City profile: Rybnik
Overview of Rybnik
Snapshot of key indicators for Rybnik in the most recent year available.
Population
133,772
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.9 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
3.8%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,209
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
875.5
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
5.8 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Rybnik
Rybnik, with about 134,000 residents in Silesian Voivodeship, is the centre of the Rybnik Coal District sub-region, once heavily tied to mining and now diversifying its economy. Strengths: zero road fatalities in 2024 (92nd percentile), high forest cover of 30.2% (89th percentile), 627 ha of rivers (86th percentile, the Ruda and Nacyna), favourable demographics (old-age dependency 32.3, 86th percentile) and substantial investment outlays of PLN 2.63 billion (86th percentile). Full sewage coverage of 99.5%. Gross wages of PLN 7,912 (92% of the national average) and unemployment of 3.8% are decent, with attractive housing prices of PLN 5,769/m². Weaknesses: very low green-area provision at 25 m² per inhabitant (3rd percentile) — atypical for a green city — sparse cycling infrastructure (26.9 km per 100 km², 6th percentile), a thin tourism base (170 tourists per 1,000, just 2.32 bed places per 1,000) and a limited number of hotels (5). No bus lanes. Rybnik offers attractive natural surroundings and decent wages in the shadow of the Silesian agglomeration, but needs urban-infrastructure development and improved tourism appeal.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Rybnik.
11.9 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Rybnik
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Rybnik based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Rybnik
- Men65,126 · 48.7%
- Women68,646 · 51.3%
Dependency ratios in Rybnik
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 Rybnik
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Rybnik based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,416
people · 2024
Marriages
519
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Rybnik
Salaries in Rybnik compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Rybnik
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Rybnik vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Rybnik
3.8%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
14.04%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Rybnik
87
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
292
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Rybnik
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Rybnik.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Rybnik
New businesses
941
entities · 2025
Deregistered
621
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,209
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
208.5
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
15.1%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Rybnik
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Rybnik
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Rybnik.
Apartment price / m² in Rybnik
5.8 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Rybnik
0.73
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
3
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Rybnik.
Education in Rybnik
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Rybnik based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
609
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
135
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
2,256
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women477
- Men132
Transport & infrastructure in Rybnik
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Rybnik based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
79,029
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 590.8
Environment and quality of life in Rybnik
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Rybnik.
Green areas per capita
25
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
7.1
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
12.1
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
2.19%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM10 now
11.9 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
15.84 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
20.35 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
16.8 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
16.16 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
17.56 µg/m³
Rybnik in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Rybnik benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Rybnik
Registered unemployment rate in Rybnik
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Rybnik
Population of Rybnik
Apartment price per m² in Rybnik
All indicators - Rybnik
Population of Rybnik
people · year 2021
133,772
Number of men in Rybnik
people · year 2021
65,126
Number of women in Rybnik
people · year 2021
68,646
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
875.5
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-8.2
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
3,076
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
72.4
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
42.2
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
139.4
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
32.3%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
6.21
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
10.86
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-4.66
Total deaths in Rybnik
people · year 2024
1,416
Marriages registered in Rybnik
marriages · year 2024
519
Avg. gross salary in Rybnik
year 2024
7.9 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Rybnik
% · year 2025
3.8%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
292
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
494.7
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
0.5%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
0.6%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
0.3%
Job offers at year-end in Rybnik
offers · year 2025
87
Job offers during the year in Rybnik
offers · year 2025
2,778
Work accidents in Rybnik
accidents · year 2024
389
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
9.63
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
14.04%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
92.68%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
91.68%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,209
Newly registered businesses in Rybnik
entities · year 2025
941
Deregistered businesses in Rybnik
entities · year 2025
621
REGON entities in Rybnik
entities · year 2025
941
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
121
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
208.5
Foreign-capital companies in Rybnik
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
15.1%
Agri-food sector entities in Rybnik
entities · year 2025
119
Business net change in Rybnik
entities · year 2025
320
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
51.53%
Enterprise investment outlays in Rybnik
year 2024
2.6 B PLN
Higher-education students in Rybnik
people · year 2024
609
Female higher-ed students in Rybnik
people · year 2024
477
Male higher-ed students in Rybnik
people · year 2024
132
Higher-education graduates in Rybnik
people · year 2024
135
Preschool-age children in Rybnik
people · year 2024
2,256
Registered passenger cars in Rybnik
vehicles · year 2024
79,029
Apartment price / m² in Rybnik
year 2024
5.8 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
3
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
30.3
Housing affordability in Rybnik
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.73
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.05
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
19.7%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
25
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
7.1
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
12.1
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
2.19%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
1.1%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
30.2%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
4,477.41
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
3.4
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0
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