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Tiberias

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  • City / locality
  • Northern District
  • 51,476 residents

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

Mixed religious-traditional
Confidence: highthe official sources agree and are detailed enough for this place.

A substantial religious or Haredi presence alongside traditional and secular households.

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

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

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

  • Traditional55%
  • Haredi27%
  • Secular18%

CBS Census 2022: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (16 areas)

CBS 2023: Arabs make up 2% of the population

In brief

Tiberias (Northern District) has 51,476 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Mixed religious-traditional. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: 98% (non-Jews: 2%).

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

51,476

Jews & others 97.3% · Arabs 1.6%

Median age

30

Israel: 30

Average household size

2.8

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

3 of 10

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

US olim 2014–2025

92

1.8 per 1,000 residents

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 48,510 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

TiberiasNational average

Aged 0–1934.0%
Aged 20–6451.9%
Aged 65+14.1%
Households with children aged 0–521.4%
Average number of children born per woman (so far)2.5Israel: 2.2
Median annual wage of employees₪80,700Israel: ₪104,300
Academic degree (aged 15+)12.1%
Worked in the past year (aged 15+)61.2%
Households owning their home58.5%
Households renting33.9%
Households without a car37.1%

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

Olim whose receiving locality was Tiberias

Olim whose receiving locality was Tiberias
Country of origin2014–232024–25per 1,000 residents
From the USA73191.8
From France4681.0
From the UK1810.4
All olim1,9978740.5

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)54.3%
Europe (incl. former USSR)14.8%
America & Oceania2.3%
Africa19.4%
Asia9.2%
18.8%Jews & others born abroad
≈ 3.8%Arrived 2002+ (≈ share of residents)
≈ 2.7%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 Tiberias. Open a street or neighbourhood for distances.

7Synagogues
0Mikvaot
42Schools
144Kindergartens
0Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)
3Ulpanim for olim

Schools by stream 42

State 10State-religious 5Haredi 27

Kindergartens by stream 144

State 36State-religious 23Haredi 85

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 25 · Kosher eateries tagged in OSM: 1 · Community centres (OSM): 1 · Other places of worship (OSM): 4

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 Tiberias

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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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