Municipality Rogaška Slatina

Rogaška Slatina

Source: STO (http://www.slovenia.info, 18. 6. 2010), author Matej Vranič

Municipality Rogaška Slatina, which is part of the Savinjska statistical region, measures 71 km2; this ranks it 100th among Slovene municipalities.

Statistical data for 2022 reveal the following:

In the middle of 2022 about 11,470 people (about 5,970 men and 5,500 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Rogaška Slatina 49th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 161 people per square kilometre, which was higher than the national average of 104 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 –0.1 (in Slovenia –2.3). 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 16.3. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 16.2 (in Slovenia 4.6).

The mean age of people in Rogaška Slatina was 44.0 years, which was higher than the national average (43.9).

As in most Slovene municipalities, in Rogaška Slatina the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 145 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 142. It also shows that the mean age of people in Rogaška Slatina 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 four (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Jezersko in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Rogaška Slatina – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.

Rogaška Slatina had 4 kindergartens, which were attended by 408 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 81% were included in kindergartens, which was less than the national average of 82%. In the school year 2022/23 elementary schools in Rogaška Slatina were attended by about 990 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 440 pupils. There were 33 students and 6 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 Rogaška Slatina, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 18% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 16% lower.

Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 575 had a passenger car. The car was on average 11 years old.

In 2022, 260 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Rogaška Slatina, which is 101 kg less than on average in Slovenia.

Population pyramid for 2022

The population pyramid is a graphical illustration of the age and sex structure of the population. The length of an individual bar in the chart represents the share of population in an individual age group. If you position the cursor on a single line, the share is displayed. The share of the male population is shown on the left side and of the female population on the right side of the pyramid.

DATA FOR 2022 MUNICIPALITY SLOVENIA
Surface area (sq. km) - 1 January 71 20,271
Population - Total - 1 July 11,473 2,108,732
Population density - 1 July 161 104
Mean age (years) - 1 July 44.0 43.9
Total increase per 1,000 population 16.2 4.6
Number of persons in paid employment (by work place) 5,307 824,134
Employment rate (%) 72.5 68.6
Average monthly net earnings per person (EUR) 1,107.82 1,318.64
Turnover of enterprises (1,000 EUR) 677,614 165,285,133
Average age of passenger cars - 31 December 11.3 10.9

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