Municipality Gornji Grad, which is part of the Savinjska statistical region, measures 90 km2; this ranks it 79th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2023 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2023 about 2,590 people (about 1,310 men and 1,290 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Gornji Grad 168th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 29 people per square kilometre, which was lower than the national average of 105 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 –25.8 (in Slovenia –2.1). 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 39.7. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 13.9 (in Slovenia 3.3).
The mean age of people in Gornji Grad was 47.5 years, which was higher than the national average (44.1).
As in most Slovene municipalities, in Gornji Grad the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 209 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 145. It also shows that the mean age of people in Gornji Grad 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 six (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Grad, Hodoš/Hodos, Jezersko in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Gornji Grad – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.
Gornji Grad had 2 kindergartens, which were attended by 83 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 83% were included in kindergartens, which was the same as the national average. In the school year 2023/24 elementary schools in Gornji Grad were attended by about 210 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 100 pupils. There were 27 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 73% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self–employed persons), which is more than the national average (69%).
In Gornji Grad, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 19% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 15% lower.
Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 558 had a passenger car. The car was on average 12 years old.
In 2023, 587 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Gornji Grad, which is 209 kg more than on average in Slovenia.