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Living in Szentlőrinc

In Szentlőrinc, unemployment is 3.7% (2022).

Szentlőrinc numbered 6,045 residents at the end of 2022. Szentlőrinc had an unemployment rate of 3.66% at the end of 2022. Szentlőrinc was home to 28 foreign residents at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population6,045people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Average gross salary1,527EUR/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 rent3.88EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei
Unemployment rate3.66%country median 4.6% — 21% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Recorded crime1,684incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region
PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

The vacancy rate was 3.65% at the end of 2022. The city had 2,548 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Szentlőrinc 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 internet17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB17.81 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom Domino Next16Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)3.65 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)4Official
Dwellings2,548 dwellings31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)3.88 EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei11Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)181.9 EUR/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei11Official · regional context

Is Szentlőrinc 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–68%
Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%
Student45%strong on cost, weak on work · range 35–55%
Family47%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–58%
Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Szentlőrinc?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.66 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9
Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Szentlőrinc is 3.7%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,527 EUR/month31 Dec 2025KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions10Official · county
Unemployment rate3.66 %country median 4.6%31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9Official

What does a salary buy in Szentlőrinc?

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€395of €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€3.88/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31− €233
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€395
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Szentlőrinc Salary needed to live in Szentlőrinc

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Szentlőrinc. 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

Job Search

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

Safety

How safe is Szentlőrinc?

Police recorded about 1,684 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 residents1,684 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 202511.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region1Official · county

Mobility and administration

Szentlőrinc's nearest major airport was 20 km away.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Distance to the nearest major airport20 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)PEV3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official

Language courses and integration

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

HungarianIn Person
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Szentlőrinc.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 12 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.5°C in January to 23.5°C in July. Szentlőrinc's monthly precipitation totalled 31.2 mm in January and 69.4 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Szentlőrinc?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency2

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean12 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency2Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 15.46 · Feb 18.69 · Mar 22.97 · Apr 29.95 · May 33.18 · Jun 37.34 · Jul 41.29 · Aug 40.62 · Sep 36.1 · Oct 29.85 · Nov 22.25 · Dec 18.17 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -21.58 · Feb -16.72 · Mar -16.45 · Apr -4.58 · May 1.17 · Jun 4.4 · Jul 9.38 · Aug 8.46 · Sep 3.1 · Oct -5.34 · Nov -6.47 · Dec -16.51 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan -0.52 · Feb 1.38 · Mar 6.12 · Apr 11.72 · May 16.58 · Jun 20.98 · Jul 23.53 · Aug 23.24 · Sep 17.44 · Oct 11.8 · Nov 6.05 · Dec 0.64 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by monthJan 31.2 · Feb 37.4 · Mar 33.6 · Apr 43.6 · May 81.3 · Jun 82.8 · Jul 69.4 · Aug 63.5 · Sep 71.6 · Oct 57.3 · Nov 51.8 · Dec 47.4 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO13Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Szentlőrinc?

The published population was 6,045 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign residents28 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)3Official
Population6,045 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share15.7 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)7Official

International community in Szentlőrinc

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
Citizenship6,045100.0%
Citizen of Hungary6,01799.5%
Foreign national280.5%
Non-EU foreign national240.4%
EU foreign national40.1%

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 groupPeopleShare
Language spoken with family members or friends6,045100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends5,21586.3%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends81613.5%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups1242.1%
Other language spoken with family members or friends1182.0%
German language spoken with family members or friends410.7%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends400.7%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends370.6%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends360.6%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends40.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends40.1%

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 groupPeopleShare
Ethnic groups6,045100.0%
Hungarian5,13284.9%
No answer to ethnic groups81913.5%
Domestic ethnic groups3375.6%
German1372.3%
Gipsy (Romani)1342.2%
Croatian540.9%
Other ethnic groups130.2%
Romanian30.0%
Serbian30.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Ukrainian30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher13.85 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)6Official

Alternatives for people set on Szentlőrinc

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 Szentlőrinc alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 118 km, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 6,045 Szentlőrinc+825%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 1,684 Szentlőrincno percentage
  • Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 3.7% Szentlőrinc−10%
  • Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.88/m² Szentlőrincsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Veszprém vs 12.0 µg/m³ Szentlőrincsame level

Cities near Szentlőrinc

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

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

Is Szentlőrinc part of Pécs?

Szentlőrinc is identified as a satellite of Pécs. It is about 17.7 km away by straight-line distance. Pécs city profile

Relationship type: Satellite Of. Source14

Common questions

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

How many people live in Szentlőrinc?

The published population was 6,045 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Szentlőrinc?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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 Szentlőrinc?

Police recorded about 1,684 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 Szentlőrinc?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Szentlőrinc?

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

Is Szentlőrinc a good place to live?

Szentlőrinc 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 Szentlőrinc part of Pécs?

Szentlőrinc is identified as a satellite of Pécs. It is about 17.7 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Szentlőrinc?

Szigetvár is near Szentlőrinc. 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 Szentlőrinc?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,045 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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  8. Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) language spoken at home distribution nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu · checked 2026-08-28
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