--- entity_id: city:hr:lau:HR_03123 entity_type: city name: Osijek country_code: HR country: Croatia slug: osijek canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/hr/osijek/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/hr/osijek.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/hr/osijek.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/hr/osijek snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-29 fact_count: 18 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Osijek Osijek is a city in Croatia. Osijek had a population of 96,313 in August 2021. The city covered 174.8 km² in 2024. For Osijek, population density was 551.1 people per km² in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 16 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. The available city measures cover housing and foreign residents in 2021, employment and car density in 2024, and PM2.5 at the end of 2024. ## Housing Owner occupation accounted for 90.1% of homes in 2021. Living space averaged 31 m² per person in 2021. The housing-vacancy rate was 24.2% in 2021. The city had 40,236 dwellings in 2021. The housing figures combine 90.1% owner occupation, 31 m² per person and a 24.2% vacancy rate in 2021. ## Work The unemployment rate was 6.07% in 2024. ## Mobility Car density was 382.8 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2024. ## Immigration The foreign population count was 403 in August 2021. ## Education Students accounted for 14.34% of the population in 2024. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 403 people | city | 2021-08-31 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 96,313 people | city | 2021-08-31 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [1] | | Average net rent (nettokalt) | `rent_avg_nettokalt_eur_per_m2_month` | 8.2 EUR/m²/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | aging | supplemental | [2] | | Dwellings | `g05_dwellings_total` | 40,236 dwellings | city | 2021 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [3] | | Housing Vacancy Rate Percent | `housing_vacancy_rate_percent` | 24.1798 % | city | 2021 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [3] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 6.07 % | city | 2024 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [4] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 16 µg/m³ | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 2.3 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 11.9 · Apr 17.5 · May 22.5 · Jun 25.4 · Jul 27.4 · Aug 27.1 · Sep 23.7 · Oct 17.9 · Nov 10 · Dec 4.2 °C | city | 1990-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan -4.6 · Feb -2.1 · Mar 1 · Apr 5.6 · May 10.3 · Jun 13.5 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 5.9 · Nov 1.8 · Dec -2 °C | city | 1990-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -1.2 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 11.3 · May 16.5 · Jun 19.5 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 20.3 · Sep 16.6 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 0.9 °C | city | 1990-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 46.9 · Feb 40.2 · Mar 44.8 · Apr 53.8 · May 58.5 · Jun 88 · Jul 64.8 · Aug 58.5 · Sep 44.8 · Oct 41.3 · Nov 57.3 · Dec 51.6 mm | city | 1990-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 1.8 · Feb 2.9 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 5.8 · May 6.8 · Jun 7.6 · Jul 8.4 · Aug 8 · Sep 6.5 · Oct 4.8 · Nov 2.3 · Dec 1.6 hours | city | 1990-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Cars per 1,000 residents | `car_density_per_1000` | 382.82 cars/1000 residents | city | 2024 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 174.7789 km2 | city | 2024 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [8] | | Owner-occupied homes | `g02_owner_occupied_share_pct` | 90.1 % | city | 2021 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [3] | | Living space per resident | `living_space_per_capita_m2` | 31 m2/person | city | 2021 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [3] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 551.0562 people/km² | city | 2024 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [8] | | Students as a share of residents | `student_population_share_percent` | 14.34 % | city | 2024 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [9] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. HR official material for population_total — Official source — https://podaci.dzs.hr/media/td3jvrbu/popis_2021-stanovnistvo_po_gradovima_opcinama.xlsx 2. MPGI/EIZ — Review of the Croatian real-estate market 2025 — Official source — https://mpgi.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/stambeno/Pregled-trzista-nekretnina-2025.pdf 3. HR official material for housing_vacancy_rate_percent — Official source — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_clivcon?format=JSON&lang=en&cities=HR001C&cities=HR002C&cities=HR004C 4. HR official material for unemployment_total_percent — Official source — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_clma?format=JSON&lang=en&cities=HR001C&cities=HR002C&cities=HR004C 5. EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=AirPollutant%3D%27PM2.5%27+AND+YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant%2CAirPollutionLevel%2CCountry_ISO%2CStationName%2CAreaOfMeasurementStation%2CYearOfStatistics%2CUnitOfAirpollutionLevel%2CTypeOfMeasurementStation%2CDataCoverage%2CReportingMetric%2CLatitudeOfMeasurementStation%2CLongitudeOfMeasurementStation&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=1000&resultOffset=0&f=json 6. DHMZ Climate Atlas — Osijek station climate normals 1961-1990 — Official source — https://klima.hr/k1/k1_2/osijek.pdf 7. HR official material for car_density_per_1000 — Official source — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_ctran?format=JSON&lang=en&cities=HR001C&cities=HR002C&cities=HR004C 8. HR official material for city_area_km2 — Official source — https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/lau/csv/LAU_RG_01M_2024_4326.csv 9. HR official material for student_population_share_percent — Official source — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_ceduc?format=JSON&lang=en&cities=HR001C&cities=HR002C&cities=HR004C ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Osijek, Croatia." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-29. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/hr/osijek/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/hr/osijek/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/hr/osijek.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/hr/osijek.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/hr/osijek - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json