Living in donggu

In donggu (KR-27), unemployment is 3.2% (2025).

Donggu had 338,476 residents in June 2026 and is a city in South Korea. For donggu, the housing-vacancy rate was 8.16% at the end of 2024. There were 2.7 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024. The city had 141,775 dwellings in 2024. The unemployment rate was 3.2% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 was 13.9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population338,476people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate3.2%country median 2.7% — 19% aboveOfficial source · KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate

Recorded crime3,054incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean13.88µg/m³country median 16.0 — 13% belowOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Higher unemployment than 61% of South Korean cities that publish it and cleaner air than 76% of South Korean cities that publish it.

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to donggu?

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Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in South KoreaNational rates and thresholds that apply in donggu.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

In South Korea, jeonse is a deposit-only lease with no monthly rent. Where both values are available, the profile's monthly comparison estimates its cost as deposit × annual conversion rate ÷ 100 ÷ 12. Wolse is a separate lease with a monthly payment and its own deposit; that deposit is not included in the monthly figure.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€29

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.8 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT 100 Mbps internet¹⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹¹Official · national market
Dwellings	141,775 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality²Official
Housing Vacancy Rate Percent	8.16 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality³Official
Annual jeonse deposit-to-rent conversion rate	5.2 %	31 Jul 2026	전국주택가격동향조사 — 지역별 전월세 전환율_아파트 (A_2024_00156, statId S234820263)²¹Official
Median jeonse deposit (deposit-only lease)	129,371 EUR	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (전세 rows: 보증금(만원))²⁰Official
Median wolse monthly payment (deposit also required)	294 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (월세 rows: 월세금(만원), deposit coexists)²⁰Official

Is donggu a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 53–69%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on safety · range 61–77%

Student65%strong on education, weak on work · range 58–72%

Family69%strong on family, weak on cost · range 62–76%

Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in donggu?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁸

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in donggu is 3.2%. Of 218 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 0.5 to under 1%.

0–0.50.5–11–1.51.5–22–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–55–5.55.5–6

donggu 3.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Work24 — 고용복지+센터 institution finder¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	3.2 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁸Official

What does a salary buy in donggu?

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

Left over each month€1,039of €1,660 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.	€1,660
Jeonse monthly equivalentjeonse monthly equivalent; based on a €129,371 refundable deposit and 5.2% annual conversion rate · official · 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 · 2026-08-31 · official · 전국주택가격동향조사 · 2026-07-31	− €561
Internet€32 · official · KT 100 Mbps internet · 2026-09-30	− €32
Mobile plan€29 · official · KT mobile data plan · 2026-09-30	− €29
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,039

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment offices in donggu

Work24 lists 1 public employment office in donggu (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

Office count verified

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Ministry of Employment and Labor, Republic of Korea

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public language course providers	1 count	30 Sept 2026	National KIIP operating-institution register¹⁴Official
School Count	58 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁷Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	2.7 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors_per_1000⁶Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,230 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital_beds_per_100k⁷Official
Hospitals	23 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁴Official
Pharmacies	195 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁴Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	270 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors_per_1000⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in donggu 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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Doctors per 1,000 residents2.7 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is donggu?

Police recorded about 3,054 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,054 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	43.43 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official

Language courses and integration in donggu

National KIIP operating-institution register lists 1 publicly funded course provider in donggu (checked 2026-09-16). Their individual addresses are not listed here yet; the national programme below explains who can enrol and how.

Provider count verified

Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For newly arrived foreign residents, international students, workers, marriage migrants.

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Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course

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For foreign residents in Korea, people within three years of naturalization.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in donggu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 13.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 13.88 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations¹

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

PM2.513.9WHO 5 · EU 25

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

PM2.5 across cities in South KoreaAnnual PM2.5 in donggu is 13.9 µg/m³. Of 234 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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donggu 13.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13.88 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations¹Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 182.1 km² in 2020. Population density was 1,879.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in donggu?

The published population was 338,476 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	182.1 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁵Official
Foreign-resident share	0.622 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁵Official
Foreign residents	2,100 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁶Official
Population density	1,880 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁵Official
Population Female	173,259 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population Male	165,217 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population	338,476 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²Official

International community in donggu

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons recorded in the official KOSIS registered-foreigner population table; this is not the total resident population and is not interchangeable with resident citizenship. · 2025

Published group	People	Share
계	2,110	100.0%
베트남	525	24.9%
중국	358	17.0%
미국	163	7.7%
한국계중국인	154	7.3%
필리핀	119	5.6%
일본	90	4.3%
타이(태국)	80	3.8%
키르기즈	66	3.1%
우즈베키스탄	60	2.8%

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Published group	People	Share
러시아(연방)	54	2.6%
타이완(대만)	45	2.1%
캄보디아	44	2.1%
캐나다	30	1.4%
몽골	29	1.4%
미얀마	27	1.3%
라오스	26	1.2%
남아프리카공화국	24	1.1%
인도	21	1.0%
네팔	17	0.8%
인도네시아	14	0.7%
프랑스	14	0.7%
스리랑카	11	0.5%
카자흐스탄	11	0.5%
튀르키예	10	0.5%
방글라데시	9	0.4%
영국	9	0.4%
브라질	9	0.4%
파키스탄	8	0.4%
이집트	7	0.3%
한국계러시아인	5	0.2%
에티오피아	5	0.2%
멕시코	5	0.2%
콩고민주공화국	5	0.2%
오스트레일리아	3	0.1%
우크라이나	3	0.1%
아일랜드	3	0.1%
카메룬	3	0.1%
스페인	3	0.1%
모로코	3	0.1%
알제리	3	0.1%
튀니지	3	0.1%
독일	2	0.1%
홍콩	2	0.1%
폴란드	2	0.1%
벨라루스	2	0.1%
베네수엘라	2	0.1%
우루과이	2	0.1%
말레이시아	1	0.0%
뉴질랜드	1	0.0%
이탈리아	1	0.0%
아랍에미리트연합	1	0.0%
덴마크	1	0.0%
이라크	1	0.0%
요르단	1	0.0%
핀란드	1	0.0%
수단	1	0.0%
탄자니아	1	0.0%
헝가리	1	0.0%
아제르바이잔	1	0.0%
칠레	1	0.0%
아르헨티나	1	0.0%
도미니카공화국	1	0.0%
짐바브웨	1	0.0%
팔레스타인	1	0.0%
온두라스	1	0.0%
에스토니아	1	0.0%
북마케도니아	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	166,588 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on donggu

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.

양산시 as a donggu alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 2.6% 양산시 vs 0.6% donggu+323%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,110.0 양산시 vs 1,230.0 donggu+72%
Empty flats: 10.5% 양산시 vs 8.2% donggu+29%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,750 양산시 vs 3,054 donggu−10%
Residents: 361,389 양산시 vs 338,476 donggu+7%

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Alternative cities in South Korea

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진주시334,651 residents 광진구330,905 residents 동안구328,594 residents 하남시327,495 residents 동대문구352,848 residents 마포구356,487 residents

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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 donggu?

The published population was 338,476 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in donggu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 13.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations.

How safe is donggu?

Police recorded about 3,054 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in donggu?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.

How many foreign residents live in donggu?

2,100 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is donggu a good place to live?

donggu 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.

How many people are in the 지부티 citizenship group in donggu?

The official citizenship distribution records 0 people (0.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 24). donggu (KR-27), South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 096a4dbdad37c2164c5603739546562f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/donggu-27140/ Retrieved 2026-09-24. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_donggu-kr-27-south-korea-population-rent-jobs-safety_3bc09715de1c,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {donggu (KR-27), South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-24},
  version = {096a4dbdad37c2164c5603739546562f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/donggu-27140/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-24. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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