Demographics Of Bad Hofgastein

Austrian government data from 2018 says that there were 6,914 people living in Bad Hofgastein.The number of people living there has gone down by 3.6% since 1975 and by 0.6% since 2000.There are 67 people living in every square kilometer, which is fewer than the average of 106 people living in Austria and Salzburg.

The average age of the people living there is 43.5 years, which is older than the standards for Salzburg (42.1) and Austria (42.9).Here’s how the ages are spread out: 16.1% are children (0–19 years old), 58.9% are adults (20–64 years old), and 25% are seniors (65 years or older).The percentage of women in the population is a little off, at 52.3%. The percentage of men in the population is 47.7%.

Bad Hofgastein doesn’t have a lot of different cultures and ethnicities because most of the people living there (94.9%) are Austrian and only 5.1% are from other countries.Germany, Romania, Hungary, and Croatia are some of the other European countries that have a lot of people. German is the official language of Austria and the language that most people in Bad Hofgastein speak.Some people in the area also know English, Turkish, and Serbian.

The level of schooling in Bad Hofgastein is about normal for Salzburg and Austria as a whole.There are different stages of schooling, which are: 17.8% have finished the nine years of schooling that are needed; 40.4% have finished vocational training (apprenticeship or trade school); 23.8% have finished secondary education (high school or college); and 18% have finished tertiary education (university or higher education institution).In Bad Hofgastein, these are the elementary schools: Volksschule, the Neue Mittelschule for lower secondary schools, the Polytechnische Schule for professional schools, and the Tourismusschulen Salzburg for tourist schools.

Tourism has a big effect on Bad Hofgastein’s jobs and work because it’s the main way the town makes money and hires people.Retail trade, building, health and social work, and housing and food services are Bad Hofgastein’s main industries.In Bad Hofgastein, 66.8% of the people are working, which is higher than in Salzburg (64.9%) and Austria (63.6%).The jobless rate in Bad Hofgastein is 4.2%, which is lower than the rates in Salzburg (5.1%) and Austria (5.4%).

Bad Hofgastein’s income is a bit smaller than Salzburg’s and Austria’s average.Salzburg’s average household income is €36,900 and Austria’s is €37,400. Bad Hofgastein’s average household income is €34,600.Here is how Bad Hofgastein’s income is split: Fourteen percent of households make more than €60,000, thirty-six percent make between €20,000 and €40,000, and twenty-five percent make between €40,000 and €60,000. Sixteen percent of households make less than €20,000.