City profile: Ruda Śląska
Overview of Ruda Śląska
Snapshot of key indicators for Ruda Śląska in the most recent year available.
Population
133,793
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.7 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
4%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
917
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,658.8
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
5.4 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska, with about 134,000 residents in Silesian Voivodeship, is a typical Upper-Silesian post-mining city now searching for a new identity. Strengths: low housing prices of PLN 5,402/m² (88th percentile) and very good affordability at 0.7 monthly salaries per m² (82nd percentile), a favourable demographic structure (old-age dependency 32.1, 88th percentile) and full sewage coverage of 99.3% (82nd percentile). Gross wages of PLN 7,728 (90% of the national average) are typical for the region. Weaknesses: very low business density of 917 REGON entities per 10,000 (2nd percentile), no proper tourism offer (zero tourists in 2024, only 3 hotels), few sports clubs (2.6 per 10,000, 6th percentile), low housing construction (1.8 dwellings per 1,000) and just 2 museums plus 2 cinemas. Investment scale of PLN 444 million is moderate, with no bus lanes or Park & Ride lots. The 231 employed persons per 1,000 (5th percentile) reflect structural labour-market weakness. Ruda Śląska offers affordable housing and a safe setting, but it is economically dependent on neighbouring agglomeration centres (Katowice, Gliwice).
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Ruda Śląska.
5.7 µg/m³
8.3 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Ruda Śląska
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Ruda Śląska based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Ruda Śląska
- Men64,505 · 48.2%
- Women69,288 · 51.8%
Dependency ratios in Ruda Śląska
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 Ruda Śląska
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Ruda Śląska based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,629
people · 2024
Marriages
503
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Ruda Śląska
Salaries in Ruda Śląska compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Ruda Śląska
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Ruda Śląska vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Ruda Śląska
4%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
15.9%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Ruda Śląska
139
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
231
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Ruda Śląska
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Ruda Śląska.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Ruda Śląska
New businesses
852
entities · 2025
Deregistered
582
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
917
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
157.6
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
12%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Ruda Śląska
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Ruda Śląska
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Ruda Śląska.
Apartment price / m² in Ruda Śląska
5.4 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Ruda Śląska
0.7
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
1.8
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Ruda Śląska.
Education in Ruda Śląska
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Ruda Śląska based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
545
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
227
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
2,243
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women497
- Men48
Transport & infrastructure in Ruda Śląska
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Ruda Śląska based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
65,025
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 486
Environment and quality of life in Ruda Śląska
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Ruda Śląska.
Green areas per capita
35.4
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
9.6
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
22.3
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
5.88%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM2.5 now
5.7 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
8.19 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
11.31 µg/m³
PM10 now
8.3 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
12.05 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
15.7 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
29.3 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
28.35 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
19.77 µg/m³
Ruda Śląska in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Ruda Śląska benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Ruda Śląska
Registered unemployment rate in Ruda Śląska
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Ruda Śląska
Population of Ruda Śląska
Apartment price per m² in Ruda Śląska
All indicators - Ruda Śląska
Population of Ruda Śląska
people · year 2021
133,793
Number of men in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2021
64,505
Number of women in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2021
69,288
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
1,658.8
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-11.6
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
4,054
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
71.8
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
42
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
140.6
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
32.1%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
5.91
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
12.58
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-6.66
Total deaths in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2024
1,629
Marriages registered in Ruda Śląska
marriages · year 2024
503
Avg. gross salary in Ruda Śląska
year 2024
7.7 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Ruda Śląska
% · year 2025
4%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
231
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
389
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
0.2%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
0.2%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
0.1%
Job offers at year-end in Ruda Śląska
offers · year 2025
139
Job offers during the year in Ruda Śląska
offers · year 2025
2,335
Work accidents in Ruda Śląska
accidents · year 2024
575
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
18.27
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
15.9%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
90.52%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
89.55%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
917
Newly registered businesses in Ruda Śląska
entities · year 2025
852
Deregistered businesses in Ruda Śląska
entities · year 2025
582
REGON entities in Ruda Śląska
entities · year 2025
852
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
92
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
157.6
Foreign-capital companies in Ruda Śląska
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
12%
Agri-food sector entities in Ruda Śląska
entities · year 2025
82
Business net change in Ruda Śląska
entities · year 2025
270
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
46.39%
Enterprise investment outlays in Ruda Śląska
year 2024
444.3 M PLN
Higher-education students in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2024
545
Female higher-ed students in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2024
497
Male higher-ed students in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2024
48
Higher-education graduates in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2024
227
Preschool-age children in Ruda Śląska
people · year 2024
2,243
Registered passenger cars in Ruda Śląska
vehicles · year 2024
65,025
Apartment price / m² in Ruda Śląska
year 2024
5.4 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
1.8
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
18
Housing affordability in Ruda Śląska
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.7
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.01
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.06
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
9.2%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
35.4
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
9.6
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
22.3
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
5.88%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
3.7%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
19.9%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
1,548.72
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
1.2
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0