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Living in Szécsény

In Szécsény, unemployment is 6% (2022).

Szécsény numbered 5,229 residents at the end of 2022. The unemployment rate was 5.95% at the end of 2022. Szécsény had a foreign population of 56 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population5,229people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Average gross salary1,369EUR/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 rate5.95%country median 4.6% — 28% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Recorded crime2,339incidents 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 Szécsény?

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 Szécsény.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 11.72%. Szécsény counted 2,475 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Szécsény recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26
Mobile plan, 10 GB€18
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited26.04 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom home internet13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB17.81 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom Domino Next12Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)11.72 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)3Official
Dwellings2,475 dwellings31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)4Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)2.66 EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei9Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)141.1 EUR/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei9Official · regional context

Is Szécsény a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–64%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%
Student50%strong on cost, weak on work · range 40–60%
Family46%strong on safety, weak on education · range 35–57%
Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Szécsény?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 5.95 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database7
Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Szécsény is 6.0%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,369 EUR/month31 Dec 2025KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions8Official · county
Unemployment rate5.95 %country median 4.6%31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database7Official

What does a salary buy in Szécsény?

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

Hungary median gross pay: €1,005 (2022-12-31).
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 Szécsény. 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 Szécsény. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Szécsény?

Police recorded about 2,339 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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,339 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 202511.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region1Official · county

Mobility and administration

Szécsény's nearest airport was BUD, 75 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport77 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights10Official
Distance to the nearest major airport75 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)BUD3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Szécsény. 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

Szécsény's monthly mean temperatures were −1.9°C in January and 20.3°C in July. Szécsény's monthly precipitation totalled 27.2 mm in January and 74.1 mm in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 1.8 · Feb 5.1 · Mar 11 · Apr 17.8 · May 22.3 · Jun 25.8 · Jul 27.8 · Aug 27.5 · Sep 22.2 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 2.4 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -5.2 · Feb -4.3 · Mar -1 · Apr 3.3 · May 8.6 · Jun 12 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 12.9 · Sep 8.8 · Oct 4.5 · Nov 1 · Dec -3.6 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -1.9 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 10.4 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 20.3 · Aug 19.7 · Sep 14.9 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 4.4 · Dec -0.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 27.2 · Feb 29.3 · Mar 30.7 · Apr 32.7 · May 63.3 · Jun 66.9 · Jul 74.1 · Aug 62.9 · Sep 46.8 · Oct 42.5 · Nov 42.3 · Dec 33.3 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±1.5 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) ±0.7 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Szécsény?

The published population was 5,229 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign residents56 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)2Official
Population5,229 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database7Official

International community in Szécsény

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 groupPeopleShare
Citizenship5,229100.0%
Citizen of Hungary5,17398.9%
Foreign national561.1%
EU foreign national280.5%
Non-EU foreign national280.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source6

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 groupPeopleShare
Language spoken with family members or friends5,229100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends4,72890.4%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends4899.4%
Other language spoken with family members or friends1062.0%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups370.7%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends160.3%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends150.3%
German language spoken with family members or friends100.2%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends40.1%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source6

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Belong to ethnic groups5,229100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group4,82292.2%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups3957.6%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups1132.2%
Belong to Other ethnic groups1082.1%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group771.5%
Belong to German ethnic group130.2%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group70.1%
Belong to Greek ethnic group60.1%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group50.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source6

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher15.69 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)5Official

Alternatives for people set on Szécsény

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.

Érd as a Szécsény alternative in the same country

90 km away, 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 5,229 Szécsény+1263%
  • Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 6.0% Szécsény−39%
  • Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €2.66/m² Szécsényno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 2,339 Szécsényno percentage
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Cities near Szécsény

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities
Tát5,248 residentsBalatonboglár5,208 residentsBugyi5,277 residentsNagyhalász5,296 residentsLőrinci5,300 residentsKaba5,308 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Szécsény 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; Szécsény'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 Szécsény?

The published population was 5,229 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Szécsény?

Police recorded about 2,339 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 Szécsény?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Szécsény?

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

Is Szécsény a good place to live?

Szécsény 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 Szécsény?

Balassagyarmat, Salgótarján, Veľký Krtíš, Pásztó are near Szécsény. 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 Szécsény?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,229 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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