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Rahat

רהט

  • City / locality
  • Southern District
  • 75,684 residents

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

Arab locality or area
Confidence: highthe official sources agree and are detailed enough for this place.

The main religion of the area in the CBS 2022 census is Muslim or Christian (for a city: Arabs are at least 50% of the CBS population).

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

  • Jews (estimate)<1%
  • Non-Jews (estimate)>99%

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

  • Religious / very religious100%

CBS Census 2022: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (17 areas)

CBS 2023: Arabs make up 100% of the population

In brief

Rahat (Southern District) has 75,684 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Arab locality or area. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: <1% (non-Jews: >99%).

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

75,684

Jews & others 0.3% · Arabs 99.5%

Median age

20

Israel: 30

Average household size

4.5

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

2 of 10

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

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 71,360 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

RahatNational average

Aged 0–1949.6%
Aged 20–6447.7%
Aged 65+2.7%
Households with children aged 0–547.1%
Average number of children born per woman (so far)3.1Israel: 2.2
Median annual wage of employees₪78,300Israel: ₪104,300
Academic degree (aged 15+)6.7%
Worked in the past year (aged 15+)42.5%
Households owning their home71.8%
Households renting5.2%
Households without a car36.4%

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

Jewish life & schools

Totals for all of Rahat. Open a street or neighbourhood for distances.

0Synagogues
0Mikvaot
35Schools
230Kindergartens
0Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)
0Ulpanim for olim

Schools by stream 35

Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 35

Kindergartens by stream 230

Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 230

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 6 · Kosher eateries tagged in OSM: 0 · Community centres (OSM): 1 · Other places of worship (OSM): 13

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 Rahat

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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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