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Isfiya

עספיא

  • City / locality
  • Haifa District
  • 13,150 residents

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

Druze community
Confidence: highthe official sources agree and are detailed enough for this place.

A Druze community (main religion according to the CBS).

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

  • Jews (estimate)2%
  • Non-Jews (estimate)98%

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

  • Traditional100%

CBS Census 2022: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (4 areas)

CBS 2023: Arabs make up 98% of the population

In brief

Isfiya (Haifa District) has 13,150 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Druze community. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: 2% (non-Jews: 98%).

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

13,150

Jews & others 1.6% · Arabs 98.1%

Median age

33

Israel: 30

Average household size

3.1

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

5 of 10

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

US olim 2014–2025

2

0.2 per 1,000 residents

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 13,060 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

IsfiyaNational average

Aged 0–1929.8%
Aged 20–6459.8%
Aged 65+10.4%
Households with children aged 0–520.5%
Average number of children born per woman (so far)2.1Israel: 2.2
Median annual wage of employees₪90,800Israel: ₪104,300
Academic degree (aged 15+)15.4%
Worked in the past year (aged 15+)60.2%
Households owning their home69.1%
Households renting10.5%
Households without a car21.1%

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

Olim whose receiving locality was Isfiya

Olim whose receiving locality was Isfiya
Country of origin2014–232024–25per 1,000 residents
From the USA< 10 (not listed)20.2
From France< 10 (not listed)00.0
From the UK< 10 (not listed)00.0
All olim< 10 (not listed)30.2

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.

Jewish life & schools

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

1Synagogues
0Mikvaot
4Schools
10Kindergartens
0Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)
0Ulpanim for olim

Schools by stream 4

Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 4

Kindergartens by stream 10

Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 10

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 11 · Kosher eateries tagged in OSM: 0 · Community centres (OSM): 2 · Other places of worship (OSM): 3

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.

Non-binding estimate. General orientation only, from public third-party data that may be inaccurate, incomplete or outdated. Not professional, legal, real-estate, financial or immigration advice. Aggregate statistics describe areas, not individuals. Verify independently before any decision; the site operators accept no responsibility or liability.

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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