City profile: Sosnowiec
Overview of Sosnowiec
Snapshot of key indicators for Sosnowiec in the most recent year available.
Population
193,660
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
8.0 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
6.3%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,284
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
2,029.3
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
5.5 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec, with about 194,000 residents in Silesian Voivodeship, is a historic centre of the Dąbrowa Basin — a densely populated (2,029/km²) post-industrial city. Strengths: 7 stadiums (89th percentile) and low housing prices of PLN 5,462/m² (86th percentile) with good affordability of 0.68 monthly salaries per m² (86th percentile). It has 13.3 km of bus lanes (83rd percentile), which distinguishes Sosnowiec from typical mid-sized cities. Gross wages of PLN 8,004 (93% of the national average) and housing prices support family settlement. Weaknesses, however, are dramatic: POLAND'S LOWEST sports-club density at 1.9 per 10,000 (0 percentile), very advanced ageing (old-age dependency 43.0, 5th percentile), catastrophic natural increase of -8.98/1,000 (5th percentile) and low live births of 4.81/1,000 (8th percentile). Only 6 hotels (5.4 bed places per 1,000), low at 188 tourists per 1,000. The 261 employed persons per 1,000 (below the regional average) and 6.3% unemployment reflect a weaker economy than Katowice's. Sosnowiec is a classic post-mining city struggling with depopulation — a cheap alternative to Katowice, but with serious demographic challenges.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Sosnowiec.
13.7 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Sosnowiec
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Sosnowiec based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Sosnowiec
- Men91,333 · 47.2%
- Women102,327 · 52.8%
Dependency ratios in Sosnowiec
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 Sosnowiec
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Sosnowiec based on GUS data.
Total deaths
2,563
people · 2024
Marriages
636
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Sosnowiec
Salaries in Sosnowiec compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Sosnowiec
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Sosnowiec vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Sosnowiec
6.3%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
14.78%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Sosnowiec
253
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
261
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Sosnowiec
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Sosnowiec.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Sosnowiec
New businesses
1,433
entities · 2025
Deregistered
1,123
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,284
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
230.3
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
16.8%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Sosnowiec
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Sosnowiec
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Sosnowiec.
Apartment price / m² in Sosnowiec
5.5 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Sosnowiec
0.68
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
4.1
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Sosnowiec.
Education in Sosnowiec
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Sosnowiec based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
5,450
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
1,313
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
2,531
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women4,191
- Men1,259
Transport & infrastructure in Sosnowiec
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Sosnowiec based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
96,633
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 499
Environment and quality of life in Sosnowiec
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Sosnowiec.
Green areas per capita
43.4
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
9.8
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
23.6
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
8.8%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM10 now
13.7 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
23.47 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
22.94 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
1
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
NO₂ now
10 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
16.46 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
14.43 µg/m³
Sosnowiec in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Sosnowiec benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Sosnowiec
Registered unemployment rate in Sosnowiec
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Sosnowiec
Population of Sosnowiec
Apartment price per m² in Sosnowiec
All indicators - Sosnowiec
Population of Sosnowiec
people · year 2021
193,660
Number of men in Sosnowiec
people · year 2021
91,333
Number of women in Sosnowiec
people · year 2021
102,327
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
2,029.3
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-11.4
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
4,733
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
79.4
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
54.1
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
213.2
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
43%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
4.81
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
13.78
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-8.98
Total deaths in Sosnowiec
people · year 2024
2,563
Marriages registered in Sosnowiec
marriages · year 2024
636
Avg. gross salary in Sosnowiec
year 2024
8.0 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Sosnowiec
% · year 2025
6.3%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
261
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
460.1
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
1.4%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
1.5%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
1.3%
Job offers at year-end in Sosnowiec
offers · year 2025
253
Job offers during the year in Sosnowiec
offers · year 2025
2,298
Work accidents in Sosnowiec
accidents · year 2024
403
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
8
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
14.78%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
93.75%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
92.74%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,284
Newly registered businesses in Sosnowiec
entities · year 2025
1,433
Deregistered businesses in Sosnowiec
entities · year 2025
1,123
REGON entities in Sosnowiec
entities · year 2025
1,433
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
128
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
230.3
Foreign-capital companies in Sosnowiec
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
16.8%
Agri-food sector entities in Sosnowiec
entities · year 2025
133
Business net change in Sosnowiec
entities · year 2025
310
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
27.6%
Enterprise investment outlays in Sosnowiec
year 2024
981.7 M PLN
Higher-education students in Sosnowiec
people · year 2024
5,450
Female higher-ed students in Sosnowiec
people · year 2024
4,191
Male higher-ed students in Sosnowiec
people · year 2024
1,259
Higher-education graduates in Sosnowiec
people · year 2024
1,313
Preschool-age children in Sosnowiec
people · year 2024
2,531
Registered passenger cars in Sosnowiec
vehicles · year 2024
96,633
Apartment price / m² in Sosnowiec
year 2024
5.5 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
4.1
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
41.4
Housing affordability in Sosnowiec
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.68
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
10.1%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
43.4
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
9.8
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
23.6
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
8.8%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
4.8%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
16.4%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
1,490.47
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
0.8
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0