East Tyrol's population drops: Overview of reasons and developments!

East Tyrol's population drops: Overview of reasons and developments!

Lienz, Österreich - The district of Lienz in Tyrol fights with a questionable decline in its population. Between January 1, 2004 and January 1, 2024, the population fell from 50.199 to 48,841. Despite an increase in births, the statistics show that many more people migrate than to pull. This negative migration balance is the main reason for the falling figures in East Tyrol, such as dolomitenstadt.at reported.

The year 2023 suffered a slight improvement with a balance of -13 -migrated people, but the situation remains critical. A look at the population structure shows that the district has an above -average old population. Around 3.3 percent of the residents are over 85 years old, making East Tyrol the region with the highest proportion of this age group. On the other hand, only 14.4 percent of the population under the age of 15, which strongly influences the district status in the entire Tyrolean comparison database, so wikipedia.org .

changes in the municipal structure

The district of Lienz, which is the largest in Tyrol with 33 municipalities, not only sees itself confronted with a declining population, but also with the structural change in these communities. While the city of Lienz continues to grow slightly and currently has over 12,039 inhabitants, there are municipalities like subtilliach with only 216 inhabitants. The large area difference in the municipalities of Matrei in East Tyrol to Gaimberg, the smallest community with only 7.28 km², creates additional challenges in regional development.

The emigration has been contained somewhat in recent years, but a comprehensive strategy for recruiting new residents is necessary to reverse the negative demographic trends in East Tyrol. The coming years will be decisive to increase the attractiveness of the region and to stabilize the population so that the communities do not shrink.