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
1,056
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,518.3
ppl / km² · 2024
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.
Air quality today
Air quality today
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 · 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 Grudziądz
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Grudziądz based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,178
people · 2024
Marriages
346
marriages · 2024
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
1,056
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
188.2
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
13.8%
% · 2024
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
1,336
people · 2024
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 now
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 now
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 2024
1,518.3
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-10.9
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
5,264
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
78.2
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
48.4
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
162.6
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
37%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
6.03
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
13.35
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-7.32
Total deaths in Grudziądz
people · year 2024
1,178
Marriages registered in Grudziądz
marriages · year 2024
346
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 2024
2.4%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
3%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
1.8%
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 2024
1,056
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 2024
106
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
188.2
Foreign-capital companies in Grudziądz
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
13.8%
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 2024
1,336
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 2024
19.1%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
1,100.74
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
1.3
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0