City profile: Tarnobrzeg
Overview of Tarnobrzeg
Snapshot of key indicators for Tarnobrzeg in the most recent year available.
Population
44,901
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.3 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
7.7%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,218
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
506.1
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
5.3 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Tarnobrzeg
Tarnobrzeg, with about 45,000 residents in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a historic centre of sulphur mining (the Machów and Jeziorko mines — now flooded), with the heritage of the Tarnowski family (Dzików Palace). Strengths: POLAND'S MOST STABLE business balance — only 170 deregistered entities (100th percentile), very low property crime (7.29/1,000, 98th percentile), high sports-club density (7.2 per 10,000, 95th percentile), 741 ha of rivers (the Vistula, 92nd percentile), low housing prices of PLN 5,310/m² (89th percentile) and zero road fatalities in 2024 (88th percentile). 82.8 m² of greenery per inhabitant is an environmental bonus. Weaknesses reflect structural post-mining challenges: POLAND'S LOWEST number of newly registered businesses (244, 0 percentile), very low live births of 4.19/1,000 (2nd percentile), low wages of PLN 7,269 gross (84% of the national average, 5th percentile), very low investment outlays of PLN 120 million (5th percentile) and elevated violent crime (0.69/1,000, 5th percentile). Unemployment of 7.7% is high. Tarnobrzeg offers business stability, safety and low cost of living, but its economic and demographic dynamics remain weak.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Tarnobrzeg.
16.8 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:20 PM
Demographics of Tarnobrzeg
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Tarnobrzeg based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Tarnobrzeg
- Men21,381 · 47.6%
- Women23,520 · 52.4%
Dependency ratios in Tarnobrzeg
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 Tarnobrzeg
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Tarnobrzeg based on GUS data.
Total deaths
529
people · 2024
Marriages
121
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Tarnobrzeg
Salaries in Tarnobrzeg compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Tarnobrzeg
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Tarnobrzeg vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Tarnobrzeg
7.7%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
15.99%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Tarnobrzeg
30
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
223
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Tarnobrzeg
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Tarnobrzeg.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Tarnobrzeg
New businesses
244
entities · 2025
Deregistered
170
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,218
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
213.2
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
15.8%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Tarnobrzeg
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Tarnobrzeg
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Tarnobrzeg.
Apartment price / m² in Tarnobrzeg
5.3 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Tarnobrzeg
0.73
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
2
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Tarnobrzeg.
Education in Tarnobrzeg
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Tarnobrzeg based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
764
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
293
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
634
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women545
- Men219
Transport & infrastructure in Tarnobrzeg
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Tarnobrzeg based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
22,178
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 493.9
Environment and quality of life in Tarnobrzeg
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Tarnobrzeg.
Green areas per capita
82.8
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
13
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
30.3
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
4.19%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM10 now
16.8 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
22.97 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
21.14 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
0
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
Tarnobrzeg in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Tarnobrzeg benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Tarnobrzeg
Registered unemployment rate in Tarnobrzeg
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Tarnobrzeg
Population of Tarnobrzeg
Apartment price per m² in Tarnobrzeg
All indicators - Tarnobrzeg
Population of Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2021
44,901
Number of men in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2021
21,381
Number of women in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2021
23,520
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
506.1
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-11.2
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
4,007
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
75
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
49.4
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
192.7
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
38.3%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
4.19
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
12.17
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-7.98
Total deaths in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2024
529
Marriages registered in Tarnobrzeg
marriages · year 2024
121
Avg. gross salary in Tarnobrzeg
year 2024
7.3 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Tarnobrzeg
% · year 2025
7.7%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
223
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
382
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
1.7%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
1.9%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
1.6%
Job offers at year-end in Tarnobrzeg
offers · year 2025
30
Job offers during the year in Tarnobrzeg
offers · year 2025
539
Work accidents in Tarnobrzeg
accidents · year 2024
54
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
3.84
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
15.99%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
96.73%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
84.23%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,218
Newly registered businesses in Tarnobrzeg
entities · year 2025
244
Deregistered businesses in Tarnobrzeg
entities · year 2025
170
REGON entities in Tarnobrzeg
entities · year 2025
244
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
122
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
213.2
Foreign-capital companies in Tarnobrzeg
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
15.8%
Agri-food sector entities in Tarnobrzeg
entities · year 2025
31
Business net change in Tarnobrzeg
entities · year 2025
74
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
43.53%
Enterprise investment outlays in Tarnobrzeg
year 2024
120.3 M PLN
Higher-education students in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2024
764
Female higher-ed students in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2024
545
Male higher-ed students in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2024
219
Higher-education graduates in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2024
293
Preschool-age children in Tarnobrzeg
people · year 2024
634
Registered passenger cars in Tarnobrzeg
vehicles · year 2024
22,178
Apartment price / m² in Tarnobrzeg
year 2024
5.3 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
2
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
20.3
Housing affordability in Tarnobrzeg
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
0.23
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
15.5%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
82.8
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
13
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
30.3
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
4.19%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
1.5%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
7.3%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
623.67
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
1.4
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0