Living in donggu
In donggu (KR-30), unemployment is 4.7% (2025).
Donggu had 218,251 residents in June 2026 and is a city in South Korea. There were 2.6 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024. The city had 84,165 dwellings in 2024. The unemployment rate was 4.7% at the end of 2025. For donggu, the housing-vacancy rate was 5.99% at the end of 2024.
Higher unemployment than 96% of South Korean cities that publish it and cleaner air than 63% of South Korean cities that publish it.
Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to donggu?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for donggu. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
| 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 | 84,165 dwellings | 31 Dec 2024 | DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality2Official |
| Housing Vacancy Rate Percent | 5.99 % | 31 Dec 2024 | DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality3Official |
Is donggu 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in donggu?
The unemployment rate is 4.7 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate8
donggu 4.7%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 4.7 %country median 2.7% | 31 Dec 2025 | KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate8Official |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to donggu. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Work24 public employment service — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in donggu. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors per 1,000 residents | 2.6 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors_per_10006Official |
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 1,550 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital_beds_per_100k7Official |
| Hospitals | 22 count | 30 Jun 2026 | HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보4Official |
| Pharmacies | 126 count | 30 Jun 2026 | HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스4Official |
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 260 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is donggu?
Police recorded about 3,605 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
Language courses and integration in donggu
National KIIP operating-institution register lists 3 publicly funded course providers in donggu (checked 2026-09-16). Their individual addresses are not listed here yet; the national programme below explains who can enrol and how.
Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation
Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service
For newly arrived foreign residents, international students, workers, marriage migrants.
Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course
Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service
For foreign residents in Korea, people within three years of naturalization.
Climate and air quality
Annual PM2.5 was 14.8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.
Is the air quality good in donggu?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 14.8 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: 14.82 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations1
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
donggu 14.8
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 14.82 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 136.7 km² in 2020. Population density was 1,598.7 people per km² in 2024.
How many people live in donggu?
The published population was 218,251 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 202612
By nationality
National passport96.4%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 136.7 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 | 3.48 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-315Official |
| Foreign residents | 7,839 people | 31 Mar 2026 | Registered foreigners by local government, March 202616Official |
| Population density | 1,599 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 | 108,363 people | 30 Jun 2026 | MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202613Official |
| Population Male | 109,888 people | 30 Jun 2026 | MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202613Official |
| Population | 218,251 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 | 7,606 | 100.0% |
| 베트남 | 3,090 | 40.6% |
| 중국 | 1,244 | 16.4% |
| 우즈베키스탄 | 416 | 5.5% |
| 방글라데시 | 338 | 4.4% |
| 몽골 | 307 | 4.0% |
| 러시아(연방) | 193 | 2.5% |
| 인도 | 175 | 2.3% |
| 네팔 | 165 | 2.2% |
| 인도네시아 | 163 | 2.1% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 한국계중국인 | 150 | 2.0% |
| 키르기즈 | 134 | 1.8% |
| 카자흐스탄 | 125 | 1.6% |
| 필리핀 | 116 | 1.5% |
| 미국 | 98 | 1.3% |
| 일본 | 83 | 1.1% |
| 파키스탄 | 67 | 0.9% |
| 프랑스 | 67 | 0.9% |
| 타이(태국) | 66 | 0.9% |
| 캄보디아 | 63 | 0.8% |
| 미얀마 | 58 | 0.8% |
| 타이완(대만) | 50 | 0.7% |
| 캐나다 | 35 | 0.5% |
| 나이지리아 | 35 | 0.5% |
| 남아프리카공화국 | 24 | 0.3% |
| 튀르키예 | 22 | 0.3% |
| 영국 | 20 | 0.3% |
| 에티오피아 | 20 | 0.3% |
| 아프가니스탄 | 19 | 0.2% |
| 모로코 | 16 | 0.2% |
| 스리랑카 | 15 | 0.2% |
| 멕시코 | 15 | 0.2% |
| 케냐 | 15 | 0.2% |
| 독일 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 오스트레일리아 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 말레이시아 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 탄자니아 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 라오스 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 홍콩 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 브라질 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 바하마 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 이집트 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 시리아 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 타지키스탄 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 벨라루스 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 우크라이나 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 가나 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 네덜란드 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 르완다 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 이탈리아 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 스페인 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 폴란드 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 튀니지 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 아제르바이잔 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 아르메니아 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 이라크 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 페루 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 스위스 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 핀란드 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 불가리아 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 볼리비아 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 슬로바크 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 뉴질랜드 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 이란 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 싱가포르 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 아일랜드 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 카메룬 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 예멘공화국 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 벨기에 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 오스트리아 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 이스라엘 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 라트비아 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 노르웨이 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 티모르민주공화국(동티모르) | 1 | 0.0% |
| 한국계러시아인 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 아랍에미리트연합 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 스웨덴 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 덴마크 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 요르단 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 루마니아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 그리스 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 라이베리아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 에콰도르 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 알제리 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 포르투갈 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 아르헨티나 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 크로아티아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 앙골라 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 브루나이 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 파라과이 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 가봉 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 파나마 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 시에라리온 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 레바논 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 온두라스 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 부르키나파소 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 룩셈부르크 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 에스토니아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 적도기니 | 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 | 113,795 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.
강릉시 as a donggu alternative in the same country
Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Empty flats: 12.0% 강릉시 vs 6.0% donggu+101%
- Unemployment: 2.2% 강릉시 vs 4.7% donggu−53%
- Foreign residents: 2.0% 강릉시 vs 3.5% donggu−42%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,040 강릉시 vs 3,605 donggu−16%
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,100.0 강릉시 vs 1,550.0 donggu−29%
- Annual PM2.5: 12.9 µg/m³ 강릉시 vs 14.8 µg/m³ donggu−13%
- Residents: 205,666 강릉시 vs 218,251 donggu−6%
Alternative cities in South Korea
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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 218,251 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 14.8 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 3,605 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 4.7 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.
How many foreign residents live in donggu?
7,839 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 19). donggu (KR-30), South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6ca48e2446eaeaeb0475c5584e276731]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/donggu-30110/ Retrieved 2026-09-19. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {donggu (KR-30), South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety},
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date = {2026-09-19},
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- DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-22
- DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-22
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- Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
- KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors_per_1000 kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-21
- KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital_beds_per_100k kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-21
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- KR-Police-regional-crime-2024 data.go.kr · checked 2026-09-15
- KT 100 Mbps internet product.kt.com · checked 2026-09-15
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- KT mobile data plan product.kt.com · checked 2026-09-15
- MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026 jumin.mois.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
- MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026 jumin.mois.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
- National KIIP operating-institution register socinet.go.kr · checked 2026-09-15
- Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name. kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-15
- Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
- Schoolinfo official open-data callback response schoolinfo.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
- Statistics Korea / KOSIS citizenship distribution kosis.kr · checked 2026-08-28
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