Population of Warsaw suburbs (Warsaw suburbs 1)

08.02.2024

Population of Warsaw suburbs (Warsaw suburbs 1)

For those of our readers who prefer to also rely on scientific data when searching for real estate in the suburbs of Warsaw, we have prepared a series of articles about economic indicators and the state of the social sphere in cities nearby the Polish capital.

For ease of comparison, data is shown for the Warsaw Voivodeship and its constituent Warsaw metropolitan region. The Warsaw Metropolitan Region includes Warsaw (officially the Capital City of Warsaw) and 9 powiats. The powiats include communes, represented in our material by cities that are the centers of the corresponding communes.

Cities included in the Warsaw Functional Region (WOF) are marked in grey. We talked about WOF itself in a previous article.

The article was prepared in October 2023 and includes the latest available data at this time - at the end of 2021.

Our first article is about the population of the cities that make up the suburbs of Warsaw (Table 1).

If you choose a city around Warsaw based on population, we recommend considering the following. The most populated suburban town is Piaseczno (95,740 inhabitants). The next most populous city is Pruszków (65,333 people). More than 50 thousand people live in the cities of Grodzisk Mazowiecki (53,496 inhabitants), Legionowo (52,995), Wołomin (51,396 inhabitants).

On the other hand, 4 cities located near Warsaw have less than 10 thousand inhabitants. These are the cities of Podkowa Leśna, Kałuszyn, Mrozy, Zakroczym. Life in small towns has its own charm...

In terms of territory, the largest cities are Nasielsk - 206 sq. km., Mrozy - 145, Góra Kalwaria - 144, Radzymin - 129, Piaseczno - 128, Tarczyn - 114 sq. km. As you can see, of the cities with the largest population, only Piaseczno was included in the list by territory, and the tiny town of Mrozy (population 8,646) was in 2nd place.

Now about population density. You can choose a very compact city to live in. There is no equal here to the city of Ząbki, where 4,037 people fit on 1 square kilometer. The population density is high in the cities of Piastów (4017), Legionowo (3914 people/sq.km). Imagine that in these towns the density is greater than in Warsaw (3602 people / sq. km). The population density is also high in the cities of Pruszków (3405), Mińsk Mazowiecki (3060 people/sq.km).

Conversely, there are suburbs where the population density is less than 100 people per 1 sq. km. These are the already mentioned cities of Mrozy, Nasielsk, as well as Kałuszyn, Zakroczym. They either have a small population or a large territory. As they say, there is no third option.

For anyone interested in the topic of the ratio of men and women, there are more women than men living in the suburbs almost everywhere. So, there is nothing to choose from here.

You can get to know the number of children, able-bodied people and pensioners in the suburbs yourself.

Таблица 1. Площадь и численность населения пригородных городов Варшавы в 2021 году

	area in km2 (as of January 1)	Population (as of December 31)
		total	including women	of the total by age			Per 1 km2	women per 100 men
		total	including women	pre-working age	working age	after working age	Per 1 km2	women per 100 men
Warsaw Voivodeship	35559	5512794	2873378	1069398	3250867	1192529	155	109
Region Warsaw Metropolitan	6105	3248781	1719588	632247	1928165	688369	532	112
Capital city of Warsaw	517	1863056	1003355	329321	1116294	417441	3602	117
Povyat grodziski	367	103106	53438	22651	59791	20664	281	108
town Milanówek	13	16520	8776	3094	9263	4163	1229	113
town Podkowa Leśna	10	3859	2030	665	2041	1153	381	111
town Grodzisk Mazowiecki	107	53496	27840	12280	31195	10021	498	109
Povyat legionowski	391	128837	66552	28464	74950	25423	330	107
town Legionowo	14	52995	27978	10272	29959	12764	3914	112
town Serock	110	16905	8597	3701	9919	3285	153	103
Povyat miński	1164	158836	81176	34276	93004	31556	136	105
town Mińsk Mazowiecki	13	40333	21194	8334	23520	8479	3060	111
town Sulejówek	19	21253	11094	4292	12230	4731	1101	109
town Halinów	63	17984	9168	4308	10718	2958	285	104
town Kałuszyn	94	5566	2775	1086	3196	1284	59	99
town Mrozy	145	8646	4401	1757	5044	1845	60	104
Povyat nowodworski	695	79751	40739	15382	46909	17460	115	104
town Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	28	28586	14895	5320	16865	6401	1013	109
town Nasielsk	206	19374	9666	3892	11630	3852	94	100
town Zakroczym	72	5954	2989	1035	3536	1383	83	101
Povyat otwocki	616	126449	65898	26054	71772	28623	205	109
town Józefów	24	20998	11063	4570	11601	4827	878	111
town Otwock	47	44333	23465	8314	25227	10792	937	112
town Karczew	81	15868	8242	3071	8970	3827	195	108
Povyat piaseczyński	621	209443	108492	47515	123916	38012	337	107
town Góra Kalwaria	144	28218	14460	5850	16543	5825	196	105
town Konstancin-Jeziorna	79	25165	13215	4634	14125	6406	320	111
town Piaseczno	128	95740	49978	21792	57390	16558	746	109
town Tarczyn	114	12209	6220	2609	7065	2535	107	104
Povyat pruszkowski	246	177193	92691	37091	102530	37572	719	110
town Piastów	6	23140	12205	4304	13072	5764	4017	112
town Pruszków	19	65333	34606	13248	38376	13709	3405	113
town Brwinów	69	29643	15354	6680	17107	5856	428	107
Povyat warszawski zachodni	534	131550	67888	29157	76321	26072	246	107
town Błonie	86	22147	11534	4532	12666	4949	259	109
town Łomianki	39	30939	15977	6959	18025	5955	797	107
town Ożarów Mazowiecki	71	30129	15569	7288	17714	5127	423	107
Povyat wołomiński	954	270560	139359	62336	162678	45546	284	106
town Kobyłka	20	27580	14273	6752	16579	4249	1404	107
town Marki	26	43164	22194	10952	26745	5467	1651	106
town Ząbki	11	44325	22936	10959	28029	5337	4037	107
town Zielonka	79	18179	9534	3587	10479	4113	229	110
town Radzymin	129	30302	15462	7576	17915	4811	234	104
town Tłuszcz	103	20087	10209	4351	12057	3679	195	103
town Wołomin	62	51396	26963	10173	29916	11307	834	110

Natural population growth in most suburban cities, as in the capital, is negative (Table 2). Slight positive dynamics in 2021 were noted only in the cities of Marki, Ząbki, Halinów, Piaseczno, Ożarów Mazowiecki, Radzymin.

The fact that there is no infant mortality in 10 cities (adjusted for a small number of births) seems worthy.

The fewest deaths (per 1000 people) occur in the cities of Halinów, Piaseczno, Łomianki, Kobyłka, Marki, Ząbki. In them the level does not exceed 10 people/1000 population (for comparison in Warsaw - 12.91). The mortality rate is more than 14 people/1000 population in the suburbs: Błonie, Podkowa Leśna, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Zakroczym, Zielonka, Kałuszyn, Mrozy, Karczew, Tarczyn. These are all small towns.

The birth of children is favorably influenced by nature and other circumstances... in the cities of Ząbki, Kobyłka, Marki and Ożarów Mazowiecki. Here the birth rate exceeds 12 children per 1000 population, which is significantly higher than the average for the capital region.

You can find out for yourself the number of marriages in the suburbs.

Table 2. Natural population movement in 2021

	Marriages	Live birth	Deaths *	Natural increase	Marriages	Live birth	Deaths		Natural increase
	Marriages	Live birth	Deaths *	Natural increase	Marriages	Live birth	total	of which are infants **	Natural increase
	в абсолютных цифрах				На 1000 человек
Warsaw Voivodeship	24974	53938	73477	-19539	4,53	9,78	13,33	3,39	-3,54
Region Warsaw Metropolitan	14319	33364	39936	-6572	4,42	10,30	12,32	3,27	-2,03
Capital city of Warsaw	8513	19756	24016	-4260	4,58	10,62	12,91	2,94	-2,29
Povyat grodziski	468	964	1208	-244	4,57	9,42	11,81	3,11	-2,38
town Milanówek	84	123	226	-103	5,09	7,45	13,69	–	-6,24
town Podkowa Leśna	11	19	58	-39	2,85	4,92	15,03	–	-10,11
town Grodzisk Mazowiecki	254	552	576	-24	4,80	10,42	10,87	1,81	-0,45
Povyat legionowski	554	1139	1414	-275	4,33	8,90	11,05	1,76	-2,15
town Legionowo	239	422	731	-309	4,50	7,94	13,76	2,37	-5,81
town Serock	93	153	190	-37	5,58	9,18	11,40	–	-2,22
Povyat miński	674	1602	2018	-416	4,25	10,09	12,72	3,75	-2,62
town Mińsk Mazowiecki	182	430	499	-69	4,51	10,64	12,35	9,30	-1,71
town Sulejówek	87	181	286	-105	4,10	8,53	13,48	5,52	-4,95
town Halinów	65	184	174	10	3,63	10,29	9,73	5,43	0,56
town Kałuszyn	26	51	82	-31	4,64	9,11	14,65	–	-5,54
town Mrozy	34	84	123	-39	3,92	9,69	14,19	–	-4,50
Povyat nowodworski	392	717	1106	-389	4,91	8,98	13,85	5,58	-4,87
town Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	149	284	377	-93	5,20	9,92	13,16	3,52	-3,25
town Nasielsk	93	183	271	-88	4,78	9,42	13,94	5,46	-4,53
town Zakroczym	30	52	87	-35	5,02	8,70	14,55	38,46	-5,85
Povyat otwocki	532	1148	1623	-475	4,20	9,07	12,82	3,48	-3,75
town Józefów	78	166	219	-53	3,71	7,89	10,41	–	-2,52
town Otwock	173	392	613	-221	3,89	8,82	13,79	5,10	-4,97
town Karczew	65	129	225	-96	4,07	8,08	14,10	7,75	-6,02
Povyat piaseczyński	825	2185	2104	81	3,96	10,50	10,11	1,83	0,39
town Góra Kalwaria	124	297	340	-43	4,42	10,58	12,11	3,37	-1,53
town Konstancin-Jeziorna	72	188	390	-202	2,85	7,44	15,44	–	-8,00
town Piaseczno	400	940	892	48	4,20	9,87	9,37	2,13	0,50
town Tarczyn	49	133	173	-40	4,03	10,94	14,23	7,52	-3,29
Povyat pruszkowski	648	1657	2038	-381	3,67	9,37	11,53	4,83	-2,16
town Piastów	75	174	321	-147	3,23	7,49	13,82	11,49	-6,33
town Pruszków	275	715	786	-71	4,21	10,95	12,03	1,40	-1,09
town Brwinów	107	227	337	-110	3,62	7,68	11,41	–	-3,72
Povyat warszawski zachodni	498	1166	1543	-377	3,81	8,92	11,80	2,57	-2,88
town Błonie	88	196	383	-187	3,99	8,88	17,35	–	-8,47
town Łomianki	107	252	289	-37	3,48	8,20	9,41	3,97	-1,20
town Ożarów Mazowiecki	140	365	315	50	4,70	12,24	10,57	5,48	1,68
Povyat wołomiński	1215	3030	2866	164	4,52	11,26	10,65	5,61	0,61
town Kobyłka	133	339	264	75	4,86	12,39	9,65	5,90	2,74
town Marki	207	537	293	244	4,87	12,64	6,90	1,86	5,74
town Ząbki	169	620	311	309	3,84	14,11	7,08	1,61	7,03
town Zielonka	77	180	270	-90	4,24	9,91	14,86	22,22	-4,95
town Radzymin	128	308	301	7	4,25	10,23	10,00	16,23	0,23
town Tłuszcz	94	190	220	-30	4,68	9,45	10,95	–	-1,49
town Wołomin	227	493	702	-209	4,41	9,58	13,64	4,06	-4,06
* Включая младенческую смертность. ** На 1000 живорождений.

Let's take a look at which cities have had the most success in attracting new residents. In absolute terms, the largest number of people who previously lived in other cities in Poland moved to Piaseczno - 2269 people, Grodzisk Mazowiecki - 1730, Marki - 1468, Ząbki - 1181, Pruszków - 1134, Ożarów Mazowiecki - 934, Łomianki - 913, Legionowo - 850 people (Table 3).

Foreign residents were, in principle, more attracted to the same suburbs of Warsaw - Piaseczno, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Marki, Pruszków, Ząbki.

We recommend paying attention to those cities near Warsaw where there was a positive migration balance in 2021. These are Marki (+1101 people), Grodzisk Mazowiecki (+1050), Piaseczno (+1023), Ożarów Mazowiecki (+674), Łomianki (+589), Ząbki (+563 people).

Among the suburbs, there are also cities where more people leave than arrive. These are Mińsk Mazowiecki, Kałuszyn, Nasielsk, Zakroczym, Piastów, Wołomin. There is also reason to think about the reasons.

Table 3. Internal and international migration in 2021

	Influx *		Outflow **		Balance of migration
	in internal movement	from abroad	in internal movement	abroad	total	foreign
Warsaw Voivodeship***	55959	2798	45125	644	12988	2154
Region Warsaw Metropolitan	34241	2400	18875	449	17317	1951
Capital city of Warsaw	4640	1547	2315	300	3572	1247
Povyat grodziski	2991	70	1301	3	1757	67
town Milanówek	391	9	242	1	157	8
town Podkowa Leśna	71	3	56	–	18	3
town Grodzisk Mazowiecki	1730	41	762	–	1009	41
Povyat legionowski	3556	71	1668	10	1949	61
town Legionowo	850	16	862	4	–	12
town Serock	602	10	172	2	438	8
Povyat miński	2451	27	1808	17	653	10
town Mińsk Mazowiecki	524	12	578	8	-50	4
town Sulejówek	323	–	264	2	57	-2
town Halinów	342	2	162	2	180	–
town Kałuszyn	43	1	77	–	-33	1
town Mrozy	110	3	90	–	23	3
Povyat nowodworski	1101	25	932	12	182	13
town Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	403	13	383	5	28	8
town Nasielsk	218	2	246	7	-33	-5
town Zakroczym	44	–	64	–	-20	–
Povyat otwocki	1623	37	1326	6	328	31
town Józefów	337	13	275	–	75	13
town Otwock	445	15	465	2	-7	13
town Karczew	188	1	175	–	14	1
Povyat piaseczyński	5092	211	2585	24	2694	187
town Góra Kalwaria	504	13	290	–	227	13
town Konstancin-Jeziorna	412	14	304	5	117	9
town Piaseczno	2269	81	1386	11	953	70
town Tarczyn	289	13	126	–	176	13
Povyat pruszkowski	3556	152	2416	24	1268	128
town Piastów	241	15	400	2	-146	13
town Pruszków	1134	56	922	8	260	48
town Brwinów	630	14	443	–	201	14
Povyat warszawski zachodni	3424	77	1408	22	2071	55
town Błonie	458	18	265	1	210	17
town Łomianki	913	21	344	11	579	10
town Ożarów Mazowiecki	934	31	318	2	645	29
Povyat wołomiński	5807	183	3116	31	2843	152
town Kobyłka	863	18	297	5	579	13
town Marki	1468	67	491	5	1039	62
town Ząbki	1181	50	694	12	525	38
town Zielonka	302	8	244	–	66	8
town Radzymin	721	13	346	1	387	12
town Tłuszcz	209	3	191	–	21	3
town Wołomin	529	20	578	8	-37	12

*Registration. **Cancellation of registration. *** Excluding population movements within Warsaw.

In the next section we will define the youngest suburb of Warsaw. To do this, let's look at Table 4. It shows how many children and youth live in each city (by educational age groups from 3 to 24 years). To do this, we summarized all 5 age groups indicated in the table. In absolute terms, the largest number of children and youth live in the cities of Piaseczno - 24,811 people, Pruszków - 14,620, Grodzisk Mazowiecki - 13,698, Wołomin - 12,417, Legionowo - 12,096, Marki - 11,957, Ząbki - 11,689 people.

For obvious reasons, this list corresponds to the total population of the suburban part of Warsaw. That is, we cannot yet draw a conclusion about which city is the most youthful.

To obtain more objective data, the authors calculated the percentage of children and youth to the total population. The result is the following picture. The small town of Halinów takes the crown here, with 5,739 children and young people aged 3 to 24 for 17,984 inhabitants. This gives 28.6%. Next comes the city of Radzymin, in which for 30,302 inhabitants there are 8,542 children and youth, which is 28.2%. Next in terms of “youth” are the cities of Marki (27.7%), Łomianki and Tłuszcz (26.5% each), and Ząbki (26.4%). Now you can already conclude where your children will have more peers.

If we compare the suburbs of Warsaw in terms of the share of the population by educational age groups with the capital, then Warsaw clearly loses to any of the nearby towns, having a share of youth and children of only 20.3%. The suburbs are decidedly younger.

Table 4. Population by educational age groups in 2021

	Total	Educational age groups					Total children and youth	% of total population
	Total	3–6 years	7–12	13–15	16–18	19–24 years	Total children and youth	% of total population
Warsaw Voivodeship	5512794	248397	370864	177763	153245	317402	1267671	23,0
Region Warsaw Metropolitan	3248781	150429	220077	101806	84029	172246	728587	22,4
Capital city of Warsaw	1863056	80434	112483	50746	40910	94330	378903	20,3
Povyat grodziski	103106	5251	8165	3764	3121	5702
town Milanówek	16520	641	1141	544	516	840	3681	22,3
town Podkowa Leśna	3859	144	243	128	127	229	871	22,6
town Grodzisk Mazowiecki	53496	2930	4334	2001	1585	2840	13698	25,6
Povyat legionowski	128837	6264	10309	5048	4077	7102
town Legionowo	52995	2258	3684	1824	1543	2787	12096	22,8
town Serock	16905	761	1351	679	508	952	4251	25,1
Povyat miński	158836	7973	12201	5705	4820	9846
town Mińsk Mazowiecki	40333	2011	2857	1339	1167	2236	9610	23,8
town Sulejówek	21253	1019	1518	703	618	1192	5050	23,8
town Halinów	17984	960	1554	808	643	1174	5739	28,6
town Kałuszyn	5566	238	394	181	172	369	1384	24,9
town Mrozy	8646	401	617	279	235	583	2015	23,3
Povyat nowodworski	79751	3489	5387	2649	2319	4659
town Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	28586	1266	1855	862	771	1587	6341	24,8
town Nasielsk	19374	891	1338	656	603	1217	4705	24,3
town Zakroczym	5954	222	356	192	163	380	1313	22,1
Povyat otwocki	126449	5878	9339	4470	3848	7002
town Józefów	20998	873	1699	886	781	1182	5421	25,8
town Otwock	44333	1892	2925	1453	1242	2370	9882	22,3
town Karczew	15868	725	1105	509	433	868	3640	22,9
Povyat piaseczyński	209443	10865	16625	8297	6945	11294
town Góra Kalwaria	28218	1332	1974	1054	924	1625	6909	24,5
town Konstancin-Jeziorna	25165	939	1682	880	790	1374	5665	22,5
town Piaseczno	95740	4961	7791	3801	3139	5119	24811	25,9
town Tarczyn	12209	588	834	491	394	682	2989	24,5
Povyat pruszkowski	177193	8613	13475	6052	5107	9166
town Piastów	23140	1009	1564	682	592	1163	5010	21,7
town Pruszków	65333	3219	4713	1974	1628	3086	14620	22,4
town Brwinów	29643	1560	2554	1134	871	1476	7595	25,6
Povyat warszawski zachodni	131550	6754	10553	4954	4195	7257
town Błonie	22147	1096	1621	706	675	1206	5304	23,9
town Łomianki	30939	1536	2513	1286	1077	1781	8193	26,5
town Ożarów Mazowiecki	30129	1910	2574	1021	764	1368	7637	25,3
Povyat wołomiński	270560	14908	21540	10121	8687	15888
town Kobyłka	27580	1786	2272	948	907	1532	7445	27,0
town Marki	43164	2772	3702	1714	1387	2382	11957	27,7
town Ząbki	44325	2786	3728	1604	1265	2306	11689	26,4
town Zielonka	18179	787	1232	653	568	1101	4341	23,9
town Radzymin	30302	1711	2764	1257	1078	1732	8542	28,2
town Tłuszcz	20087	1010	1470	758	675	1409	5322	26,5
town Wołomin	51396	2277	3586	1818	1610	3126	12417	24,2
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