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Jisr az Zarqa

ג'סר א-זרקא

City / locality
Haifa District
15,709 residents

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

Arab locality or area

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

The main religion of the area in the CBS 2022 census is Muslim or Christian (for a city: Arabs are at least 50% of the CBS population).

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

Jews (estimate)<1%
Non-Jews (estimate)>99%

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

Traditional71%
Religious / very religious29%

CBS Census 2022: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (3 areas)

CBS 2023: Arabs make up 100% of the population

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In brief

Jisr az Zarqa (Haifa District) has 15,709 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Arab locality or area. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: <1% (non-Jews: >99%).

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

15,709

Jews & others 0.1% · Arabs 99.9%

Median age

Israel: 30

Average household size

4.2

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

2 of 10

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

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 15,420 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

Jisr az ZarqaNational average

Aged 0–1947.2%

Aged 20–6450.7%

Aged 65+2.1%

Households with children aged 0–538.1%

Average number of children born per woman (so far)2.9Israel: 2.2

Median annual wage of employees₪75,100Israel: ₪104,300

Academic degree (aged 15+)5.2%

Worked in the past year (aged 15+)61.0%

Households owning their home57.3%

Households renting14.0%

Households without a car36.7%

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

Jewish life & schools

Totals for all of Jisr az Zarqa. Open a street or neighbourhood for distances.

0Synagogues

0Mikvaot

8Schools

8Kindergartens

0Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)

0Ulpanim for olim

Schools by stream 8

Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 8

Kindergartens by stream 8

Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 8

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 7 · 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.

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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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