In 2017, the population of Saratov, the administrative center of the region of the same name, amounted to 850,000 people. The distribution of townspeople within the six municipal districts is as follows: 70,000 people live in the Volzhsky district, 194,000 live in Zavodskoy, 132,000 in Kirovsky, 275,000 people are registered in the Leninsky district, 124,000 in Oktyabrsky, and 49,000 in the Frunzensky district. townspeople.
Distribution of the population of Saratov by districts in percent:
- Frunzensky - 6%;
- October - 15%;
- Lenin – 32%;
- Volga – 8%;
- Factory - 23%;
- Kirovsky - 16%.
Statistics
According to demographers, the birth rate fell by almost 13% last year. 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 have passed away.
The natural decline in 2017 was 3.2 per thousand people. In 2017 there was5798 births were recorded. 7659 deaths have been registered. The natural decline was 1861. The number of marriages in the registry office - 3718. The number of divorces - 2414.
Quality of life
Medical workers of the city claim that the population of Saratov has become less ill with acute respiratory infections. The number of facts of whooping cough was reduced by 80%. The incidence of bacillary dysentery has halved. In 2017, 326 people were registered as asymptomatic carriers of the immunodeficiency virus.
Causes of death:
- pathology of the circulatory system;
- oncological neoplasms;
- poisoning by alcohol and toxic products;
- injuries;
- old age.
Doctors report an increase in the number of cancers. Its dynamics was 10%.
Income
The population of Saratov, employed in enterprises with more than fifteen employees, earns an average of thirty thousand rubles. Incomes of citizens increased by about 6%. The highest wages were recorded at the enterprises of the Frunzensky and Volzhsky municipal districts. It is 36,000 rubles. They get a couple of thousand less in the Kirov and Oktyabrsky districts. The workers who work at the enterprises of the Leninsky and Zavodskoy districts earn the least.
For comparison, the income of the population of Saratov in 2014 was 30% lower. Maximum Payoutsare noted at plants engaged in the extraction and processing of natural resources. Postal workers and couriers receive the minimum wage.
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 unemployed population of Saratov in 2014 exceeded 700 residents of the city. The unemployment rate today is 0.54%. The number of open vacancies exceeds 13,400 offers.
Migration
Partial replenishment of the natural loss occurs due to the flow of visitors. It comes from the republics of the former USSR. The main donors that increase the population of the city of Saratov are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine. The first wave of refugees occurred in the early 1990s, the second after the aggravation of Russian-Ukrainian relations.
Special programs operate and are being developed for migrants. 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 completing a number of formalities, migrants receive a lift.
Saratov's social protection agencies provide material support, as well as assistance in finding work and housing. Children are placed in kindergartens, and schoolchildren are enrolled in secondary educational institutions. Pregnant women are registered in consultations and perinatal centers.
