Municipality Žiri, which is part of the Gorenjska statistical region, measures 49 km2; this ranks it 136th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2022 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2022 about 5,020 people (about 2,530 men and 2,490 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Žiri 106th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 102 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 1.6 (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 11.2. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 12.8 (in Slovenia 4.6).
The mean age of people in Žiri was 42.6 years, which was lower than the national average (43.9).
As in most Slovene municipalities, in Žiri the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 120 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 Žiri 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 Žiri – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was exactly the opposite.
Žiri had 2 kindergartens, which were attended by 244 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 88% were included in kindergartens, which was more than the national average of 82%. In the school year 2022/23 elementary school in Žiri was attended by about 540 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 240 pupils. There were 39 students and 10 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 Žiri, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 9% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 7% lower.
Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 573 had a passenger car. The car was on average 12 years old.
In 2022, 307 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Žiri, which is 54 kg less than on average in Slovenia.