City profile: Gdynia
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Overview of Gdynia
Snapshot of key indicators for Gdynia in the most recent year available.
Population
245,222
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
9.0 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
2.8%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
2,020
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
613.2
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
11.8 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Gdynia
Gdynia, with about 245,000 residents in Pomeranian Voivodeship, is the modern part of the Tricity — a city built in interwar Poland as the country's first open-Baltic seaport. Strengths: 6 Park & Ride lots (94th percentile) point to a mature intermodal-transport policy; a business density of 2,020 REGON entities per 10,000 (89th percentile) and 3,576 newly registered businesses (86th percentile) reflect strong entrepreneurship. High library readership (51,748 readers, 86th percentile), low unemployment (2.8%, 85th percentile) and gross wages of PLN 8,999 (104% of the national average) round out an attractive profile. Weak areas: cycling density of just 22.3 km per 100 km² (2nd percentile) — an embarrassing showing for a coastal metro. High housing prices of PLN 11,757/m² (9th percentile) and an affordability ratio of 1.31 (5th percentile) make Gdynia one of Poland's most expensive housing markets. A modest cultural base (2 cultural centres, 11th percentile) and elevated property crime (19.61 per 1,000, 12th percentile) round out the challenges. Gdynia offers high wages, dynamic business and intermodal transport — at the cost of luxury-tier housing and a limited cultural-recreational offer.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Gdynia.
9.1 µg/m³
12.7 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Gdynia
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Gdynia based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Gdynia
- Men115,476 · 47.1%
- Women129,746 · 52.9%
Dependency ratios in Gdynia
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 Gdynia
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Gdynia based on GUS data.
Total deaths
2,620
people · 2024
Marriages
970
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Gdynia
Salaries in Gdynia compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Gdynia
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Gdynia vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Gdynia
2.8%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
14.05%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Gdynia
131
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
308
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Gdynia
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Gdynia.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Gdynia
New businesses
3,576
entities · 2025
Deregistered
2,287
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
2,020
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
350.7
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
24%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Gdynia
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Gdynia
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Gdynia.
Apartment price / m² in Gdynia
11.8 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Gdynia
1.31
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
3.6
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Gdynia.
Education in Gdynia
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Gdynia based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
11,081
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
2,784
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
3,866
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women4,773
- Men6,308
Transport & infrastructure in Gdynia
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Gdynia based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
138,680
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 565.5
Environment and quality of life in Gdynia
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Gdynia.
Green areas per capita
40.2
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
6.2
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
15
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
2.46%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM2.5 now
9.1 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
13.81 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
11.78 µg/m³
PM10 now
12.7 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
18.35 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
18.21 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
3.3 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
29.26 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
9.55 µg/m³
Gdynia in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Gdynia benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Gdynia
Registered unemployment rate in Gdynia
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Gdynia
Population of Gdynia
Apartment price per m² in Gdynia
All indicators - Gdynia
Population of Gdynia
people · year 2021
245,222
Number of men in Gdynia
people · year 2021
115,476
Number of women in Gdynia
people · year 2021
129,746
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
613.2
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-4.6
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
5,543
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
73.6
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
46.6
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
171.9
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
37.7%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
6.09
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
10.89
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-4.81
Total deaths in Gdynia
people · year 2024
2,620
Marriages registered in Gdynia
marriages · year 2024
970
Avg. gross salary in Gdynia
year 2024
9.0 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Gdynia
% · year 2025
2.8%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
308
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
531.4
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
0.4%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
0.5%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
0.4%
Job offers at year-end in Gdynia
offers · year 2025
131
Job offers during the year in Gdynia
offers · year 2025
3,759
Work accidents in Gdynia
accidents · year 2024
545
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
4.81
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
14.05%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
104.4%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
104.27%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
2,020
Newly registered businesses in Gdynia
entities · year 2025
3,576
Deregistered businesses in Gdynia
entities · year 2025
2,287
REGON entities in Gdynia
entities · year 2025
3,576
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
202
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
350.7
Foreign-capital companies in Gdynia
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
24%
Agri-food sector entities in Gdynia
entities · year 2025
236
Business net change in Gdynia
entities · year 2025
1,289
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
56.36%
Enterprise investment outlays in Gdynia
year 2024
2.0 B PLN
Higher-education students in Gdynia
people · year 2024
11,081
Female higher-ed students in Gdynia
people · year 2024
4,773
Male higher-ed students in Gdynia
people · year 2024
6,308
Higher-education graduates in Gdynia
people · year 2024
2,784
Preschool-age children in Gdynia
people · year 2024
3,866
Registered passenger cars in Gdynia
vehicles · year 2024
138,680
Apartment price / m² in Gdynia
year 2024
11.8 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
3.6
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
36.1
Housing affordability in Gdynia
months of salary / m² · year 2024
1.31
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.01
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
8.6%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
40.2
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
6.2
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
15
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
2.46%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
0.9%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
15.3%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
5,975.59
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
2.5
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0