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Shave Ziyyon

שבי ציון

  • City / locality
  • Northern District
  • 1,324 residents

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

Mainly secular area
Confidence: highthe official sources agree and are detailed enough for this place.

In the CBS 2022 census, secular households are the most common group in this area (for a city: in the areas where most residents live). Other groups can be large.

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

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

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

  • Secular100%

CBS Census 2022: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (1 area)

In brief

Shave Ziyyon (Northern District) has 1,324 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Mainly secular area. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: >99% (non-Jews: <1%).

The full profile adds the map, the distance to each synagogue, mikveh and school, and a side-by-side comparison.

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

1,324

Jews & others 99.0% · Arabs 0.0%

Median age

36

Israel: 30

Average household size

3.1

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

9 of 10

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

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 1,290 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

Shave ZiyyonNational average

Aged 0–1938.6%
Aged 20–6447.2%
Aged 65+14.2%
Households with children aged 0–519.1%
Average number of children born per woman (so far)2.1Israel: 2.2
Median annual wage of employees₪169,500Israel: ₪104,300
Academic degree (aged 15+)43.8%
Worked in the past year (aged 15+)75.5%
Households owning their home63.3%
Households renting31.5%
Households without a car7.5%

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

Continent of origin (Jews & others, CBS categories)

Israel (born in Israel, father born in Israel)58.6%
Europe (incl. former USSR)20.8%
America & Oceania4.9%
Africa11.9%
Asia3.8%
11.5%Jews & others born abroad
≈ 2.5%Arrived 2002+ (≈ share of residents)
≈ 1.8%Arrived 2010+ (≈ share of residents)

Most common country of origin here: Israel

CBS “origin” = own country of birth for those born abroad, father's country of birth for those born in Israel. “America & Oceania” is a single CBS category covering North, Central and South America and Oceania. CBS does not publish a France-only share by area.

Sources: CBS Census 2022; Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (data.gov.il).

Jewish life & schools

Totals for all of Shave Ziyyon. Open a street or neighbourhood for distances.

1Synagogues
0Mikvaot
0Schools
1Kindergartens
0Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)
0Ulpanim for olim

Kindergartens by stream 1

State 1

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 1 · Kosher eateries tagged in OSM: 0 · Community centres (OSM): 0

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.

Non-binding estimate. General orientation only, from public third-party data that may be inaccurate, incomplete or outdated. Not professional, legal, real-estate, financial or immigration advice. Aggregate statistics describe areas, not individuals. Verify independently before any decision; the site operators accept no responsibility or liability.

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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