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Ramla

רמלה

  • City / locality
  • Central District
  • 84,312 residents

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

Mixed Jewish–Arab
Confidence: highthe official sources agree and are detailed enough for this place.

Jewish and Arab residents live side by side (for cities: Arabs are at least 10% of the CBS population).

Jews and non-Jews — estimate

  • Jews (estimate)74%
  • Non-Jews (estimate)26%

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 — Jewish-majority areas

  • Traditional86%
  • Secular15%

CBS Census 2022, Jewish-majority areas: residents by the main household lifestyle of their statistical area (26 areas)

CBS 2023: Arabs make up 26% of the population

In brief

Ramla (Central District) has 84,312 residents (CBS 2023, provisional). Community character (an estimate from official data): Mixed Jewish–Arab. Estimated share of Jews among Israeli residents: 74% (non-Jews: 26%).

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Population (CBS 2023, provisional)

84,312

Jews & others 72.5% · Arabs 25.7%

Median age

31

Israel: 30

Average household size

3.1

Israel: 3.0

CBS socio-economic cluster (2021)

4 of 10

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

US olim 2014–2025

50

0.6 per 1,000 residents

Who lives here

CBS Census 2022 · 81,130 residents in the census · every row beside the national average

RamlaNational average

Aged 0–1934.1%
Aged 20–6454.2%
Aged 65+11.7%
Households with children aged 0–525.3%
Average number of children born per woman (so far)2.3Israel: 2.2
Median annual wage of employees₪96,700Israel: ₪104,300
Academic degree (aged 15+)12.6%
Worked in the past year (aged 15+)68.3%
Households owning their home65.3%
Households renting24.3%
Households without a car26.0%

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

Olim whose receiving locality was Ramla

Olim whose receiving locality was Ramla
Country of origin2014–232024–25per 1,000 residents
From the USA4820.6
From France1130.2
From the UK200.0
All olim1,67117021.8

Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: olim by receiving locality at arrival (2014–2023 table; 2024 and 2025 individual records). People may have moved since. Rate per 1,000 uses the CBS 2023 population.

Continent of origin (Jews & others, CBS categories)

Israel (born in Israel, father born in Israel)31.5%
Europe (incl. former USSR)36.3%
America & Oceania2.2%
Africa18.9%
Asia11.1%
33.4%Jews & others born abroad
≈ 5.9%Arrived 2002+ (≈ share of residents)
≈ 3.0%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 Ramla. Open a street or neighbourhood for distances.

44Synagogues
6mikvaot · 1 without a location
52Schools
184Kindergartens
1Yeshivot & kollelim (OSM)
1Ulpanim for olim

Schools by stream 52

State 19State-religious 11Haredi 8Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 14

Kindergartens by stream 184

State 51State-religious 82Haredi 10Arab, Druze and Bedouin (state) 41

Also: Daycare (ages 0–3): 36 · Kosher eateries tagged in OSM: 0 · Community centres (OSM): 2 · Other places of worship (OSM): 10

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 Ramla

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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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