Municipality Gorenja vas - Poljane, which is part of the Gorenjska statistical region, measures 153 km2; this ranks it 38th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2023 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2023 about 7,650 people (about 3,880 men and 3,770 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Gorenja vas - Poljane 73rd among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 50 people per square kilometre, which was lower than the national average of 105 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 7.3 (in Slovenia –2.1). 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 –6.1. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 1.2 (in Slovenia 3.3).
The mean age of people in Gorenja vas - Poljane was 39.5 years, which was lower than the national average (44.1).
In contrast to most Slovene municipalities, in Gorenja vas - Poljane the number of young people was higher than the number of old people: there were 80 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 145. It also shows that the mean age of people in Gorenja vas - Poljane 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 six (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Grad, Hodoš/Hodos, Jezersko in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Gorenja vas - Poljane – in contrast to most Slovene municipalities – less women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.
Gorenja vas - Poljane had 6 kindergartens, which were attended by 428 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 85% were included in kindergartens, which was more than the national average of 83%. In the school year 2023/24 elementary schools in Gorenja vas - Poljane were attended by about 1,040 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 420 pupils. There were 40 students and 9 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 Gorenja vas - Poljane, 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, 604 had a passenger car. The car was on average 12 years old.
In 2023, 203 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Gorenja vas - Poljane, which is 175 kg less than on average in Slovenia.