City profile: Tychy

Map of Tychy

Overview of Tychy

Snapshot of key indicators for Tychy in the most recent year available.

Population

124,882

people · 2021

Avg. gross salary

8.1 K PLN

2024

Unemployment rate

2.5%

% · 2025

Businesses per 10k

1,297

entities / 10k · 2025

Population density

1,467.8

ppl / km² · 2025

Apartment price / m²

7.6 K PLN / m²

2024

About - Tychy

Tychy, with about 125,000 residents in Silesian Voivodeship, is a modern, planned-built socialist city (since 1950) — known for the Tyskie brewery and a car factory (Stellantis). Strengths: FULL sewage coverage of 100% (100th percentile), very low overall crime of 17.85/1,000 (94th percentile), 135 ha of lakes (92nd percentile, including Paprocany), low property crime (9.3/1,000, 89th percentile), low unemployment of 2.5% (88th percentile) and high forest cover of 27.2% (86th percentile). Gross wages of PLN 8,149 (94% of the national average), 380 employed persons per 1,000 and a business density of 1,264 REGON entities per 10,000 round out the stable picture. 5 museums, 4 cultural centres, 75 km of bike paths. The single weakness: an exceptionally low sports-club density of 2.5 per 10,000 (5th percentile). Tychy offers an exemplary balance of safety, environment, sanitation infrastructure and labour market — a model city for families working in the automotive and food industries of southern Poland.

Strengths and weaknesses of Tychy

Strengths and weaknesses of Tychy based on the city's position across every published Polish-city ranking.

Top 3 rankings of Tychy

Best ranking positions of Tychy across Poland.

Strengths

Tychy is a bike-friendly city - well-developed bike-path network and car alternatives.
Most bike-friendly cities
Rank among medium cities (100–200 thousand inhabitants): #2
Rank in Poland: #10
Tychy ranks among the greenest cities in Poland - high green-area per resident.
Greenest cities
Rank among medium cities (100–200 thousand inhabitants): #3
Rank in Poland: #4
Tychy breathes some of the cleanest air in Poland - low PM10, PM2.5 and NO₂ levels.
Cleanest air
Rank among medium cities (100–200 thousand inhabitants): #4

Weaknesses

Poor conditions for an active lifestyle in Tychy - few sports and recreation spaces.
Best cities for an active lifestyle
Rank among medium cities (100–200 thousand inhabitants): #21
Rank in Poland: #63
Expensive housing in Tychy relative to earnings - many monthly salaries per square metre.
Most affordable housing relative to earnings
Rank among medium cities (100–200 thousand inhabitants): #21
Rank in Poland: #57
Weak academic base in Tychy - few students and limited university offer.
Best cities for students and education

Air quality today

Brak indeksuSource: GIOŚ

The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Tychy.

PM10 now

11 µg/m³

Last updated

05/21/2026, 09:20 PM

Demographics of Tychy

Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Tychy based on the latest GUS data.

Gender split in Tychy

Men59,944 · 48.0%
Women64,938 · 52.0%

Dependency ratios in Tychy

Non-working-age dependency ratio

ppl / 100 working-age · 2025

Post- per working-age

ppl / 100 working-age · 2025

48.9

Old-age dependency ratio

% · 2025

39.1%

Population change per 1k residents

ppl / 1k · 2025

-8.1

Vital events in Tychy

Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Tychy based on GUS data.

Total deaths

1,325

people · 2025

Marriages

414

marriages · 2025

Births / 1k5.23 per 1k people

Deaths / 1k10.99 per 1k people

Natural increase / 1k-5.77 per 1k people

Labour market in Tychy

Salaries in Tychy compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.

Salary benchmark - Tychy

Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Tychy vs. voivodeship / Poland).

Registered unemployment in Tychy

2.5%

% · 2025

Salary growth YoY

13.75%

% · 2024

Job offers at year-end in Tychy

207

offers · 2025

Employed per 1k residents

380

ppl / 1k · 2021

Business activity in Tychy

REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Tychy.

Registrations vs deregistrations - Tychy

New businesses

1,047

entities · 2025

Deregistered

747

entities · 2025

New businessesDeregistered

Net change+300

REGON entities per 10k residents

1,297

entities / 10k · 2025

REGON entities per 1k working-age

232.1

entities / 1k working-age · 2025

Sole props / working-age

16.2%

% · 2025

Foreign-capital companies in Tychy

entities · 2025

Real estate in Tychy

Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Tychy.

Apartment price / m² in Tychy

7.6 K PLN / m²

2024

Housing affordability in Tychy

0.93

months of salary / m² · 2024

Dwellings completed / 1k residents

3.1

dwellings / 1k people · 2025

Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Tychy.

Education in Tychy

Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Tychy based on GUS BDL data.

Higher-ed students

people · 2024

Higher-ed graduates

people · 2024

Preschool-age children

1,782

people · 2025

Transport & infrastructure in Tychy

Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Tychy based on GUS BDL data.

Passenger cars

79,094

vehicles · 2024

Cars / 1k residents: 633.3

Environment and quality of life in Tychy

Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Tychy.

Green areas per capita

m² / person · 2024

Municipal green areas per capita

21.5

m² / person · 2024

Parks & squares per capita

31.5

m² / person · 2024

Green-areas share of total area

7.84%

% · 2024

Air quality

· Monitoring stations: 1

Particulate matter

PM10 now

11 µg/m³

Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.

PM10 24h avg

15.6 µg/m³

PM10 30d avg

16.83 µg/m³

High PM10 days (30d)

Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.

Traffic-related pollution

Last updated: 05/21/2026, 09:20 PMSource: GIOŚ

Tychy in numbers over time

Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Tychy benchmarked against the voivodeship.

Average gross salary in Tychy

Registered unemployment rate in Tychy

REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Tychy

Population of Tychy

Apartment price per m² in Tychy

Tychy in rankings

How does Tychy rank?

Every city score is built from open data: GUS, GIOŚ, and public registries. A 0–100 score compares a city against the rest of Poland and against peers of similar population size.

Best cities to live in Poland

54.0/ 100

Rank in Poland: #25
Rank among medium cities: #10

settlement year	Taxpayers (1.5%)	Total 1.5% PIT	OPPs in the city	Avg. per OPP
2025	1.1 K	227.6 K PLN	9	25.3 K PLN
2024	700	177.8 K PLN	7	25.4 K PLN
2023	1.0 K	170.4 K PLN	8	21.3 K PLN
2022	900	223.3 K PLN	8	27.9 K PLN
2021	800	112.5 K PLN	6	18.7 K PLN
2020	1.1 K	128.8 K PLN	6	21.5 K PLN
2019	1.2 K	99.6 K PLN	7	14.2 K PLN
2018	1.1 K

Indicator	Tychy	Opole	Difference
Population	124,882	127,387	−2,505 −2%
Population density	1,467.8	835.9	+631.9 +75.6%
Avg. gross salary	8.1 K PLN	8.6 K PLN	−414.99 PLN −4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.2%	−0.7% −21.9%
REGON / 10k	1,297	1,984	−687 −34.6%
Apartment price / m²	7.6 K PLN / m²	8.4 K PLN / m²	−812 PLN / m² −9.7%
Green areas / capita	53	50.4	+2.6 +5.2%
Housing affordability	0.93	0.98	−0.05 −5.1%

City profile: Tychy

Overview of Tychy

About - Tychy

Top 3 rankings of Tychy

Strengths

Weaknesses

Demographics of Tychy

Gender split in Tychy

Dependency ratios in Tychy

Vital events in Tychy

Labour market in Tychy

Salary benchmark - Tychy

Business activity in Tychy

Registrations vs deregistrations - Tychy

Real estate in Tychy

Education in Tychy

Transport & infrastructure in Tychy

Environment and quality of life in Tychy

Air quality

Particulate matter

Traffic-related pollution

Tychy in numbers over time

Average gross salary in Tychy

Registered unemployment rate in Tychy

REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Tychy

Population of Tychy

Apartment price per m² in Tychy

Tychy in rankings

Best cities to live in Poland

Cleanest air

Best cities to do business in

Best labour market

Most affordable housing relative to earnings

Greenest cities

City investment potential

Most demographically stable cities

Best cities for families

Best cities for students and education

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Cities with the highest parking pressure

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Public-benefit organisations (OPP) and 1.5% PIT - Tychy

Largest OPP in Tychy

1.5% PIT history - Tychy

Comparison - Tychy vs another city

Percentage difference (Tychy minus peer)

All indicators - Tychy

Companies

Green WARD Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością

Anima Memorial Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością

Dominikana -Tychy Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością

Associations

Projekt NOWA Polska

Stowarzyszenie Aktywne Miasto

Stowarzyszenie Tyskie Skrzydła Kobiet

Foundations

Fundacja Czterdzieścisiedem

Fundacja Andromedon

Servicom Tennis CLUB

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Comparison - Tychy vs another city

Percentage difference (Tychy minus peer)

Public-benefit organisations (OPP) and 1.5% PIT - Tychy

Largest OPP in Tychy

1.5% PIT history - Tychy

Tychy in rankings

Best cities to live in Poland

Cleanest air

Best cities to do business in