Athens (Athina) greater-city statistics
Our Eurostat data for the Athens (Athina) greater-city area has no population figure. It does include 14 official figures on resident survey results, shown below.
Updated September 2026. We last refreshed this page's figures from Eurostat on 1 September 2026. Each figure shows its own year; reporting dates and availability vary by area and indicator.
A Eurostat "greater city" is the area Eurostat uses when a city's urban centre stretches well beyond its administrative boundary. It is a different definition from a single municipality and from a metro area (a city plus its commuting zone), so other population numbers you see may describe a different area.
What do residents think of Athens (Athina)?
Survey period: 2023. Answers from the European Commission's survey of residents, as published by Eurostat. The two answer bands are shown separately and are not added together. These are opinions, not measured crime, housing or pollution data.
| Statement or topic | Stronger answer | Milder answer |
|---|---|---|
| I am satisfied to live in this city | 18.4% strongly agree | 46.4% somewhat agree |
| I feel safe walking alone at night in this city | 10.7% strongly agree | 29.3% somewhat agree |
| It is easy to find good housing at a reasonable price | 13.2% strongly agree | 33.8% somewhat agree |
| Public transport is affordable | 25.3% strongly agree | 31.5% somewhat agree |
| Satisfaction with cleanliness in the city | 8.4% very satisfied | 25.5% rather satisfied |
| Satisfaction with the quality of the air | 7.2% very satisfied | 20.3% rather satisfied |
| Satisfaction with the noise level | 11.2% very satisfied | 24.3% rather satisfied |
Source: Eurostat, Perception survey results · year 2023
About this data
- Perception survey results (urb_percep)
- exact Eurostat query; Eurostat update 8 April 2024; retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Share strongly agreeing it is easy to find good housing at a reasonable price (PS2032V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share somewhat agreeing it is easy to find good housing at a reasonable price (PS2033V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share very satisfied with the quality of the air in the city (PS3260V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share rather satisfied with the quality of the air in the city (PS3261V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share very satisfied with the noise level in the city (PS3270V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share rather satisfied with the noise level in the city (PS3271V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share very satisfied with cleanliness in the city (PS3280V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share rather satisfied with cleanliness in the city (PS3281V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share strongly agreeing they are satisfied to live in this city (PS3360V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share somewhat agreeing they are satisfied to live in this city (PS3361V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share strongly agreeing they feel safe walking alone at night in the city (PS3514V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share somewhat agreeing they feel safe walking alone at night in the city (PS3515V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share strongly agreeing public transport is affordable (PS3547V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Share somewhat agreeing public transport is affordable (PS3548V), 2023, unit: percent. Resident survey answers, not a measured statistic.
- Area
- the Athens (Athina) greater-city area, as defined by Eurostat (Eurostat provider code EL001C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
- Treatment
- Values are shown as published, with digit grouping; counts, euro amounts and lengths drop a decimal part that is all zeros. Each figure keeps its own year, so this is not a like-for-like comparison or ranking.
Athens FAQ
Do people like living in Athens?
In the 2023 resident survey, 18.4% strongly agreed and 46.4% somewhat agreed that they are satisfied to live there.
About this page's data
Every figure on this page comes from Eurostat's City Statistics, the EU's official statistics for cities. National statistical offices supply most figures; the resident survey is run by the European Commission. This page lists 14 of the figures Eurostat publishes for the Athens (Athina) greater-city area. Each figure carries its own year, and years differ, so the page is not a ranking or a like-for-like comparison with other cities.
Eurostat and the national statistical offices define the exact area of the Athens (Athina) greater-city area; this site does not yet publish a boundary map.
This page uses the established English name Athens. Eurostat's name for this area is Athina (greater city) (Eurostat provider code EL001C), and downloads keep Eurostat's spelling.
Updated September 2026: we last refreshed these figures from Eurostat on 1 September 2026. Each one is the newest figure we can show for this area from that data, and each shows its own year. Reporting dates and availability vary by area and indicator.
Missing figures stay missing. We never fill a gap with a regional or national average. We plan to add which country the area is in and a map, climate and metropolitan-area population once each has passed its own source and rights review.
Source: Eurostat. Cities of Europe selected and reformatted these figures; Eurostat is not responsible for this presentation. Read the methodology, the full source list and our corrections log.