Living in Trenčín

Residents of Trenčín numbered 54,104 at the end of 2025. At the end of 2009, unemployment in Trenčín reached 7.71%. Trenčín recorded annual PM2.5 of 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0226 sources

Population54,104people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,846EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate7.71%country median 4.1% — 86% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime900incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 18% belowOfficial source · MuMAP, Quality of Life — Safety: number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025

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

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Trenčín?

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 Trenčín.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Transport pass€20

Net rent across major citiesTrenčín 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 internet⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál⁷Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	20 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹³Official

Is Trenčín 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on housing · range 43–63%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 46–66%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family60%strong on safety, weak on education · range 50–70%

Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–74%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Trenčín?

The unemployment rate is about 7.7 % (2009).

Unemployment rate: 7.71 % · Eurostat²

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Trenčín is 7.7%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Trenčín 7.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,846 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)¹⁰Official · county
Unemployment rate	7.71 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2009	Eurostat²Official

Unemployment rate over time7 published observations, 2001–2009

5.1%

8.6%

12.1%

15.5%

7.7%2001200520072009

Unemployment rate fell 27.6% between 2001 and 2009, from 10.7% to 7.7%.

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Trenčín. 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

Job SearchTraining

Search jobs

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

Safety

How safe is Trenčín?

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: number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesTrenčín 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 — Safety: number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025⁵Official

Mobility and administration

At the end of 2024, car density reached 370 vehicles per 1,000 residents. Practical estimates placed the monthly public-transport pass at €20 per month at the end of 2024. Trenčín's nearest major airport was 85 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	85 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SLD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Trenčín. 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.

SlovakIn Person

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −3.8°C in January to 19.4°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Trenčín?

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 Agency¹

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

PM2.513WHO 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 Agency¹Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 10.86 · Feb 13.48 · Mar 18.01 · Apr 25.79 · May 30.32 · Jun 32.85 · Jul 34.91 · Aug 35.54 · Sep 31.08 · Oct 24.59 · Nov 18.9 · Dec 11.75 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -24.23 · Feb -27.68 · Mar -18.86 · Apr -9.1 · May -1.45 · Jun 2.47 · Jul 5.7 · Aug 4.74 · Sep 0.45 · Oct -6.55 · Nov -13.84 · Dec -20.88 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.81 · Feb -2.02 · Mar 2.46 · Apr 8.57 · May 13.25 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.42 · Aug 19.16 · Sep 13.95 · Oct 8.34 · Nov 3.51 · Dec -2.11 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

At the end of 2021, the population density reached 668 people per km².

How many people live in Trenčín?

The published population was 54,104 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	370.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹³Official
Foreign-resident share	1.38 %	7 Aug 2026	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹¹Official
Foreign residents	749 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹¹Official
Population density	668 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹⁵Official
Population	54,104 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹²Official

International community in Trenčín

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	54,740	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	51,836	94.7%
inhabitants born abroad	2,769	5.1%
not found out	135	0.3%

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

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	54,740	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	54,179	99.0%
foreigners	529	1.0%
not found out	32	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

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	54,740	100.0%
Slovak	50,573	92.4%
not found out	2,929	5.3%
Czech	715	1.3%
other	107	0.2%
Hungarian	99	0.2%
Ukrainian	57	0.1%
Moravian	43	0.1%
Polish	29	0.1%
Russian	26	0.1%
Romani	22	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruthenian	21	0.0%
German	20	0.0%
Italian	15	0.0%
Bulgarian	8	0.0%
Irish	8	0.0%
English	8	0.0%
Serbian	7	0.0%
Romanian	7	0.0%
Vietnamese	7	0.0%
Jewish	6	0.0%
French	5	0.0%
Greek	4	0.0%
Austrian	4	0.0%
Chinese	4	0.0%
Croatian	3	0.0%
Albanian	3	0.0%
Silesian	2	0.0%
Korean	2	0.0%
Canadian	2	0.0%
Iranian	2	0.0%
Turkish	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	46.1 years	7 Aug 2026	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Trenčín

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

Cities near Trenčín

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

Brumov-Bylnice Czechia · 21.9 km away

Rent: 7.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Slavičín Czechia · 24.8 km away

Rent: 9.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

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Martin50,153 residents Poprad48,034 residents Trnava63,184 residents Prievidza41,959 residents Banská Bystrica73,054 residents Nitra75,301 residents

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Trenčín in rankings

#9 of 30 in Largest cities in Slovakia #17 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Slovakia #18 of 30 in Safest cities in Slovakia by recorded crime

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Trenčín 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 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; Trenčín'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 Trenčín?

The published population was 54,104 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Trenčín?

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.

How safe is Trenčín?

What is the unemployment rate in Trenčín?

The unemployment rate is about 7.7 % (2009). Source: Eurostat.

How many foreign residents live in Trenčín?

749 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

How much is public transport in Trenčín?

A monthly transport pass is 20 EUR/month. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is Trenčín a good place to live?

Trenčín 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 Trenčín?

Nemšová, Nová Dubnica, Dubnica nad Váhom, Ilava, Nové Mesto nad Váhom are near Trenčín. 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 Trenčín?

The official country of birth distribution records 51,836 people (94.7%) 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). Trenčín, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ac33e4b304f94ecf7754ebff6a3f9f19]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/trencin/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Trenčín, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ac33e4b304f94ecf7754ebff6a3f9f19},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/trencin/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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