Municipality Celje, which is part of the Savinjska statistical region, measures 95 km2; this ranks it 75th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2023 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2023 about 49,100 people (about 24,570 men and 24,530 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Celje 5th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 517 people per square kilometre, which was higher than the national average of 105 people per square kilometre.
The number of live births was lower than the number of deaths, which means that natural increase per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was –1.9 (in Slovenia –2.1). The number of people who moved from the municipality was lower than the number of people who moved into the municipality, so net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 12.1. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 10.2 (in Slovenia 3.3).
The mean age of people in Celje was 44.7 years, which was higher than the national average (44.1).
As in most Slovene municipalities, in Celje the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 155 people, aged 65 or more, per 100 people aged 0–14. This ratio shows that the value of the ageing index was higher than the national average of 145. It also shows that the mean age of people in Celje is growing more rapidly than in Slovenia as a whole. Data by sex show that the ageing index for women was in all municipalities except in six (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Grad, Hodoš/Hodos, Jezersko in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Celje – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.
Celje had 18 kindergartens, which were attended by 1,737 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 78% were included in kindergartens, which was less than the national average of 83%. In the school year 2023/24 elementary schools in Celje were attended by about 4,410 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 1,730 pupils. There were 32 students and 7 graduates per 1,000 people in the municipality; in Slovenia the averages were 38 per 1,000 and 8 per 1,000, respectively.
Among people aged 15–64 (i.e. working age population) about 73% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self–employed persons), which is more than the national average (69%).
In Celje, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 5% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 4% lower.
Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 564 had a passenger car. The car was on average 11 years old.
In 2023, 455 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Celje, which is 77 kg more than on average in Slovenia.