City profile: Radom
Overview of Radom
Snapshot of key indicators for Radom in the most recent year available.
Population
201,601
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
8.3 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
10.2%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,374
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,733.2
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
6.9 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Radom
Radom, with about 202,000 residents in the southern part of Masovian Voivodeship, is a historic centre of the defence industry (Łucznik, Bumar) and aviation (Air Show Radom), the region's seventh-largest city. Strengths are modest but real: very strong wage growth of 17.43% YoY (94th percentile), full sewage coverage (99.9%, 94th percentile) and 6 museums (80th percentile). Low housing prices of PLN 6,906/m² and an affordability ratio of 0.84 monthly salaries per m² make the market accessible. 119 km of bike paths and 2 Park & Ride lots provide decent infrastructure. Weaknesses run deep, however: very high unemployment of 10.2% (3rd percentile) — among the highest of any powiat-status city — just 1 stadium (8th percentile), almost no lakes and a very modest tourism base (437 tourists per 1,000). Gross wages of PLN 8,269 (96% of the national average) are moderate despite recent raises. Low police effectiveness of 63.7% and only 280 employed persons per 1,000 reveal structural labour-market challenges. Radom offers affordable housing and strong aviation-defence potential, but its main challenge remains activating residents in the labour market.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the weakest reading among 3 air monitoring stations in Radom.
11.1 µg/m³
19.6 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:35 PM
Demographics of Radom
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Radom based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Radom
- Men95,452 · 47.3%
- Women106,149 · 52.7%
Dependency ratios in Radom
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 Radom
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Radom based on GUS data.
Total deaths
2,223
people · 2024
Marriages
692
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Radom
Salaries in Radom compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Radom
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Radom vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Radom
10.2%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
17.43%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Radom
40
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
280
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Radom
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Radom.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Radom
New businesses
1,745
entities · 2025
Deregistered
1,234
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,374
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
244.6
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
18.5%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Radom
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Radom
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Radom.
Apartment price / m² in Radom
6.9 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Radom
0.84
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
5.5
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Radom.
Education in Radom
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Radom based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
8,760
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
2,230
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
3,127
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women5,381
- Men3,379
Transport & infrastructure in Radom
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Radom based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
109,107
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 541.2
Environment and quality of life in Radom
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Radom.
Green areas per capita
42.1
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
8.3
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
26.4
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
7.3%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 3Particulate matter
PM2.5 now
11.1 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
17.17 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
12.62 µg/m³
PM10 now
19.6 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
29.89 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
23.84 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
17.2 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
19.08 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
15.78 µg/m³
Radom in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Radom benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Radom
Registered unemployment rate in Radom
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Radom
Population of Radom
Apartment price per m² in Radom
All indicators - Radom
Population of Radom
people · year 2021
201,601
Number of men in Radom
people · year 2021
95,452
Number of women in Radom
people · year 2021
106,149
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
1,733.2
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-11.4
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
4,375
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
78
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
48.6
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
165
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
37.6%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
6.22
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
11.4
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-5.19
Total deaths in Radom
people · year 2024
2,223
Marriages registered in Radom
marriages · year 2024
692
Avg. gross salary in Radom
year 2024
8.3 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Radom
% · year 2025
10.2%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
280
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
487.3
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
3.2%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
3.3%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
3.1%
Job offers at year-end in Radom
offers · year 2025
40
Job offers during the year in Radom
offers · year 2025
3,006
Work accidents in Radom
accidents · year 2024
356
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
4.46
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
17.43%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
82.54%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
95.82%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,374
Newly registered businesses in Radom
entities · year 2025
1,745
Deregistered businesses in Radom
entities · year 2025
1,234
REGON entities in Radom
entities · year 2025
1,745
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
137
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
244.6
Foreign-capital companies in Radom
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
18.5%
Agri-food sector entities in Radom
entities · year 2025
150
Business net change in Radom
entities · year 2025
511
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
41.41%
Enterprise investment outlays in Radom
year 2024
958.7 M PLN
Higher-education students in Radom
people · year 2024
8,760
Female higher-ed students in Radom
people · year 2024
5,381
Male higher-ed students in Radom
people · year 2024
3,379
Higher-education graduates in Radom
people · year 2024
2,230
Preschool-age children in Radom
people · year 2024
3,127
Registered passenger cars in Radom
vehicles · year 2024
109,107
Apartment price / m² in Radom
year 2024
6.9 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
5.5
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
55.1
Housing affordability in Radom
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.84
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.01
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.03
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
12.2%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
42.1
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
8.3
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
26.4
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
7.3%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
4.6%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
6.8%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
764.16
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
0.4
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0