Living in Székesfehérvár

In Székesfehérvár, unemployment is 3.4% (2022).

Residents of Székesfehérvár numbered 95,045 at the end of 2022. An unemployment rate of 3.36% was measured at the end of 2022. A foreign population count of 1,526 was recorded at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0424 sources

Population95,045people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,710EUR/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 rent3.78EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate3.36%country median 4.6% — 28% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime277.1incidents 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 Székesfehérvár?

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 Székesfehérvár.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The vacancy rate was 12.4% at the end of 2022. The number of dwellings in Székesfehérvár reached 48,251 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)	12.4 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	48,251 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.78 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	191.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Székesfehérvár a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–69%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–75%

Student55%strong on education, weak on work · range 45–65%

Family58%strong on family, weak on cost · range 47–69%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Székesfehérvár?

The unemployment rate is about 3.4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.36 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Székesfehérvár is 3.4%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Székesfehérvár 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,710 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	3.36 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Székesfehérvár?

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

Left over each month€401of €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€3.78/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €227
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	€401

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Székesfehérvár. 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 Székesfehérvár. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Székesfehérvár?

Police recorded about 277 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 277.1 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	277.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Székesfehérvár's nearest airport was BUD, 70 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	70 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 Székesfehérvár. 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 −1.3°C in January to 23°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.25 · Feb 18.4 · Mar 21.11 · Apr 29.42 · May 32.55 · Jun 36.89 · Jul 39.54 · Aug 38.98 · Sep 33.42 · Oct 27.24 · Nov 20.29 · Dec 15.63 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -21.11 · Feb -17.19 · Mar -15.61 · Apr -4.16 · May 1.2 · Jun 4.21 · Jul 9.45 · Aug 8 · Sep 2.88 · Oct -6.73 · Nov -7.81 · Dec -16.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.34 · Feb 0.66 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 11.28 · May 16.21 · Jun 20.65 · Jul 22.98 · Aug 22.51 · Sep 16.87 · Oct 11.11 · Nov 5.34 · Dec -0.09 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Székesfehérvár?

The published population was 95,045 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	1,526 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	95,045 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	18.36 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Székesfehérvár

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	95,045	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	93,519	98.4%
Foreign national	1,526	1.6%
Non-EU foreign national	1,105	1.2%
EU foreign national	420	0.4%

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	95,045	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	81,089	85.3%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	13,578	14.3%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	4,061	4.3%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	900	0.9%
German language spoken with family members or friends	410	0.4%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	139	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	125	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	114	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	56	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	37	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	37	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	36	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	27	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	26	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	15	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	10	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	8	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
Belong to ethnic groups	95,045	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	83,831	88.2%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	10,882	11.4%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	4,241	4.5%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	2,077	2.2%
Belong to German ethnic group	959	1.0%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	387	0.4%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	186	0.2%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	117	0.1%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	98	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	76	0.1%
Belong to Polish ethnic group	74	0.1%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	70	0.1%
Belong to Armenian ethnic group	52	0.1%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	50	0.1%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	37	0.0%
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	36	0.0%
Belong to Slovenian ethnic group	9	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	27.35 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Székesfehérvár

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.

Veszprém as a Székesfehérvár alternative in the same region

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

Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 277 Székesfehérvár−27%
Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 95,045 Székesfehérvár−41%
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 3.4% Székesfehérvársame level
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.78/m² Székesfehérvársame level

Full comparison More about Veszprém

Cities near Székesfehérvár

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Kecskemét108,120 residents Szombathely78,190 residents Nyíregyháza116,282 residents Érd71,253 residents Győr127,599 residents Szolnok66,061 residents

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Székesfehérvár in rankings

#9 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Hungary #9 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

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

Is Székesfehérvár part of Budapest?

Székesfehérvár is near Budapest, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 56.5 km away by straight-line distance. Budapest city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²⁴

Common questions

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

How many people live in Székesfehérvár?

The published population was 95,045 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Székesfehérvár?

Police recorded about 277 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 Székesfehérvár?

The unemployment rate is about 3.4 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Székesfehérvár?

1,526 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Székesfehérvár a good place to live?

Székesfehérvár 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 Székesfehérvár part of Budapest?

Which cities are near Székesfehérvár?

Gárdony, Polgárdi, Várpalota, Csákvár, Berhida are near Székesfehérvár. 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 Székesfehérvár?

The official citizenship distribution records 95,045 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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