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.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population31,022people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,436EUR/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 rent2.66EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate10.43%country median 4.6% — 125% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,877incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

PM2.5, annual mean18µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Ózd.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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.

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 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.

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 39–61%

Skilled employee46%strong on work, weak on education · range 37–55%

Student50%strong on cost, weak on work · range 40–60%

Family42%strong on safety, weak on education · range 31–53%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–72%

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

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Ózd is 10.4%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

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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.

Left over each month€468of €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€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

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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.

Country-level information

National Employment Service — Public employment service

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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.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	117 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

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.

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

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.

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

PM2.518WHO 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	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

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	165 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Population	31,022 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹⁰Official

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

Full comparison More about Putnok

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

Full comparison More about Érd

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.

All Hungary cities

Salgótarján31,312 residents Szekszárd29,889 residents Gödöllő32,625 residents Hajdúböszörmény29,374 residents Baja33,140 residents Budaörs29,024 residents

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Ózd in rankings

#30 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Hungary

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.

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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; 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

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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 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?

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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