City profile: Grudziądz
Overview of Grudziądz
Snapshot of key indicators for Grudziądz in the most recent year available.
Population
90,890
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.2 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
10.1%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,079
entities / 10k · 2025
Population density
1,503
ppl / km² · 2025
Apartment price / m²
5.0 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Grudziądz
Grudziądz, with about 91,000 residents in Kuyavia-Pomerania Voivodeship, is a former fortress city on the Vistula now seeking a new identity after deindustrialisation. It stands out for record green-area provision — 124 m² per inhabitant (100th percentile) — and 427 ha of river area within the city (the Vistula). Exceptionally strong wage growth of 18.83% YoY (98th percentile) signals a slow rebound. Low housing prices of PLN 4,969/m² (91st percentile) and an affordability ratio of 0.69 monthly salaries per m² (83rd percentile) make the housing market one of the cheapest. Challenges are deep, however: the lowest wages of any Pomeranian city (PLN 7,170 gross, 83% of the national average, 2nd percentile), high unemployment of 10.1% (5th percentile) and very low business density of 1,056 REGON entities per 10,000 (6th percentile) reflect a weak labour market. A modest cultural offer (1 cinema, 2 cultural centres) and negative natural increase of -7.32 per 1,000 round out the picture of a peripheral city. Grudziądz offers space, greenery and cheap housing, but needs to reactivate its local economy and attract younger residents.
Latest available air-quality reading
Latest available air-quality reading
The result is based on the weakest reading among 2 air monitoring stations in Grudziądz.
11.8 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:18 PM
Demographics of Grudziądz
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Grudziądz based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Grudziądz
- Men43,083 · 47.4%
- Women47,807 · 52.6%
Dependency ratios in Grudziądz
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 Grudziądz
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Grudziądz based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,132
people · 2025
Marriages
300
marriages · 2025
Labour market in Grudziądz
Salaries in Grudziądz compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Grudziądz
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Grudziądz vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Grudziądz
10.1%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
18.83%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Grudziądz
64
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
233
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Grudziądz
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Grudziądz.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Grudziądz
New businesses
621
entities · 2025
Deregistered
496
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,079
entities / 10k · 2025
REGON entities per 1k working-age
192.8
entities / 1k working-age · 2025
Sole props / working-age
14%
% · 2025
Foreign-capital companies in Grudziądz
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Grudziądz
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Grudziądz.
Apartment price / m² in Grudziądz
5.0 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Grudziądz
0.69
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
2.5
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Grudziądz.
Education in Grudziądz
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Grudziądz based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
944
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
127
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
1,318
people · 2025
Students by gender
- Women472
- Men472
Transport & infrastructure in Grudziądz
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Grudziądz based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
40,587
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 446.6
Environment and quality of life in Grudziądz
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Grudziądz.
Green areas per capita
124
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
24.5
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
28.8
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
18.83%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 2Particulate matter
PM2.5 30d avg
9.8 µg/m³
PM10
11.8 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
26.56 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
21.44 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
2
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
NO₂
6 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
14.58 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
14.32 µg/m³
Grudziądz in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Grudziądz benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Grudziądz
Registered unemployment rate in Grudziądz
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Grudziądz
Population of Grudziądz
Apartment price per m² in Grudziądz
All indicators - Grudziądz
Population of Grudziądz
people · year 2021
90,890
Number of men in Grudziądz
people · year 2021
43,083
Number of women in Grudziądz
people · year 2021
47,807
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2025
1,503
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2025
-10.1
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
5,264
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2025
78.8
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2025
49.6
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2025
170
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2025
38.2%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
5.14
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
12.98
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
-7.84
Total deaths in Grudziądz
people · year 2025
1,132
Marriages registered in Grudziądz
marriages · year 2025
300
Avg. gross salary in Grudziądz
year 2024
7.2 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Grudziądz
% · year 2025
10.1%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
233
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
404.5
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2025
2.7%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2025
3.4%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2025
2.2%
Job offers at year-end in Grudziądz
offers · year 2025
64
Job offers during the year in Grudziądz
offers · year 2025
1,673
Work accidents in Grudziądz
accidents · year 2024
215
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
6.7
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
18.83%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
92.99%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
83.08%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2025
1,079
Newly registered businesses in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
621
Deregistered businesses in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
496
REGON entities in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
621
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2025
108
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2025
192.8
Foreign-capital companies in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2025
14%
Agri-food sector entities in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
58
Business net change in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
125
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
25.2%
Enterprise investment outlays in Grudziądz
year 2024
1.1 B PLN
Higher-education students in Grudziądz
people · year 2024
944
Female higher-ed students in Grudziądz
people · year 2024
472
Male higher-ed students in Grudziądz
people · year 2024
472
Higher-education graduates in Grudziądz
people · year 2024
127
Preschool-age children in Grudziądz
people · year 2025
1,318
Registered passenger cars in Grudziądz
vehicles · year 2024
40,587
Apartment price / m² in Grudziądz
year 2024
5.0 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
2.5
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
25.2
Housing affordability in Grudziądz
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.69
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.02
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.07
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
11.6%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
124
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
24.5
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
28.8
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
18.83%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
4.4%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2025
19.2%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2025
1,111.7
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2025
1.3
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2025
0