City profile: Leszno
Overview of Leszno
Snapshot of key indicators for Leszno in the most recent year available.
Population
61,791
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.8 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
3.7%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,660
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,868.2
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
6.2 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Leszno
Leszno, with about 62,000 residents in Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a dynamic mid-sized city in south-western Greater Poland, known for its speedway team (Unia Leszno) and aviation academy. Strengths are pronounced: record cycling-path density of 211.55 km per 100 km² (100th percentile, the highest in Poland), the highest sports-club density among mid-sized cities at 7.4 per 10,000 (97th percentile), high police effectiveness at 84% crime detection (95th percentile), zero road fatalities in 2024 (95th percentile), high construction activity of 6.7 dwellings per 1,000 (80th percentile), and a high birth rate of 6.89/1,000 (80th percentile). Gross wages of PLN 7,825 (91% of the national average) and unemployment of 3.7% are solid. Weaknesses: no rivers (0 ha, 0 percentile), virtually no lakes (1 ha) and high property crime (20.15 per 1,000, 6th percentile). Only 1 museum and 1 cinema, low investment outlays of PLN 273 million (15th percentile). Even so, Leszno stands out for the quality of its cycling-sports infrastructure and road safety — ideal for families with children and amateur athletes.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Leszno.
05/21/2026, 08:17 PM
Demographics of Leszno
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Leszno based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Leszno
- Men29,345 · 47.5%
- Women32,446 · 52.5%
Dependency ratios in Leszno
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 Leszno
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Leszno based on GUS data.
Total deaths
617
people · 2024
Marriages
212
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Leszno
Salaries in Leszno compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Leszno
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Leszno vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Leszno
3.7%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
16.15%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Leszno
68
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
362
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Leszno
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Leszno.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Leszno
New businesses
650
entities · 2025
Deregistered
424
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,660
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
293.5
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
20.5%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Leszno
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Leszno
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Leszno.
Apartment price / m² in Leszno
6.2 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Leszno
0.79
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
6.7
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Leszno.
Education in Leszno
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Leszno based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
1,447
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
408
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
1,002
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women875
- Men572
Transport & infrastructure in Leszno
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Leszno based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
37,870
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 612.9
Environment and quality of life in Leszno
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Leszno.
Green areas per capita
48.1
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
5.9
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
20.5
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
8.98%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM10 24h avg
23.75 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
19.03 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
0
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
Leszno in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Leszno benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Leszno
Registered unemployment rate in Leszno
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Leszno
Population of Leszno
Apartment price per m² in Leszno
Not enough overlapping data to compare these cities.
All indicators - Leszno
Population of Leszno
people · year 2021
61,791
Number of men in Leszno
people · year 2021
29,345
Number of women in Leszno
people · year 2021
32,446
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
1,868.2
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-8.8
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
4,155
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
76.8
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
47
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
157.2
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
36.8%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
6.89
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
10.31
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-3.43
Total deaths in Leszno
people · year 2024
617
Marriages registered in Leszno
marriages · year 2024
212
Avg. gross salary in Leszno
year 2024
7.8 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Leszno
% · year 2025
3.7%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
362
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
631.1
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
0.8%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
1.1%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
0.5%
Job offers at year-end in Leszno
offers · year 2025
68
Job offers during the year in Leszno
offers · year 2025
947
Work accidents in Leszno
accidents · year 2024
191
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
6.95
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
16.15%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
100.84%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
90.66%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,660
Newly registered businesses in Leszno
entities · year 2025
650
Deregistered businesses in Leszno
entities · year 2025
424
REGON entities in Leszno
entities · year 2025
650
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
166
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
293.5
Foreign-capital companies in Leszno
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
20.5%
Agri-food sector entities in Leszno
entities · year 2025
78
Business net change in Leszno
entities · year 2025
226
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
53.3%
Enterprise investment outlays in Leszno
year 2024
272.6 M PLN
Higher-education students in Leszno
people · year 2024
1,447
Female higher-ed students in Leszno
people · year 2024
875
Male higher-ed students in Leszno
people · year 2024
572
Higher-education graduates in Leszno
people · year 2024
408
Preschool-age children in Leszno
people · year 2024
1,002
Registered passenger cars in Leszno
vehicles · year 2024
37,870
Apartment price / m² in Leszno
year 2024
6.2 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
6.7
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
67.3
Housing affordability in Leszno
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.79
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.1
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
10.2%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
48.1
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
5.9
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
20.5
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
8.98%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
3.8%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
7.6%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
241.42
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
0.4
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0