Municipality Nazarje, which is part of the Savinjska statistical region, measures 44 km2; this ranks it 140th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2022 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2022 about 2,660 people (about 1,360 men and 1,310 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Nazarje 165th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 61 people per square kilometre, which was lower than the national average of 104 people per square kilometre.
The number of live births was higher than the number of deaths, which means that natural increase per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 0.8 (in Slovenia –2.3). The number of people who moved from the municipality was higher than the number of people who moved into the municipality, so net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was –5.6. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was –4.9 (in Slovenia 4.6).
The mean age of people in Nazarje was 42.9 years, which was lower than the national average (43.9).
As in most Slovene municipalities, in Nazarje the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 124 people, aged 65 or more, per 100 people aged 0–14. This ratio shows that the value of the ageing index was lower than the national average of 142. It also shows that the mean age of people in Nazarje is growing more slowly than in Slovenia as a whole. Data by sex show that the ageing index for women was in all municipalities except in four (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Jezersko in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Nazarje – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.
Nazarje had 1 kindergarten, which was attended by 135 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 86% were included in kindergartens, which was more than the national average of 82%. In the school year 2022/23 elementary schools in Nazarje were attended by about 240 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 90 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 74% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self–employed persons), which is more than the national average (69%).
In Nazarje, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 15% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 13% lower.
Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 608 had a passenger car. The car was on average 11 years old.
In 2022, 746 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Nazarje, which is 385 kg more than on average in Slovenia.