In 2017, the population of Saratov, the administrative center of the region of the same name, amounted to 850,000 people. The distribution of citizens in the six municipal districts is as follows: in the Volga district there are 70,000, in the Zavodsky district there are 194,000, in the Kirovsky district - 132,000, in the Leninsky district 275,000 people are registered, in the Oktyabrsky district - 124,000, in the Frunze district there are 49,000 the townspeople.
Distribution of the population of Saratov by region as a percentage:
- Frunzensky - 6%;
- October - 15%;
- Leninsky - 32%;
- Volzhsky - 8%;
- Factory - 23%;
- Kirovsky - 16%.
Statistics
According to demographers, the birth rate last year fell by almost 13%. On average, ten babies are born per thousand inhabitants of the city. The rate of increase in mortality exceeded 2%. Fourteen people die per thousand citizens. It turns out that the number of newborns is 1.3 times less than the number of those who passed away.
The natural decrease in 2017 was 3.2 per thousand people. In 2017, 5798 birth facts were recorded. 7659 deaths are recorded. The natural decrease was 1861. The number of marriages in the registry offices is 3718. The number of divorces is 2414.
The quality of life
Medical workers in the city claim that the population of Saratov has become less ill with acute respiratory infections. The number of facts of identified whooping cough was reduced by 80%. The incidence of bacterial dysentery was halved. In 2017, 326 people were registered who are asymptomatic carriers of the immunodeficiency virus.
Causes of death:
- pathology of the circulatory system;
- oncological neoplasms;
- poisoning with alcohol and toxic products;
- injuries
- elderly age.
Doctors report an increase in the number of oncological diseases. Its dynamics amounted to 10%.
Income
The population of Saratov employed at enterprises with more than fifteen employees earns thirty thousand rubles on average. Incomes of citizens increased by about 6%. The highest salaries were recorded at enterprises in the Frunze and Volga municipal regions. It is 36,000 rubles. A couple of thousand less get in the Kirov and October districts. The workers who work at the enterprises of the Leninsky and Zavodsky districts earn the least.
For comparison, the income of the population of Saratov in 2014 was 30% lower. The maximum payouts are noted at plants engaged in the extraction and processing of natural resources. The minimum wage is received by postal workers and couriers.
Employment
According to official statistics, the unemployment rate in the city is gradually decreasing. In 2017, it amounted to 439 people. At the same time, the unoccupied population of Saratov in 2014 exceeded 700 city residents. The unemployment rate today is 0.54%. The number of open vacancies exceeds 13,400 offers.
Migration
Partial replacement of natural loss occurs due to the flow of visitors. He comes from the republics of the former USSR. The main donors increasing the population of the city of Saratov are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine. The first wave of refugees occurred in the early nineties, the second after the aggravation of Russian-Ukrainian relations.
Special programs are in place for migrants and are being developed. They are aimed at the inclusion and adaptation of visitors. The priority of such projects is ethnic Russians arriving from neighboring states. After confirming the status of a migrant and performing a number of formalities, migrants receive a lift.
The bodies of social protection of the population of Saratov provide financial support, as well as assistance in finding work and housing. Children are placed in kindergartens, and students are enrolled in secondary schools. Pregnant women are registered in counseling and perinatal centers.