Municipality Škocjan, which is part of the Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistical region, measures 61 km2; this ranks it 115th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2022 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2022 about 3,410 people (about 1,770 men and 1,640 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Škocjan 144th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 56 people per square kilometre, which was lower 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 –2.3 (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 2.6. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 0.3 (in Slovenia 4.6).
The mean age of people in Škocjan was 40.1 years, which was lower than the national average (43.9).
In contrast to most Slovene municipalities, in Škocjan the number of young people was higher than the number of old people: there were 81 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 Škocjan 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 Škocjan – in contrast to most Slovene municipalities – less women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.
Škocjan had 1 kindergarten, which was attended by 147 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 72% were included in kindergartens, which was less than the national average of 82%. In the school year 2022/23 elementary schools in Škocjan were attended by about 390 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 140 pupils. There were 37 students and 5 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 69% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self–employed persons), which is the same as the national average.
In Škocjan, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 7% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 6% lower.
Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 619 had a passenger car. The car was on average 12 years old.
In 2022, 275 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Škocjan, which is 86 kg less than on average in Slovenia.
