City profile: Białystok
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Overview of Białystok
Snapshot of key indicators for Białystok in the most recent year available.
Population
294,242
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
8.3 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
5.7%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,536
entities / 10k · 2025
Population density
2,831.9
ppl / km² · 2025
Apartment price / m²
9.0 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Białystok
Białystok, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship with around 294,000 residents, is the largest administrative, economic and academic centre of north-eastern Poland. The city is known for its multicultural heritage and proximity to the Knyszyn Forest. Białystok's clearest strengths are public safety — 17.08 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants (97th percentile, among the lowest nationally) — and exceptional cycling infrastructure: 170.9 km of bike paths (88th percentile) at a near-textbook density of 167.3 km per 100 km². The city also invests in public-transit priority with 24.7 km of bus lanes (92nd percentile). A favourable demographic structure (old-age dependency ratio of 31.9, top quartile) is reinforced by a relatively mild negative natural increase. Weaker areas centre on housing affordability: a price of PLN 9,016/m² against gross wages of PLN 8,282 yields an affordability ratio of 1.09 (12th percentile), making Białystok one of the harder housing markets outside the big metros. A high count of deregistered businesses (1,722) signals churn in the local economy, while crime detection at 62.4% trails the eastern-Polish average. Białystok thus combines the appeal of a regional cycling capital with housing-affordability challenges.
Latest available air-quality reading
Latest available air-quality reading
The result is based on the weakest reading among 4 air monitoring stations in Białystok.
11.45 µg/m³
19.15 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 10:10 PM
Demographics of Białystok
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Białystok based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Białystok
- Men138,024 · 46.9%
- Women156,218 · 53.1%
Dependency ratios in Białystok
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · 2025
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · 2025
Old-age dependency ratio
% · 2025
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · 2025
Vital events in Białystok
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Białystok based on GUS data.
Total deaths
2,561
people · 2025
Marriages
935
marriages · 2025
Labour market in Białystok
Salaries in Białystok compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Białystok
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Białystok vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Białystok
5.7%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
16.82%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Białystok
464
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
306
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Białystok
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Białystok.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Białystok
New businesses
3,290
entities · 2025
Deregistered
1,722
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,536
entities / 10k · 2025
REGON entities per 1k working-age
264.6
entities / 1k working-age · 2025
Sole props / working-age
18.5%
% · 2025
Foreign-capital companies in Białystok
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Białystok
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Białystok.
Apartment price / m² in Białystok
9.0 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Białystok
1.09
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
5.8
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Białystok.
Education in Białystok
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Białystok based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
24,977
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
5,918
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
5,571
people · 2025
Students by gender
- Women15,034
- Men9,943
Transport & infrastructure in Białystok
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Białystok based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
149,519
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 508.1
Environment and quality of life in Białystok
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Białystok.
Green areas per capita
36.5
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
6.8
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
16.9
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
10.39%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 4Particulate matter
PM2.5
11.45 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
7.57 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
10.13 µg/m³
PM10
19.15 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
14.5 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
17.75 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
0
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
NO₂
11.95 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
11.96 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
12.98 µg/m³
Białystok in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Białystok benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Białystok
Registered unemployment rate in Białystok
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Białystok
Population of Białystok
Apartment price per m² in Białystok
All indicators - Białystok
Population of Białystok
people · year 2021
294,242
Number of men in Białystok
people · year 2021
138,024
Number of women in Białystok
people · year 2021
156,218
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2025
2,831.9
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2025
-4
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
5,768
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2025
72.2
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2025
42
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2025
139
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2025
33%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
7.38
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
8.84
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
-1.46
Total deaths in Białystok
people · year 2025
2,561
Marriages registered in Białystok
marriages · year 2025
935
Avg. gross salary in Białystok
year 2024
8.3 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Białystok
% · year 2025
5.7%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
306
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
511.8
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2025
1.9%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2025
1.7%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2025
2.1%
Job offers at year-end in Białystok
offers · year 2025
464
Job offers during the year in Białystok
offers · year 2025
8,444
Work accidents in Białystok
accidents · year 2024
627
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
4.96
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
16.82%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
105.5%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
95.96%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2025
1,536
Newly registered businesses in Białystok
entities · year 2025
3,290
Deregistered businesses in Białystok
entities · year 2025
1,722
REGON entities in Białystok
entities · year 2025
3,290
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2025
154
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2025
264.6
Foreign-capital companies in Białystok
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2025
18.5%
Agri-food sector entities in Białystok
entities · year 2025
201
Business net change in Białystok
entities · year 2025
1,568
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
91.06%
Enterprise investment outlays in Białystok
year 2024
1.2 B PLN
Higher-education students in Białystok
people · year 2024
24,977
Female higher-ed students in Białystok
people · year 2024
15,034
Male higher-ed students in Białystok
people · year 2024
9,943
Higher-education graduates in Białystok
people · year 2024
5,918
Preschool-age children in Białystok
people · year 2025
5,571
Registered passenger cars in Białystok
vehicles · year 2024
149,519
Apartment price / m² in Białystok
year 2024
9.0 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
5.8
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
58.4
Housing affordability in Białystok
months of salary / m² · year 2024
1.09
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.03
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
8.8%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
36.5
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
6.8
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
16.9
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
10.39%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
4.8%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2025
18.1%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2025
1,845.38
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2025
0.6
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2025
0
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