City profile: Jaworzno
Overview of Jaworzno
Snapshot of key indicators for Jaworzno in the most recent year available.
Population
88,998
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
9.2 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
4.4%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,167
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
564.7
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
5.7 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Jaworzno
Jaworzno, with about 89,000 residents in Silesian Voivodeship, is a borderland city between Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland, known for power generation (Tauron) and historic mining. Strengths centre on the environment: forest cover of 35.5% (97th percentile) and 70.7 m² of green space per inhabitant (82nd percentile) put it among Poland's greenest cities. Very good housing affordability (0.62 monthly salaries per m², 92nd percentile) on gross wages of PLN 9,167 (106% of the national average, 85th percentile) at low prices of PLN 5,693/m² (83rd percentile) creates an attractive market for families. Weaknesses: very weak wage growth of 8.9% (2nd percentile) — a sign of structural softness — together with a thin cultural offer (just 1 museum, 1 cinema) and a sparse cycling network (25.2 km per 100 km², 3rd percentile). The absence of bus lanes, low tourism (237 tourists per 1,000) and relatively high overall crime (30.05 per 1,000) limit the city's appeal beyond work. A natural increase of -7.49 per 1,000 signals gradual depopulation. Jaworzno suits those who value green surroundings, decent wages and affordable housing in the shadow of the Silesian agglomeration, willing to accept a limited cultural-recreational offer.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Jaworzno.
13.7 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Jaworzno
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Jaworzno based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Jaworzno
- Men42,977 · 48.3%
- Women46,021 · 51.7%
Dependency ratios in Jaworzno
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 Jaworzno
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Jaworzno based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,131
people · 2024
Marriages
300
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Jaworzno
Salaries in Jaworzno compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Jaworzno
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Jaworzno vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Jaworzno
4.4%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
8.9%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Jaworzno
65
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
254
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Jaworzno
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Jaworzno.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Jaworzno
New businesses
640
entities · 2025
Deregistered
480
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,167
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
201.5
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
14.7%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Jaworzno
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Jaworzno
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Jaworzno.
Apartment price / m² in Jaworzno
5.7 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Jaworzno
0.62
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
3.7
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Jaworzno.
Education in Jaworzno
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Jaworzno based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
109
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
13
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
1,400
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women86
- Men23
Transport & infrastructure in Jaworzno
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Jaworzno based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
46,636
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 524
Environment and quality of life in Jaworzno
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Jaworzno.
Green areas per capita
70.7
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
29
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
36.4
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
3.99%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM10 now
13.7 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
23.47 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
22.94 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
1
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
NO₂ now
10 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
16.46 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
14.43 µg/m³
Jaworzno in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Jaworzno benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Jaworzno
Registered unemployment rate in Jaworzno
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Jaworzno
Population of Jaworzno
Apartment price per m² in Jaworzno
All indicators - Jaworzno
Population of Jaworzno
people · year 2021
88,998
Number of men in Jaworzno
people · year 2021
42,977
Number of women in Jaworzno
people · year 2021
46,021
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
564.7
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-8.5
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
2,881
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
72.8
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
44.5
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
157.3
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
33.7%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
5.6
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
13.09
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-7.49
Total deaths in Jaworzno
people · year 2024
1,131
Marriages registered in Jaworzno
marriages · year 2024
300
Avg. gross salary in Jaworzno
year 2024
9.2 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Jaworzno
% · year 2025
4.4%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
254
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
427.1
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
0.7%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
0.9%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
0.6%
Job offers at year-end in Jaworzno
offers · year 2025
65
Job offers during the year in Jaworzno
offers · year 2025
1,008
Work accidents in Jaworzno
accidents · year 2024
219
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
7.32
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
8.9%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
107.37%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
106.22%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,167
Newly registered businesses in Jaworzno
entities · year 2025
640
Deregistered businesses in Jaworzno
entities · year 2025
480
REGON entities in Jaworzno
entities · year 2025
640
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
117
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
201.5
Foreign-capital companies in Jaworzno
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
14.7%
Agri-food sector entities in Jaworzno
entities · year 2025
48
Business net change in Jaworzno
entities · year 2025
160
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
33.33%
Enterprise investment outlays in Jaworzno
year 2024
539.6 M PLN
Higher-education students in Jaworzno
people · year 2024
109
Female higher-ed students in Jaworzno
people · year 2024
86
Male higher-ed students in Jaworzno
people · year 2024
23
Higher-education graduates in Jaworzno
people · year 2024
13
Preschool-age children in Jaworzno
people · year 2024
1,400
Registered passenger cars in Jaworzno
vehicles · year 2024
46,636
Apartment price / m² in Jaworzno
year 2024
5.7 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
3.7
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
37
Housing affordability in Jaworzno
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.62
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.05
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.05
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
12.1%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
70.7
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
29
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
36.4
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
3.99%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
2.1%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
35.5%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
5,407.07
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
6.3
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0.71