Luxembourg-Ville: population and official figures
What is the population of Luxembourg City?
The City of Luxembourg had 137,678 residents on 1 January 2026, 19.9% of the Grand Duchy's population.
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyIs Luxembourg City growing?
Its population grew by 10.6% in the five years from 1 January 2021 to 2026 and by 19.5% over ten years, against 19.9% for the whole country since 2016.
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyWhat is the unemployment rate in Luxembourg City?
At the end of March 2025, 6.6% of the City of Luxembourg's active residents were registered as unemployed, against 6.2% nationally and 6.1% in the canton of Luxembourg.
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyHow many people are unemployed in Luxembourg City?
3,895 residents of the city were unemployed at the end of March 2025, 20.6% of the national total, up from 3,116 in 2019.
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyHow many people work in Luxembourg City?
The city had 54,750 employed residents in 2025, 19.2% of all employed residents of the country; their number has risen by 15.3% since 2019 (nationally it rose by 10.5%).
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyHow many empty homes are there in Luxembourg City?
The 2021 census counted 61,920 conventional dwellings in the City of Luxembourg, of which 6,189 (10.0%) were unoccupied.
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyDo most people in Luxembourg City live in flats?
80.6% of the city's dwellings were flats in buildings with three or more homes in 2021, and only 15.4% were single-family houses.
Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copyMore figures
- 9.3% of employed city residents were self-employed or otherwise not wage-earners in 2025, compared with 8.4% nationally. Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copy
- The resident labour force of the City of Luxembourg (employed plus unemployed) was 58,645 in 2025, equal to 43% of its population on 1 January 2025. STATEC advises caution with commune figures because the source registers assign people to communes by postal code. Source: STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg · saved copy
Who runs Luxembourg-Ville?
In Luxembourg, cities and towns are run by communes: Communal council elected for six years (last June 2023); bourgmestre and aldermen (échevins) appointed by the Grand Duke (for towns) or the minister (others) from the councillors. Primary schools, local planning, water, waste, social welfare offices, civil status, local roads.
How local power works in Luxembourg
Up a level: all cities in Luxembourg · Luxembourg · government and power
Sources
- STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: Emploi et chômage par canton et commune / Employment and unemployment by canton and municipality (LUSTAT DF_X026), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 edcf52716fa8…)
- STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: Recensement 2021: Logements par type de bâtiment, régime d'occupation, canton et commune de résidence (LUSTAT DF_B1707), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3d24e80d50d4…)
- STATEC, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: Population par canton et commune / Population by canton and municipality, 1 January (LUSTAT DF_X021), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e473aaada141…)
Each saved copy is the file exactly as downloaded, kept so the figures can be checked even if the source changes. Report an error.