Living in Gunwi-gun

군위군 had 22,622 residents in June 2026 and is a city in South Korea. The annual mean temperature estimate was 13.2°C at the end of 2024. The housing-vacancy rate was 12.3% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2617 sources

Population22,622people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Recorded crime2,990incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)

PM2.5, annual mean11.18µg/m³country median 16.0 — 30% belowOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

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

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 Gunwi-gun.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Gunwi-gun. 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 internet⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan⁹Official · national market
Dwellings	11,100 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality²Official
Housing vacancy rate	12.3 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality³Official

Is Gunwi-gun 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 36–64%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–66%

Student39%strong on cost, weak on work · range 28–50%

Family43%strong on safety, weak on education · range 32–54%

Retirement45%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 33–57%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

2.7% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 604 of 22,622 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gunwi-gun. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	17 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁵Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	1.4 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁶Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	40 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gunwi-gun 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 residents1.4 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,990 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)⁵Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Gunwi-gun. 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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Climate and air quality

The annual precipitation estimate was 1,354.3 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 11.2 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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20°3°

25°9°

29°15°

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31°21°

27°14°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

116

221

230

124

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

178

180

202

213

235

191

155

161

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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

PM2.511.2WHO 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 Gunwi-gun is 11.2 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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Gunwi-gun 11.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	11.18 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.8 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 13.4 · Apr 20.3 · May 25.4 · Jun 28.6 · Jul 30.5 · Aug 31 · Sep 26.6 · Oct 21.4 · Nov 14 · Dec 6.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Uiseong_47278.csv¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -9.6 · Feb -7.5 · Mar -2.2 · Apr 3.3 · May 9 · Jun 15.2 · Jul 20.3 · Aug 20.5 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 6 · Nov -1.2 · Dec -7.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Uiseong_47278.csv¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -3 · Feb -0.3 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 11.7 · May 17.1 · Jun 21.6 · Jul 24.8 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 19.8 · Oct 12.7 · Nov 5.5 · Dec -1.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Uiseong_47278.csv¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 15.5 · Feb 22.6 · Mar 41.5 · Apr 73.6 · May 78.6 · Jun 115.8 · Jul 221.4 · Aug 229.6 · Sep 124.3 · Oct 41.5 · Nov 30.5 · Dec 16.3 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Uiseong_47278.csv¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 177.9 · Feb 180.3 · Mar 202.2 · Apr 212.5 · May 234.6 · Jun 191.3 · Jul 155 · Aug 160.8 · Sep 149.8 · Oct 178.7 · Nov 160.2 · Dec 171 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Uiseong_47278.csv¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	13.21 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹²Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,354 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹²Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	736.3 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁴Official
Foreign-resident share	2.69 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁴Official
Foreign residents	604 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹³Official
Female residents	10,828 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹¹Official
Male residents	11,794 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹¹Official
Population	22,622 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹⁰Official

International community in Gunwi-gun

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	604	100.0%
스리랑카	148	24.5%
네팔	134	22.2%
베트남	86	14.2%
캄보디아	77	12.7%
인도네시아	40	6.6%
필리핀	25	4.1%
중국	23	3.8%
라오스	16	2.6%
미얀마	10	1.7%

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Published group	People	Share
방글라데시	10	1.7%
타이(태국)	7	1.2%
한국계중국인	6	1.0%
우즈베키스탄	6	1.0%
일본	3	0.5%
미국	2	0.3%
타이완(대만)	2	0.3%
러시아(연방)	2	0.3%
남아프리카공화국	2	0.3%
몽골	1	0.2%
독일	1	0.2%
한국계러시아인	1	0.2%
스웨덴	1	0.2%
라트비아	1	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	13,534 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Gunwi-gun

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.

Gochang-gun as a Gunwi-gun alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,200.0 Gochang-gun vs 40.0 Gunwi-gun+5400%
Residents: 50,071 Gochang-gun vs 22,622 Gunwi-gun+121%
Foreign residents: 4.1% Gochang-gun vs 2.7% Gunwi-gun+53%
Annual PM2.5: 14.2 µg/m³ Gochang-gun vs 11.2 µg/m³ Gunwi-gun+27%
Empty flats: 14.8% Gochang-gun vs 12.3% Gunwi-gun+20%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,880 Gochang-gun vs 2,990 Gunwi-gun−4%

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Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Gunwi-gun, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Hwacheon-gun22,579 residents Muju-gun23,326 residents Cheongsong-gun24,020 residents Jangsu-gun21,169 residents Uiryeong-gun24,531 residents Jinan-gun24,689 residents

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Gunwi-gun in rankings

#10 of 30 in South Korean cities with the lowest annual PM2.5

Common questions

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

Is the air quality good in Gunwi-gun?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11.18 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations.

How safe is Gunwi-gun?

Police recorded 2,990 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001).

How many people live in Gunwi-gun?

The published population is 22,622 people. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Gunwi-gun?

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

Is Gunwi-gun a good place to live?

Gunwi-gun 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 계 citizenship group in Gunwi-gun?

The official citizenship distribution records 604 people (100.0%) 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, October 16). Gunwi-gun, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4d286cdd2f5250aeecb950da2b762ede]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/gun-wigun/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_gunwi-gun-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_0b12503c485f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gunwi-gun, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {4d286cdd2f5250aeecb950da2b762ede},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/gun-wigun/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data · data.go.kr · checked 2026-07-26
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
Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001) kosis.kr · checked 2026-09-25
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
KT 100 Mbps internet product.kt.com · checked 2026-09-15
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

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MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026 jumin.mois.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-07-22
Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu stat.molit.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
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Uiseong_47278.csv WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31

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