City profile: Bytom
Overview of Bytom
Snapshot of key indicators for Bytom in the most recent year available.
Population
153,274
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
8.2 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
10.3%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,229
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
2,105.5
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
3.8 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Bytom
Bytom is a historic Upper Silesian city of about 153,000 residents within the Silesian agglomeration. Once a centre of hard-coal mining, it now faces deep economic restructuring. Bytom's unambiguous advantage is the cheapest housing market in Poland — an average residential price of PLN 3,820/m² (100th percentile) and an affordability ratio of 0.46 monthly salaries per square metre (98th percentile) make the city exceptionally accessible for buyers and renters. This is a real draw for young people and investors. The weaknesses reflect post-industrial challenges: registered unemployment of 10.3% (2nd percentile) is among the highest of any powiat-status city, and just 187 employed persons per 1,000 inhabitants (2nd percentile). The cultural offer is modest (only 1 museum, 3rd percentile), and modern public-transit infrastructure is missing (0 km of bus lanes, 0 Park & Ride lots). New-housing construction remains low (2 dwellings completed per 1,000, 9th percentile), hampering stock renewal. Despite gross wages of PLN 8,238 (95% of the national average), structural labour-market issues and limited investment expansion put Bytom in clear need of economic reactivation.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Bytom.
5.7 µg/m³
8.3 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Bytom
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Bytom based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Bytom
- Men73,321 · 47.8%
- Women79,953 · 52.2%
Dependency ratios in Bytom
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · 2024
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · 2024
Old-age dependency ratio
% · 2024
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · 2024
Vital events in Bytom
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Bytom based on GUS data.
Total deaths
2,008
people · 2024
Marriages
562
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Bytom
Salaries in Bytom compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Bytom
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Bytom vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Bytom
10.3%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
14.31%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Bytom
154
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
187
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Bytom
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Bytom.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Bytom
New businesses
1,049
entities · 2025
Deregistered
805
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,229
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
208.1
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
13.2%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Bytom
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Bytom
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Bytom.
Apartment price / m² in Bytom
3.8 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Bytom
0.46
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
2
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Bytom.
Education in Bytom
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Bytom based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
99
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
5
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
2,287
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women76
- Men23
Transport & infrastructure in Bytom
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Bytom based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
68,674
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 448
Environment and quality of life in Bytom
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Bytom.
Green areas per capita
34.5
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
15
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
25
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
7.26%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM2.5 now
5.7 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
8.19 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
11.31 µg/m³
PM10 now
8.3 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
12.05 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
15.7 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 now
29.3 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
28.35 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
19.77 µg/m³
Bytom in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Bytom benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Bytom
Registered unemployment rate in Bytom
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Bytom
Population of Bytom
Apartment price per m² in Bytom
All indicators - Bytom
Population of Bytom
people · year 2021
153,274
Number of men in Bytom
people · year 2021
73,321
Number of women in Bytom
people · year 2021
79,953
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
2,105.5
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-9.9
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
5,095
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
69.3
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
42.8
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
161.2
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
33.3%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
5.66
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
13.67
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-8.01
Total deaths in Bytom
people · year 2024
2,008
Marriages registered in Bytom
marriages · year 2024
562
Avg. gross salary in Bytom
year 2024
8.2 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Bytom
% · year 2025
10.3%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
187
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
312.8
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
1.5%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
1.8%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
1.2%
Job offers at year-end in Bytom
offers · year 2025
154
Job offers during the year in Bytom
offers · year 2025
3,001
Work accidents in Bytom
accidents · year 2024
263
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
8.12
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
14.31%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
96.5%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
95.46%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,229
Newly registered businesses in Bytom
entities · year 2025
1,049
Deregistered businesses in Bytom
entities · year 2025
805
REGON entities in Bytom
entities · year 2025
1,049
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
123
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
208.1
Foreign-capital companies in Bytom
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
13.2%
Agri-food sector entities in Bytom
entities · year 2025
101
Business net change in Bytom
entities · year 2025
244
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
30.31%
Enterprise investment outlays in Bytom
year 2024
353.3 M PLN
Higher-education students in Bytom
people · year 2024
99
Female higher-ed students in Bytom
people · year 2024
76
Male higher-ed students in Bytom
people · year 2024
23
Higher-education graduates in Bytom
people · year 2024
5
Preschool-age children in Bytom
people · year 2024
2,287
Registered passenger cars in Bytom
vehicles · year 2024
68,674
Apartment price / m² in Bytom
year 2024
3.8 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
2
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
19.6
Housing affordability in Bytom
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.46
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.03
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.03
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
4%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
34.5
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
15
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
25
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
7.26%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
5.3%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
19.6%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
1,364.9
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
0.9
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0