózd compare?
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Ózd in rankings
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ózd 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.
Open the official coverage guideSchool 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; Ózd's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2026.
Is Ózd part of Miskolc?
Ózd belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Miskolc; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 39.5 km away by straight-line distance. Miskolc city profile
Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source2
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Ózd?
The published population was 31,022 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.
Is the air quality good in Ózd?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 18 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 Ózd?
Police recorded about 1,877 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 region.
What is the unemployment rate in Ózd?
The unemployment rate is about 10.4 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.
How many foreign residents live in Ózd?
165 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Is Ózd a good place to live?
Ózd 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 Ózd part of Miskolc?
Ózd belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Miskolc; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 39.5 km away by straight-line distance.
Which cities are near Ózd?
Putnok, Tornaľa are near Ózd. 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 Ózd?
The official citizenship distribution records 31,022 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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