Municipality Kranjska Gora

Kranjska Gora

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

Municipality Kranjska Gora, which is part of the Gorenjska statistical region, measures 256 km2; this ranks it 17th among Slovene municipalities.

Statistical data for 2021 reveal the following:

In the middle of 2021 about 7,970 people (about 3,980 men and 3,990 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Kranjska Gora 68th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 31 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 -5.4 (in Slovenia -2.0). 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 40.3. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 34.9 (in Slovenia -0.9).

The mean age of people in Kranjska Gora was 45.1 years, which was lower than the national average (43.8).

As in most Slovene municipalities, in Kranjska Gora the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 154 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 139. It also shows that the mean age of people in Kranjska Gora 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 five (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Jezersko, Loški Potok in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Kranjska Gora – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.

Kranjska Gora had 2 kindergartens, which were attended by 186 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 57% were included in kindergartens, which was less than the national average of 81%. In the school year 2021/22 elementary schools in Kranjska Gora were attended by about 400 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 150 pupils. There were 20 students and 4 graduates per 1,000 people in the municipality; in Slovenia the averages were 39 per 1,000 and 8 per 1,000, respectively.

Among people aged 15–64 (i.e. working age population) about 76% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self-employed persons), which is more than the national average (67%).

In Kranjska Gora, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 12% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 11% lower.

Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 399 had a passenger car. The car was on average 9 years old.

In 2021, 311 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Kranjska Gora, which is 54 kg less than on average in Slovenia.

Population pyramid for 2021

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 2021 MUNICIPALITY SLOVENIA
Surface area (sq. km) - 1 January 256 20,271
Population - Total - 1 July 7,970 2,107,007
Population density - 1 July 31 104
Mean age (years) - 1 July 45.1 43.8
Total increase per 1,000 population 34.9 -0.9
Number of persons in paid employment (by work place) 1,209 804,432
Employment rate (%) 75.9 66.7
Average monthly net earnings per person (EUR) 1,132.27 1,270.3
Turnover of enterprises (1,000 EUR) 68,214 137,819,826
Average age of passenger cars - 31 December 9.4 10.6

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