City profile: Żory
Overview of Żory
Snapshot of key indicators for Żory in the most recent year available.
Population
61,823
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.5 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
4.5%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,163
entities / 10k · 2025
Population density
957.1
ppl / km² · 2025
Apartment price / m²
6.4 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Żory
Żory, with about 62,000 residents in Silesian Voivodeship, is a historic Silesian city in the eastern part of the Rybnik Coal District, known for the Water Park (one of Poland's largest) and industrial heritage (the Krupiński Mine — now inactive). Strengths: a very large lake area of 187 ha (98th percentile, including Pniowiec and post-gravel lakes), high police effectiveness of 84.1% (97th percentile), a healthy business balance (292 deregistered entities, 88th percentile), a favourable demographic structure (old-age dependency 33.2, 80th percentile) and a moderate natural increase of -3.03/1,000 (80th percentile). Gross wages of PLN 7,487 (87% of the national average) and unemployment of 4.5% are typical for the region, with accessible housing prices of PLN 6,379/m². Weaknesses: THE HIGHEST OVERALL CRIME among mid-sized cities — 53.5/1,000 (2nd percentile) — driven by a large volume of minor incidents, a sparse bike network (23.6 km, 3rd percentile), low business density of 1,132 REGON entities per 10,000 (12th percentile) and low investment outlays of PLN 265 million (14th percentile). Only 5 hotels. Żory offers a unique combination of lakes, a water park and a safe demographic, but needs decisive improvements in crime and cycling infrastructure.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Żory.
05/21/2026, 08:17 PM
Demographics of Żory
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Żory based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Żory
- Men30,231 · 48.9%
- Women31,592 · 51.1%
Dependency ratios in Żory
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · 2025
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · 2025
Old-age dependency ratio
% · 2025
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · 2025
Vital events in Żory
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Żory based on GUS data.
Total deaths
570
people · 2025
Marriages
238
marriages · 2025
Labour market in Żory
Salaries in Żory compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Żory
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Żory vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Żory
4.5%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
14.12%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Żory
34
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
251
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Żory
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Żory.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Żory
New businesses
500
entities · 2025
Deregistered
292
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,163
entities / 10k · 2025
REGON entities per 1k working-age
202.5
entities / 1k working-age · 2025
Sole props / working-age
15.2%
% · 2025
Foreign-capital companies in Żory
0
entities · 2025
Real estate in Żory
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Żory.
Apartment price / m² in Żory
6.4 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Żory
0.85
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
6.6
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Żory.
Education in Żory
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Żory based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
237
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
101
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
1,048
people · 2025
Students by gender
- Women187
- Men50
Transport & infrastructure in Żory
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Żory based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
34,853
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 563.8
Environment and quality of life in Żory
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Żory.
Green areas per capita
53
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
24.2
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
34.2
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
5.07%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 1Particulate matter
PM2.5 24h avg
20.95 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
16.38 µg/m³
PM10 24h avg
28.75 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
22.52 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
0
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
Żory in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Żory benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Żory
Registered unemployment rate in Żory
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Żory
Population of Żory
Apartment price per m² in Żory
All indicators - Żory
Population of Żory
people · year 2021
61,823
Number of men in Żory
people · year 2021
30,231
Number of women in Żory
people · year 2021
31,592
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2025
957.1
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2025
-1.1
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
4,085
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2025
74
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2025
41.8
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2025
129.8
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2025
33.8%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
6.48
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
9.21
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2025
-2.73
Total deaths in Żory
people · year 2025
570
Marriages registered in Żory
marriages · year 2025
238
Avg. gross salary in Żory
year 2024
7.5 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Żory
% · year 2025
4.5%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
251
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
437.5
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2025
0.7%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2025
0.9%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2025
0.5%
Job offers at year-end in Żory
offers · year 2025
34
Job offers during the year in Żory
offers · year 2025
1,053
Work accidents in Żory
accidents · year 2024
182
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
9.32
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
14.12%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
87.7%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
86.76%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2025
1,163
Newly registered businesses in Żory
entities · year 2025
500
Deregistered businesses in Żory
entities · year 2025
292
REGON entities in Żory
entities · year 2025
500
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2025
116
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2025
202.5
Foreign-capital companies in Żory
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2025
15.2%
Agri-food sector entities in Żory
entities · year 2025
28
Business net change in Żory
entities · year 2025
208
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
71.23%
Enterprise investment outlays in Żory
year 2024
265.2 M PLN
Higher-education students in Żory
people · year 2024
237
Female higher-ed students in Żory
people · year 2024
187
Male higher-ed students in Żory
people · year 2024
50
Higher-education graduates in Żory
people · year 2024
101
Preschool-age children in Żory
people · year 2025
1,048
Registered passenger cars in Żory
vehicles · year 2024
34,853
Apartment price / m² in Żory
year 2024
6.4 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
6.6
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
66.1
Housing affordability in Żory
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.85
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.15
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
17.6%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
53
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
24.2
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
34.2
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
5.07%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
3.3%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2025
23.5%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2025
1,518.9
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2025
2.5
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2025
0