Living in donggu

In donggu (KR-31), unemployment is 5.2% (2025).

donggu is a city in South Korea. In March 2026, the foreign population was 11,157. In June 2026, donggu had a population of 147,756. The city covered 36.1 km² in 2020. Population density was 4,181.8 people per km² in 2024. There were 3.2 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1917 sources

Population147,756people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate5.2%country median 2.7% — 93% aboveOfficial source · KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate

Recorded crime2,713incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean12.59µg/m³country median 16.0 — 21% belowOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Higher unemployment than 98% of South Korean cities that publish it and cleaner air than 89% 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.

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

The housing-vacancy rate was 6.82% at the end of 2024.

No city-level rent figure is published for donggu. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

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	56,926 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality²Official
Housing Vacancy Rate Percent	6.82 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality³Official

Is donggu a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–63%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%

Student51%strong on education, weak on work · range 43–59%

Family63%strong on family, weak on cost · range 55–71%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–66%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 5.2% at the end of 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in donggu?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁸

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in donggu is 5.2%. 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 5.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	5.2 %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.

Country-level information

Work24 public employment service — Public employment service

Ministry of Employment and Labor, Republic of Korea

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Count	34 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁶Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	3.2 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors_per_1000⁶Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,250 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital_beds_per_100k⁷Official
Hospitals	5 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁴Official
Pharmacies	72 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁴Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	320 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 residents3.2 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is donggu?

Police recorded about 2,713 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	2,713 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	41.96 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for donggu. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

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

KoreanIn Person

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Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in donggu.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 12.6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in donggu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 12.6 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: 12.59 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

PM2.512.6WHO 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 12.6 µg/m³. Of 234 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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donggu 12.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	12.59 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations¹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in donggu?

The published population was 147,756 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 passport92.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	36.07 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁴Official
Foreign-resident share	7.45 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁵Official
Foreign residents	11,157 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁵Official
Population density	4,182 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁴Official
Population Female	70,369 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population Male	77,387 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population	147,756 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	11,114	100.0%
베트남	3,298	29.7%
스리랑카	1,449	13.0%
우즈베키스탄	1,194	10.7%
필리핀	713	6.4%
인도네시아	666	6.0%
타이(태국)	554	5.0%
한국계중국인	548	4.9%
러시아(연방)	450	4.0%
중국	341	3.1%

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Published group	People	Share
네팔	229	2.1%
캄보디아	181	1.6%
방글라데시	166	1.5%
카자흐스탄	123	1.1%
인도	116	1.0%
아프가니스탄	108	1.0%
미얀마	105	0.9%
몽골	103	0.9%
미국	66	0.6%
튀르키예	63	0.6%
일본	54	0.5%
영국	46	0.4%
프랑스	39	0.4%
키르기즈	37	0.3%
튀니지	35	0.3%
파키스탄	31	0.3%
남아프리카공화국	24	0.2%
타이완(대만)	22	0.2%
말레이시아	22	0.2%
이집트	22	0.2%
모로코	22	0.2%
루마니아	21	0.2%
그리스	18	0.2%
타지키스탄	14	0.1%
오스트레일리아	13	0.1%
우크라이나	13	0.1%
독일	10	0.1%
크로아티아	10	0.1%
뉴질랜드	9	0.1%
덴마크	9	0.1%
라트비아	9	0.1%
가나	7	0.1%
브라질	7	0.1%
한국계러시아인	7	0.1%
폴란드	7	0.1%
리비아	7	0.1%
불가리아	7	0.1%
노르웨이	6	0.1%
스페인	6	0.1%
예멘공화국	6	0.1%
부룬디	6	0.1%
아이티	6	0.1%
티모르민주공화국(동티모르)	5	0.0%
페루	5	0.0%
르완다	5	0.0%
포르투갈	5	0.0%
캐나다	4	0.0%
이탈리아	4	0.0%
멕시코	4	0.0%
라오스	4	0.0%
벨라루스	4	0.0%
탄자니아	4	0.0%
나이지리아	3	0.0%
싱가포르	3	0.0%
에티오피아	3	0.0%
스웨덴	3	0.0%
알제리	3	0.0%
아일랜드	2	0.0%
콜롬비아	2	0.0%
라이베리아	2	0.0%
아르헨티나	2	0.0%
세네갈	2	0.0%
트리니다드토바고	2	0.0%
카타르	2	0.0%
홍콩	1	0.0%
이란	1	0.0%
우간다	1	0.0%
이라크	1	0.0%
요르단	1	0.0%
벨기에	1	0.0%
콩고	1	0.0%
투르크메니스탄	1	0.0%
세르비아	1	0.0%
파라과이	1	0.0%
기니	1	0.0%
피지	1	0.0%
쿠바	1	0.0%
조지아	1	0.0%
키프로스	1	0.0%
에스토니아	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	68,433 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.

양평군 as a donggu alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 4.

Unemployment: 1.1% 양평군 vs 5.2% donggu−79%
Empty flats: 14.1% 양평군 vs 6.8% donggu+107%
Foreign residents: 1.4% 양평군 vs 7.4% donggu−81%
Annual PM2.5: 17.5 µg/m³ 양평군 vs 12.6 µg/m³ donggu+39%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,994 양평군 vs 2,713 donggu+10%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,090.0 양평군 vs 1,250.0 donggu−13%
Residents: 126,822 양평군 vs 147,756 donggu−14%

Full comparison More about 양평군

Alternative cities in South Korea

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오정구148,912 residents 안동시151,864 residents gangseogu153,555 residents namgu141,344 residents 포천시140,468 residents 종로구136,318 residents

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donggu in rankings

#2 of 30 in South Korean cities with the highest foreign-population share #25 of 30 in South Korean cities with the lowest annual PM2.5 #30 of 30 in Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime

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 147,756 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 12.6 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 2,713 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 5.2 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.

How many foreign residents live in donggu?

11,157 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-31), South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ad433fa22567ef2f2dd1ac847cc320bc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/donggu-31170/ Retrieved 2026-09-19. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {donggu (KR-31), South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-19},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/donggu-31170/},
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}

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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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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
KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey · kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-26
KR-Police-regional-crime-2024 data.go.kr · checked 2026-09-15
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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
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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