Living in Liptovský Hrádok

In Liptovský Hrádok, unemployment is 4.1% (2025).

Liptovský Hrádok numbered 6,979 residents at the end of 2025. Liptovský Hrádok had an unemployment rate of 4.08% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population6,979people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,607EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate4.08%country median 4.1% — about the sameOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime900incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 18% belowOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Liptovský Hrádok?

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 SlovakiaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Liptovský Hrádok.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesLiptovský Hrádok highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Žilina€4.83

Prešov€4.67

Nitra€3.93

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	27.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Zlatý home internet⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál³Official · national market

Is Liptovský Hrádok a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on housing · range 48–68%

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

Student54%strong on safety, weak on education · range 43–65%

Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–73%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Liptovský Hrádok?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 4.08 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹²

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Liptovský Hrádok is 4.1%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Liptovský Hrádok 4.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,607 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁶Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.08 %country median 4.1% — about the same	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹²Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family — Public employment service

Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Liptovský Hrádok. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Liptovský Hrádok?

Police recorded 900 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety²

Recorded crime across major citiesLiptovský Hrádok highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Žilina1,300

Banská Bystrica1,200

Petržalka1,100

Nitra1,100

Trnava1,100

Martin1,000

Trenčín900

Prešov800

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	900 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety²Official

Mobility and administration

Liptovský Hrádok was 38 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	38 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	TAT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Integration of third-country nationals including migrants — national project — Integration course

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic

For third-country nationals, migrants.

SlovakIn Person

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Integration policy of the Slovak Republic — Welcome Program

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic / Government of Slovakia

For foreigners with long-term residence, third-country nationals.

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −7.8°C in January to 8.5°C in July. Liptovský Hrádok's monthly precipitation totalled 79.1 mm in January and 156.5 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 92.1 hours in January and 171.9 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Liptovský Hrádok?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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)¹

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

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

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12°6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

114

135

157

110

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

114

146

151

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172

176

118

106

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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

PM2.513WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan -5 · Feb -5.4 · Mar -3.3 · Apr 1.2 · May 5.8 · Jun 9.7 · Jul 11.6 · Aug 11.9 · Sep 7 · Oct 3.3 · Nov -0.7 · Dec -4.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -10.4 · Feb -10.7 · Mar -8.8 · Apr -4.1 · May 0.6 · Jun 4.1 · Jul 5.9 · Aug 6.3 · Sep 2.1 · Oct -1.6 · Nov -5.5 · Dec -9.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -7.8 · Feb -8.1 · Mar -6.2 · Apr -1.7 · May 3 · Jun 6.6 · Jul 8.5 · Aug 8.8 · Sep 4.4 · Oct 0.8 · Nov -3.2 · Dec -6.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 79.1 · Feb 86.2 · Mar 93.9 · Apr 78.6 · May 113.5 · Jun 135.4 · Jul 156.5 · Aug 109.5 · Sep 95.7 · Oct 82.6 · Nov 73.9 · Dec 82.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 92.1 · Feb 90.2 · Mar 114.2 · Apr 146 · May 150.9 · Jun 150.1 · Jul 171.9 · Aug 176.4 · Sep 117.6 · Oct 106.2 · Nov 76 · Dec 81.5 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±11.0 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±6.2 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±7.0 °C, Auerbach/Vogtl. (Germany) ±5.7 °C, Klingenthal (Germany) ±5.7 °C, Schneeberg (Germany) ±5.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Liptovský Hrádok spanned 18.3 km² at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, the population density reached 391 people per km².

How many people live in Liptovský Hrádok?

The published population was 6,979 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	18.32 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁸Official
Population density	391 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁸Official
Population	6,979 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁷Official

International community in Liptovský Hrádok

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,154	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	6,884	96.2%
inhabitants born abroad	258	3.6%
not found out	12	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,154	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	7,112	99.4%
foreigners	40	0.6%
not found out	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,154	100.0%
Slovak	6,675	93.3%
not found out	346	4.8%
Czech	65	0.9%
Romani	15	0.2%
Vietnamese	10	0.1%
other	10	0.1%
Hungarian	9	0.1%
Russian	5	0.1%
German	3	0.0%
Chinese	3	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruthenian	2	0.0%
Ukrainian	2	0.0%
Polish	2	0.0%
Serbian	2	0.0%
Croatian	1	0.0%
Jewish	1	0.0%
Moravian	1	0.0%
Bulgarian	1	0.0%
Austrian	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Alternatives for people set on Liptovský Hrádok

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.

Martin as a Liptovský Hrádok alternative in the same region

59 km away, better on 0 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,153 Martin vs 6,979 Liptovský Hrádok+619%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,000 Martin vs 900 Liptovský Hrádokno percentage
Unemployment: 4.0% Martin vs 4.1% Liptovský Hrádoksame level

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Petržalka as a Liptovský Hrádok alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 217 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 112,118 Petržalka vs 6,979 Liptovský Hrádok+1507%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 4.1% Liptovský Hrádok−33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 900 Liptovský Hrádokno percentage

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Liptovský Hrádok

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Slovakia

Other cities in Slovakia to compare with Liptovský Hrádok, nearest in population first.

All Slovakia cities

Veľký Šariš7,035 residents Trstená6,900 residents Hriňová6,867 residents Šahy6,857 residents Hurbanovo7,111 residents Nová Baňa6,799 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Liptovský Hrádok 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.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: jazykové kurzy pre deti cudzincov (language courses for children of foreigners, organised and funded by self-governing regions). How to enrol a child (minedu.sk).

A country-wide rule for Slovakia; Liptovský Hrádok'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 many people live in Liptovský Hrádok?

The published population was 6,979 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Liptovský Hrádok?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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 Liptovský Hrádok?

Police recorded 900 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety.

What is the unemployment rate in Liptovský Hrádok?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Liptovský Hrádok a good place to live?

Liptovský Hrádok 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.

Which cities are near Liptovský Hrádok?

Liptovský Mikuláš is near Liptovský Hrádok. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in inhabitants born in Slovak Republic live in Liptovský Hrádok?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,884 people (96.2%) in the source-defined population for SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia: population, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cba82b198aa510dcc1469a1f614ca6b3]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/liptovsky-hradok/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia: population, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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O2 Basic Paušál spolocnost.o2.sk · checked 2026-09-15
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