For years Linz grew enormously, sometimes by almost 4,000 inhabitants a year – but that is over. Last year there was an increase of 800 people. “This is manageable for Linz”, says SP Mayor Klaus Luger, who adds: “The current slowdown in population growth is giving us some breathing space, because the increasing number of residents is accompanied by correspondingly high expenditures for the expansion of the urban infrastructure such as childcare facilities or apartments. ”
According to the latest statistics from urban research, there are exactly 208,966 residents registered with a main residence in Linz, which is 828 more than in 2020. “This increase is back at the level of 2019,” says Luger. Incidentally, Linz recorded the greatest increase in residents in the past eight years in 2014 with 3848 people.
This year, the number of arrivals and departures is also positive: 13,768 people have moved to Linz, while 12,526 have left the city. Why? “In the vast majority of cases, these are very personal motives,” says Luger, in other words, couples moved in together – or, in the worst case, divorced. Incidentally, a total of 60 percent of all marriages in Linz are divorced.
On the other hand, the birth rates are negative for the first time, which means that for the first time since 2013, more people have died than babies were born. Specifically, babies were born in 1861 and 1932 died. The main reason for the negative balance? “Corona,” says Luger, who explains that “fewer and fewer babies are born in times of crisis, and there is also an increased mortality rate due to the pandemic.”
Source: Nachrichten
