The number of citizens grows fastest in the suburban areas

Suburban areas have been recording the largest increase in the number of inhabitants, the Polish Economic Institute reported. The number of inhabitants of suburban zones in 2002-2011 and 2011-2021 increased on average by 10.4%.

PIE, citing the results of the National Census, pointed out that 64% of all municipalities in Poland recorded a decrease in the number of registered residents by more than 2% compared to 2011. 

The dominant role in urbanization processes in Poland is played by agglomerations of the so-called Big Five - Warsaw, Kraków, Tricity, Poznań, and Wrocław - and the Szczecin agglomeration. The growing suburban communes in the vicinity of Płock and Głogów show that suburbanization processes also apply to smaller cities with attractive job offers, PIE noted.

(PAP)