Living in Oraviţa
Oraviţa numbered 11,617 residents at the end of 2025. Registered unemployed accounted for 1.7% of residents in 2025.
Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Oraviţa?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
The dwelling count was 8,358 at the end of 2021.
No city-level rent figure is published for Oraviţa. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 7.61 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Digi Fiber 10002Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 5 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Digi mobile plan3Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 8,358 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20215Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 4,279 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20215Official |
Is Oraviţa 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
Employment totaled 3,534 in Oraviţa at the end of 2021.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 1,324 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete1Official · county |
| People in employment | 3,534 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20216Official |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Oraviţa. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
National Agency for Employment — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Oraviţa. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 1,891 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)12Official · county |
Mobility and administration
Oraviţa's nearest airport was TSR, 91 km away and offered 12 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Oraviţa. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Integration Programme for beneficiaries of international protection and other eligible foreigners — Integration course
General Inspectorate for Immigration
For refugees, persons with subsidiary protection, other eligible foreigners.
Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program
General Inspectorate for Immigration
For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperatures were −2.7°C in January and 21.5°C in July.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 13.04 · Feb 17.53 · Mar 21.59 · Apr 26.03 · May 30.45 · Jun 35.04 · Jul 39.2 · Aug 38.63 · Sep 34.9 · Oct 28.69 · Nov 24.38 · Dec 14.58 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center9Official · coordinate grid |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -22.16 · Feb -21.67 · Mar -19.15 · Apr -7.99 · May 0.81 · Jun 3.81 · Jul 8.22 · Aug 6.22 · Sep 1.38 · Oct -5.24 · Nov -10.14 · Dec -18.65 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center9Official · coordinate grid |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -2.66 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 3.96 · Apr 9.67 · May 14.85 · Jun 19.01 · Jul 21.46 · Aug 21.62 · Sep 16.16 · Oct 10.18 · Nov 4.65 · Dec -1.03 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center9Official · coordinate grid |
Population and city profile
The count of female residents in Oraviţa was 4,908 at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Oraviţa had 4,438 residents who were male.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female residents | 4,908 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20214Official |
| Male residents | 4,438 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20214Official |
| Population | 11,617 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online8Official |
| Registered unemployed, share of residents | 1.73 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online8Official |
International community in Oraviţa
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Ancestry or ethnicity
Resident population at 1 December 2021 in the UAT; ethnicity/mother tongue are source-native census response categories · 2021-12-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL | 9,346 | 100.0% |
| Români | 7,532 | 80.6% |
| Informație nedisponibila | 1,420 | 15.2% |
| Romi | 291 | 3.1% |
| Germani | 44 | 0.5% |
| Maghiari | 25 | 0.3% |
| Sarbi | 24 | 0.3% |
| Ucraineni | 5 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered jobseekers | 167 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS8Official |
Alternatives for people set on Oraviţa
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Oraviţa from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Alternative cities in Romania
Other cities in Romania to compare with Oraviţa, nearest in population first.
How does Oraviţa compare?
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Oraviţa when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
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 guideSchool for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 18, and public school is free. How to enrol a child (edu.ro).
A country-wide rule for Romania; Oraviţa's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How safe is Oraviţa?
Police recorded 1,891 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B).
How many people live in Oraviţa?
The published population is 11,617 people. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.
Is Oraviţa a good place to live?
Oraviţa 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 POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL ancestry or ethnicity group in Oraviţa?
The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 9,346 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021-12-01. This is a ancestry or ethnicity measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Oraviţa, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version bdbb503c9094d742f545dbeba9c35982]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/oravita/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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