Living in Tatabánya

In Tatabánya, unemployment is 3.6% (2022).

The population of Tatabánya totalled 65,830 at the end of 2022. Tatabánya registered an unemployment rate of 3.63% at the end of 2022. Tatabánya had a foreign population of 1,278 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0426 sources

Population65,830people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,752EUR/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 rate3.63%country median 4.6% — 22% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime324.5incidents 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 Tatabánya?

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 Tatabánya.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Tatabánya's housing vacancy rate stood at 5.36% at the end of 2022. Tatabánya counted 31,439 dwellings 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)	5.36 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	31,439 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 Tatabánya 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%

Student46%strong on cost, weak on work · range 36–56%

Family48%strong on safety, weak on education · range 37–59%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Tatabánya?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.63 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Tatabánya is 3.6%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Tatabánya 3.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,752 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	3.63 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Tatabánya?

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

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Tatabánya Salary needed to live in Tatabánya

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Tatabánya?

Police recorded about 324 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: 324.5 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	324.5 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Tatabánya's nearest airport was BUD, 69 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	69 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 Tatabánya. 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 temperatures were −1.7°C in January and 22.5°C in July. Tatabánya's monthly precipitation totalled 35.8 mm in January and 69.6 mm in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.98 · Feb 17.71 · Mar 20.84 · Apr 29.65 · May 32.57 · Jun 36.61 · Jul 39.77 · Aug 39.76 · Sep 33.36 · Oct 27.53 · Nov 20.08 · Dec 15.27 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -24.52 · Feb -17.06 · Mar -14.91 · Apr -4.68 · May 0.17 · Jun 3.26 · Jul 8.34 · Aug 7.31 · Sep 1.84 · Oct -7.92 · Nov -11.14 · Dec -18.59 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.67 · Feb 0.25 · Mar 4.84 · Apr 10.77 · May 15.77 · Jun 20.2 · Jul 22.54 · Aug 21.98 · Sep 16.36 · Oct 10.55 · Nov 4.93 · Dec -0.42 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 35.8 · Feb 30.6 · Mar 35.4 · Apr 36.7 · May 67.8 · Jun 62.5 · Jul 69.6 · Aug 62.4 · Sep 54.7 · Oct 46.5 · Nov 47 · Dec 40.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Tatabánya?

The published population was 65,830 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	1,278 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	65,830 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	27.29 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Tatabánya

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	65,830	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	64,552	98.1%
Foreign national	1,278	1.9%
Non-EU foreign national	924	1.4%
EU foreign national	352	0.5%

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	65,830	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	53,634	81.5%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	11,975	18.2%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	1,669	2.5%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	770	1.2%
German language spoken with family members or friends	304	0.5%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	186	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	100	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	77	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	40	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	33	0.1%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	29	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	28	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	28	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	21	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%
Slovenian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	5	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
Ethnic groups	65,830	100.0%
Hungarian	53,145	80.7%
No answer to ethnic groups	11,939	18.1%
Domestic ethnic groups	2,519	3.8%
German	889	1.4%
Gipsy (Romani)	876	1.3%
Ukrainian	314	0.5%
Slovakian	179	0.3%
Other ethnic groups	137	0.2%
Romanian	77	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Greek	54	0.1%
Serbian	39	0.1%
Polish	29	0.0%
Croatian	25	0.0%
Ruthenian	23	0.0%
Slovenian	20	0.0%
Bulgarian	17	0.0%
Armenian	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	16 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Tatabánya

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.

Székesfehérvár as a Tatabánya alternative in the same region

44 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 277 Székesfehérvár vs 324 Tatabánya−15%
Residents: 95,045 Székesfehérvár vs 65,830 Tatabánya+44%
Unemployment: 3.4% Székesfehérvár vs 3.6% Tatabánya−7%
Rent: €3.78/m² Székesfehérvár vs €3.78/m² Tatabányasame level

Full comparison More about Székesfehérvár

Veszprém as a Tatabánya alternative in the same country

65 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 324 Tatabánya−38%
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 3.6% Tatabánya−10%
Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 65,830 Tatabánya−15%
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.78/m² Tatabányasame level

Full comparison More about Veszprém

Cities near Tatabánya

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Szolnok66,061 residents Érd71,253 residents Sopron60,334 residents Kaposvár59,397 residents Veszprém55,910 residents Szombathely78,190 residents

How does Tatabánya compare?

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Tatabánya in rankings

#13 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary #17 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Hungary

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

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

Is Tatabánya part of Budapest?

Tatabánya 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 46.7 km away by straight-line distance. Budapest city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²⁶

Common questions

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

How many people live in Tatabánya?

The published population was 65,830 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Tatabánya?

Police recorded about 324 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 Tatabánya?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Tatabánya?

1,278 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Tatabánya a good place to live?

Tatabánya 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 Tatabánya part of Budapest?

Tatabánya 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 46.7 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Tatabánya?

Tata, Oroszlány, Lábatlan, Bicske, Csákvár are near Tatabánya. 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 Tatabánya?

The official citizenship distribution records 65,830 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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