City profile: Legnica
Overview of Legnica
Snapshot of key indicators for Legnica in the most recent year available.
Population
94,878
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.9 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
5.6%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,663
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,613.5
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
5.8 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Legnica
Legnica, with about 95,000 residents in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, is a historic centre of the copper industry (KGHM Polska Miedź) and a regional seat of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency. Strengths are moderate: low violent crime (0.31 per 1,000, 89th percentile) and full sewage coverage (99.7%, 88th percentile). Gross wages of PLN 7,928 (92% of the national average) and decent business density of 1,663 REGON entities per 10,000 round out the picture. Affordable housing (0.74 monthly salaries per m²) supports family settlement. Weaknesses: alarming property-crime statistics — as much as 31.03 per 1,000 (0 percentile, the worst in the country) and overall crime of 48.59/1,000 (3rd percentile) — Legnica struggles with serious public-safety challenges. A modest cultural offer (1 museum, 11th percentile), no bus lanes and no Park & Ride lots. Low forest cover (5.8%) and limited green space. Negative natural increase of -6.46/1,000 and a constrained labour market (5.6% unemployment) point to the need for economic diversification beyond KGHM. Legnica offers affordable living but needs decisive safety improvements.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the weakest reading among 2 air monitoring stations in Legnica.
10 µg/m³
18 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:10 PM
Demographics of Legnica
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Legnica based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Legnica
- Men44,713 · 47.1%
- Women50,165 · 52.9%
Dependency ratios in Legnica
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 Legnica
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Legnica based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,134
people · 2024
Marriages
322
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Legnica
Salaries in Legnica compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Legnica
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Legnica vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Legnica
5.6%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
14.88%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Legnica
133
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
348
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Legnica
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Legnica.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Legnica
New businesses
1,011
entities · 2025
Deregistered
658
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,663
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
295.3
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
18.7%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Legnica
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Legnica
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Legnica.
Apartment price / m² in Legnica
5.8 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Legnica
0.74
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
5.9
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Legnica.
Education in Legnica
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Legnica based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
3,370
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
850
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
1,421
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women2,141
- Men1,229
Transport & infrastructure in Legnica
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Legnica based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
54,268
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 572
Environment and quality of life in Legnica
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Legnica.
Green areas per capita
49.3
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
24.2
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
28
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
7.95%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 2Particulate matter
PM2.5 now
10 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
8.04 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
10.9 µg/m³
PM10 now
18 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
16.84 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
20.8 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
24.5 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
8.18 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
14.4 µg/m³
Legnica in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Legnica benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Legnica
Registered unemployment rate in Legnica
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Legnica
Population of Legnica
Apartment price per m² in Legnica
All indicators - Legnica
Population of Legnica
people · year 2021
94,878
Number of men in Legnica
people · year 2021
44,713
Number of women in Legnica
people · year 2021
50,165
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
1,613.5
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-12.2
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
3,673
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
77.5
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
49.1
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
172.9
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
38.5%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
5.96
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
12.42
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-6.46
Total deaths in Legnica
people · year 2024
1,134
Marriages registered in Legnica
marriages · year 2024
322
Avg. gross salary in Legnica
year 2024
7.9 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Legnica
% · year 2025
5.6%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
348
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
602.6
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
1.4%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
1.6%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
1.2%
Job offers at year-end in Legnica
offers · year 2025
133
Job offers during the year in Legnica
offers · year 2025
2,010
Work accidents in Legnica
accidents · year 2024
359
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
9.06
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
14.88%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
89.41%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
91.87%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,663
Newly registered businesses in Legnica
entities · year 2025
1,011
Deregistered businesses in Legnica
entities · year 2025
658
REGON entities in Legnica
entities · year 2025
1,011
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
166
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
295.3
Foreign-capital companies in Legnica
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
18.7%
Agri-food sector entities in Legnica
entities · year 2025
78
Business net change in Legnica
entities · year 2025
353
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
53.65%
Enterprise investment outlays in Legnica
year 2024
1.0 B PLN
Higher-education students in Legnica
people · year 2024
3,370
Female higher-ed students in Legnica
people · year 2024
2,141
Male higher-ed students in Legnica
people · year 2024
1,229
Higher-education graduates in Legnica
people · year 2024
850
Preschool-age children in Legnica
people · year 2024
1,421
Registered passenger cars in Legnica
vehicles · year 2024
54,268
Apartment price / m² in Legnica
year 2024
5.8 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
5.9
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
59.2
Housing affordability in Legnica
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.74
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
12.4%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
49.3
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
24.2
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
28
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
7.95%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
4.5%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
5.8%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
327.66
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
0.4
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0