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Jerusalem

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  • City / locality
  • Jerusalem District
  • 1,028,366 residents

Community character — an estimate based on official public data about the area

Mixed Jewish–Arab
Confidence: highthe official sources agree and are detailed enough for this place.

Jewish and Arab residents live side by side (for cities: Arabs are at least 10% of the CBS population).

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

  • Jews (estimate)60%
  • Non-Jews (estimate)40%

Share of Israeli residents, foreign nationals not included; “Jews” includes residents the CBS classes as “others”. Non-binding estimate. How is this calculated?

Household lifestyle — Jewish-majority areas

  • Haredi49%
  • Religious / very religious22%
  • Secular18%
  • Traditional12%

CBS Census 2022, Jewish-majority areas: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (194 areas)

CBS 2023: Arabs make up 38% of the population

In brief

Jerusalem (Jerusalem District) has 1,028,366 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Mixed Jewish–Arab. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: 60% (non-Jews: 40%).

The full profile adds the map, the distance to each synagogue, mikveh and school, and a side-by-side comparison.

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

1,028,366

Jews & others 57.3% · Arabs 38.1%

Median age

24

Israel: 30

Average household size

3.7

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

2 of 10

Locality-level cluster (1 = lowest, 10 = highest).

US olim 2014–2025

9,190

8.9 per 1,000 residents

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 1,005,920 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

JerusalemNational average

Aged 0–1942.0%
Aged 20–6448.9%
Aged 65+9.2%
Households with children aged 0–532.2%
Average number of children born per woman (so far)2.7Israel: 2.2
Median annual wage of employees₪80,600Israel: ₪104,300
Academic degree (aged 15+)19.8%
Worked in the past year (aged 15+)54.3%
Households owning their home51.9%
Households renting36.5%
Households without a car37.6%

Source: CBS Census 2022 (locality totals) and CBS localities file 2023 (provisional population).

Olim whose receiving locality was Jerusalem

Olim whose receiving locality was Jerusalem
Country of origin2014–232024–25per 1,000 residents
From the USA7,3081,8828.9
From France6,0891,0336.9
From the UK1,1783491.5
All olim26,2885,12030.5

Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: olim by receiving locality at arrival (2014–2023 table; 2024 and 2025 individual records). People may have moved since. Rate per 1,000 uses the CBS 2023 population.

Continent of origin (Jews & others, CBS categories)

Israel (born in Israel, father born in Israel)54.2%
Europe (incl. former USSR)19.8%
America & Oceania9.9%
Africa8.6%
Asia7.5%
19.9%Jews & others born abroad
≈ 7.3%Arrived 2002+ (≈ share of residents)
≈ 4.9%Arrived 2010+ (≈ share of residents)

Most common country of origin here: Israel

CBS “origin” = own country of birth for those born abroad, father's country of birth for those born in Israel. “America & Oceania” is a single CBS category covering North, Central and South America and Oceania. CBS does not publish a France-only share by area.

Sources: CBS Census 2022; Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (data.gov.il).

Jewish life & schools

Totals for all of Jerusalem. Open a street or neighbourhood for distances.

418Synagogues
45mikvaot · 9 without a location
817Schools
2,805Kindergartens
125Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)
9Ulpanim for olim

Schools by stream 817

State 97State-religious 94Haredi 438Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 186Other 2

Kindergartens by stream 2,805

State 273State-religious 296Haredi 1,367Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 869

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 295 · Kosher eateries tagged in OSM: 51 · Community centres (OSM): 83 · Other places of worship (OSM): 259

Sources: Ministry of Education (institutions, Oct 2026), Ministry of Religious Services (mikvaot, Aug 2026), Be'er Sheva municipality (synagogues), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). OSM coverage of synagogues and their nusach is incomplete.

Neighbourhoods in Jerusalem

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Sources: official public data — CBS Census 2022 and socio-economic index 2021, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Religious Services, Ministry of Aliyah and Integration — and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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