Living in Sebeş

At the end of 2025, Sebeş had a population of 32,009. Registered unemployed accounted for 0.9% of residents in 2025. Sebeş recorded annual PM2.5 of 15 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0713 sources

Population32,009people31 Dec 2025Official source · Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online

Average gross salary1,399EUR/month31 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete

Recorded crime1,451incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)

PM2.5, annual mean15µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Sebeş?

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 RomaniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Sebeş.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2021, the dwelling count totalled 12,732.

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€8

Mobile plan, 10 GB€5

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	12,732 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	10,054 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official

Is Sebeş 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.

Try your profile

Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–75%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student64%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–76%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–69%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–72%

Work and income

At the end of 2021, 11,625 were in employment in Sebeş.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,399 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	11,625 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁷Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sebeş. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

National Agency for Employment — Public employment service

Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM)

Job Search

Open official service

Open the Romania service overview

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

Safety

How safe is Sebeş?

Police recorded 1,451 incidents per 100,000 (2024). 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)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,451 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Sebeş's nearest airport was SBZ, 44 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	44 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SBZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

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.

RomanianIn PersonCost varies

Open official information

Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.

RomanianIn Person

Open official information

Open the full Romania section

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

Find courses near Sebeş

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sebeş?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

PM2.515WHO 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 RomaniaAnnual PM2.5 in Sebeş is 15.0 µg/m³. Of 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

1–28–912–1313–1414–1515–1616–1720–2123–2424–2529–30

Sebeş 15.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.92 · Feb 17.6 · Mar 23.83 · Apr 28.75 · May 31.51 · Jun 36.07 · Jul 38.23 · Aug 38.34 · Sep 35.32 · Oct 31.4 · Nov 25.09 · Dec 14.98 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.91 · Feb -26.43 · Mar -15.7 · Apr -5.68 · May -1.02 · Jun 4.84 · Jul 8.28 · Aug 7.16 · Sep 1.53 · Oct -5.45 · Nov -10.31 · Dec -19.72 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.32 · Feb -0.41 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 10.2 · May 15.45 · Jun 19.42 · Jul 21.6 · Aug 21.81 · Sep 16.51 · Oct 10.51 · Nov 4.95 · Dec -0.98 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

Sebeş was home to 13,805 women at the end of 2021. The male population of Sebeş was 12,685.

How many people live in Sebeş?

The published population was 32,009 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	13,805 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Male residents	12,685 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Population	32,009 people	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.937 %	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official

International community in Sebeş

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	26,490	100.0%
Români	21,149	79.8%
Informație nedisponibila	3,826	14.4%
Romi	1,236	4.7%
Germani	173	0.7%
Maghiari	70	0.3%
Alta etnie	12	0.0%
Italieni	12	0.0%
Slovaci	4	0.0%
Ucraineni	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Registered jobseekers	235 people	7 Aug 2026	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Sebeş

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Sebeş from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Romania

Other cities in Romania to compare with Sebeş, nearest in population first.

All Romania cities

Sighișoara31,395 residents Feteşti32,639 residents Caracal31,376 residents Mioveni32,773 residents Pantelimon32,857 residents Câmpina33,676 residents

How does Sebeş compare?

Pick a city. The answer appears here and the address bar keeps it, so the comparison can be shared; the page stays Sebeş's.

Open the full comparison

Sebeş in rankings

#26 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Romania

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sebeş 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 guide

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School 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; Sebeş's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Put Sebeş's key facts on your site — a card with this page's figures and a link back, free under CC BY 4.0.

Common questions

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

How many people live in Sebeş?

The published population was 32,009 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.

Is the air quality good in Sebeş?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Sebeş?

Is Sebeş a good place to live?

Sebeş 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 Sebeş?

The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 26,490 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.

Cite this page

Open a format to select or copy this ImmigrationDB compilation citation. The native disclosure and text fallback work without JavaScript.

APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Sebeş, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f405aa49adf966457ecb4fc850f6cb4b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/sebes/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_sebes-romania-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_a18b19c40d9c,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sebeş, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {f405aa49adf966457ecb4fc850f6cb4b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/sebes/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Sebeş, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/sebes/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version f405aa49adf966457ecb4fc850f6cb4b; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.

Sources

JSON Markdown

Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete statistici.insse.ro · checked 2026-09-23
Digi Fiber 1000 digi.ro · checked 2026-09-15
Digi mobile plan digi.ro · checked 2026-09-15
European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-07
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-07
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-07
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), Romania recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-30
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online statistici.insse.ro · checked 2026-08-04
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05

Show 3 more sources

OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B) statistici.insse.ro · checked 2026-10-05

Spotted a number that looks wrong? Every value here carries its source and date — tell us what you found and we will re-check it against the source.