Living in Suseong-gu

In Suseong-gu, unemployment is 2.7% (2025).

수성구 had 408,147 residents in June 2026 and is a city in South Korea. The unemployment rate was 2.7% at the end of 2025. The annual precipitation estimate was 1,354.3 mm at the end of 2024. The city covered 76.5 km² in 2020. Population density was 5,345 people per km² in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population408,147people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate2.7%country median 2.7% — about the sameOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators

Recorded crime2,630incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean14.71µg/m³country median 16.0 — 8% belowOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

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

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 Suseong-gu.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The housing-vacancy rate was 7.08% at the end of 2024.

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	148,755 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality³Official
Housing vacancy rate	7.08 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁴Official
Annual jeonse deposit-to-rent conversion rate	5.3 %	31 Jul 2026	전국주택가격동향조사 — 지역별 전월세 전환율_아파트 (A_2024_00156, statId S234820263)²⁴Official
Median jeonse deposit (deposit-only lease)	188,175 EUR	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (전세 rows: 보증금(만원))²³Official
Median wolse monthly payment (deposit also required)	529.2 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (월세 rows: 월세금(만원), deposit coexists)²³Official

Is Suseong-gu a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–64%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on safety · range 59–75%

Student41%strong on education, weak on work · range 34–48%

Family65%strong on family, weak on cost · range 58–72%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–63%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 수성구?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators¹

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Suseong-gu is 2.7%. 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

Suseong-gu 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Work24 — 고용복지+센터 institution finder²²Official
Unemployment rate	2.7 %country median 2.7% — about the same	31 Dec 2025	2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators¹Official

What does a salary buy in Suseong-gu?

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

Left over each month€768of €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 €188,175 refundable deposit and 5.3% annual conversion rate · official · 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 · 2026-08-31 · official · 전국주택가격동향조사 · 2026-07-31	− €831
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	€768

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Public employment offices in Suseong-gu

Work24 lists 1 public employment office in Suseong-gu (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.

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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 register¹⁵Official
Schools	75 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	3.5 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁷Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,100 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k⁸Official
Hospitals	31 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁵Official
Pharmacies	247 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁵Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	350 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Suseong-gu 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 residents3.5 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 수성구?

Police recorded about 2,630 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	2,630 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	32.59 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official

Language courses and integration in Suseong-gu

National KIIP operating-institution register lists 1 publicly funded course provider in Suseong-gu (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.

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.

KoreanIn Person, Online

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Climate and air quality

The annual mean temperature estimate was 13.2°C at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 14.7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 수성구?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 14.7 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: 14.71 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²

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

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6°-3°

9°-1°

14°3°

21°9°

26°14°

29°19°

31°23°

27°18°

22°11°

15°5°

8°-1°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

129

224

245

142

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

196

189

211

220

233

175

153

157

164

206

184

189

JFMAMJJASOND

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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

PM2.514.7WHO 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 Suseong-gu is 14.7 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

9–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–23

Suseong-gu 14.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	14.71 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.9 · Feb 8.7 · Mar 14.1 · Apr 20.6 · May 25.7 · Jun 28.6 · Jul 30.7 · Aug 31.2 · Sep 26.9 · Oct 21.9 · Nov 14.9 · Dec 7.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daegu_47860.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -1.3 · Mar 3.2 · Apr 8.7 · May 13.9 · Jun 18.7 · Jul 22.7 · Aug 23 · Sep 17.9 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 4.6 · Dec -1.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daegu_47860.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1 · Feb 3.4 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 14.4 · May 19.6 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 26.2 · Aug 26.6 · Sep 22 · Oct 16.1 · Nov 9.3 · Dec 2.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daegu_47860.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 18.6 · Feb 25.4 · Mar 49 · Apr 70.6 · May 77.9 · Jun 129.2 · Jul 223.9 · Aug 245.3 · Sep 142.4 · Oct 50.1 · Nov 29.7 · Dec 18.7 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daegu_47860.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 195.5 · Feb 188.6 · Mar 210.8 · Apr 220.2 · May 232.6 · Jun 175.1 · Jul 153 · Aug 156.6 · Sep 164 · Oct 206.2 · Nov 183.9 · Dec 189.4 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daegu_47860.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	13.21 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,354 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 수성구?

The published population was 408,147 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 passport99.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	534.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁸Official
City area	76.54 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	0.439 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁶Official
Foreign residents	1,768 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁷Official
Population density	5,345 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁶Official
Female residents	212,269 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Male residents	195,878 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population	408,147 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²Official

International community in Suseong-gu

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	1,798	100.0%
베트남	400	22.2%
미국	382	21.2%
중국	238	13.2%
타이완(대만)	93	5.2%
한국계중국인	82	4.6%
필리핀	70	3.9%
일본	70	3.9%
남아프리카공화국	65	3.6%
캐나다	53	2.9%

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Published group	People	Share
영국	40	2.2%
캄보디아	38	2.1%
타이(태국)	38	2.1%
러시아(연방)	33	1.8%
우즈베키스탄	24	1.3%
인도네시아	14	0.8%
네팔	13	0.7%
브라질	12	0.7%
오스트레일리아	10	0.6%
몽골	9	0.5%
인도	9	0.5%
카자흐스탄	9	0.5%
미얀마	7	0.4%
프랑스	7	0.4%
아일랜드	6	0.3%
라오스	6	0.3%
키르기즈	5	0.3%
뉴질랜드	5	0.3%
멕시코	5	0.3%
독일	4	0.2%
이집트	4	0.2%
홍콩	4	0.2%
모로코	4	0.2%
우크라이나	3	0.2%
튀르키예	3	0.2%
스페인	3	0.2%
도미니카공화국	3	0.2%
방글라데시	2	0.1%
파키스탄	2	0.1%
말레이시아	2	0.1%
싱가포르	2	0.1%
가나	2	0.1%
이탈리아	2	0.1%
에콰도르	2	0.1%
이스라엘	2	0.1%
스리랑카	1	0.1%
우간다	1	0.1%
폴란드	1	0.1%
루마니아	1	0.1%
콜롬비아	1	0.1%
벨라루스	1	0.1%
탄자니아	1	0.1%
포르투갈	1	0.1%
잠비아	1	0.1%
부룬디	1	0.1%
파나마	1	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	177,891 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Suseong-gu

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.

Buk-gu, Daegu as a Suseong-gu alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 1.8% Buk-gu, Daegu vs 0.4% Suseong-gu+313%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,880.0 Buk-gu, Daegu vs 1,100.0 Suseong-gu+71%
Empty flats: 6.2% Buk-gu, Daegu vs 7.1% Suseong-gu−13%
Annual PM2.5: 13.6 µg/m³ Buk-gu, Daegu vs 14.7 µg/m³ Suseong-gu−7%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,658 Buk-gu, Daegu vs 2,630 Suseong-gusame level
Residents: 406,915 Buk-gu, Daegu vs 408,147 Suseong-gu−0%

Full comparison More about Buk-gu, Daegu

Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Suseong-gu, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Buk-gu, Daegu406,915 residents Yeonsu-gu410,290 residents Gumi-si402,726 residents seobuk-gu402,529 residents Seocho-gu414,383 residents Gwangju-si399,111 residents

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Suseong-gu in rankings

#26 of 30 in South Korean cities with the most doctors #27 of 30 in Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime #27 of 30 in South Korean cities with the largest housing stock

Common questions

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

How many people live in 수성구?

The published population was 408,147 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 수성구?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 14.7 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 수성구?

Police recorded about 2,630 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 수성구?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Suseong-gu?

1,768 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Suseong-gu a good place to live?

Suseong-gu 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 Suseong-gu?

The official citizenship distribution records 1,798 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). Suseong-gu, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9f47d751980a57385a6e96903bf5ed92]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/suseonggu/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_suseong-gu-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_35038e806a60,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Suseong-gu, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9f47d751980a57385a6e96903bf5ed92},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/suseonggu/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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