IN FIGURES 2015/2016
Symbols Population TARTU IN FIGURES 2015/2016 Arms of Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia Tartu first mentioned in written sources 1,030 Length of the Emajõgi River in Tartu 10 km Highest point above sea level 79 m Area 38.87 km 2 Tartu City Council 1.01.2016 City Council members 49 Tartu City Government 1.01.2016 City Government members (mayor and the deputies) Flag of Tartu Logo of Tartu Tartu City Day June 29 Departments 10 Employees 317 6 Number of inhabitants in Population Registry 1.01.2016 97,153 1.01.2015 97,079 1.01.2014 97,847 Population density, persons per sq km 2,494 Natural increase in 2015 Number of live births 1,123 Number of deaths 947 Natural increase +176 Population by age and gender 1.01.2016 0 2 21 142 439 777 1201 1406 1696 1983 2259 2500 2871 2934 3180 3581 3900 2923 2274 2542 3288 3247 Males Age Females 105... 100 104 95 99 90 94 85 89 80 84 75 79 70 74 65 69 60 64 55 59 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 30 34 25 29 20 24 15 19 10 14 5 9 0 4 0 12 76 505 1271 1917 2540 2576 2723 2832 2973 2999 3277 3642 3757 4425 4420 3055 2263 2479 3235 3010 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 Ethnic composition 1.01.2016 Estonians 79% Russians 15% Other nationalities 6%
Entrepreneurship 1.01.2016 Urban land usage (ha) 1.01.2016 Sole proprietors 2,013 Private limited companies 11,850 Public limited companies 277 Other commercial undertakings 757 Branches of foreign companies 17 Total 14,914 Labour market in 2015 Number of unemployed persons in the year 5,192 Unemployment rate 3.2% Vacancies 4,098 Number of entrepreneurs getting start-up support 45 Tourism in 2015 Visitors to the Tartu Information Centre 13,218 among them foreigners 81% Number of accommodation establishments 60 number of beds 1,903 number of hotels 13 number of beds 1,256 Overnight stays 188,733 among them foreigners 52% 42.7 Agricultural land 170.4 Reserve land 436.3 Marshland and shrubs 400.7 Public parks, green areas Total 3,896.9 Proportion of land under taxation in the city area 55.3% 92.8 Water bodies 634.9 Streets, roads 53.4 Railway land 302.7 Plots under institutions 49.5 Plots under churches and graveyards Residential construction in 2015 1115.3 Plots under residential buildings 598.2 Plots under industrial and commercial enterprises Issued building permits for construction of new homes 77
Communications in 2015 Education 10.09.2015 Number of streets 476 Total length of streets (km) 355 Number of motorcars 31,197 among them private 23,010 Number of buses 477 among them private 19 Number of vans and lorries 5,398 among them private 899 Number of motorcycles 978 Number of trailers 5,835 Number of traffic accidents with human victims 83 incl. those caused by drunk drivers 6 Number of persons killed 4 Number of persons injured 84 Municipal traffic Number of bus lines 26 Total length of bus lines (km) 523 Number of bus stops 297 incl. those with waiting pavilions 182 Number of taxis 464 Number of taxi-drivers 498 Length of piped water supply (km) 335 Length of the sewage disposal system (km) 362 Nursery school child care institutions 40 among them private 11 Number of children 5,813 General education schools Schools Pupils Number of basic schools 12 7,098 Number of basic and upper secondary schools 2 1,787 Number of upper secondary schools 4 2,537 Number of schools for children with special needs 5 855 Number of private schools 6 1,126 Total 28 13,403 Vocational education institutions Schools Pupils Educational institutions 4 3,694 Higher educational institutions Schools Pupils Educational institutions 8 17,272 among them private 2 298 Number of students Nursery school child care institutions General education schools Vocational educational institutions Higher educational institutions 5,813 3,694 13,403 17,272 Youth activities in 2015 Youth centres 4 incl. city-owned 2 Visitors to youth centres 2,552
Culture in 2015 Social aid in 2015 Number of theatre halls 7 number of seats 1,870 number of visits 135,688 Number of cinema halls 10 number of seats 1,117 number of visits 598,583 Number of museums (including the popular science centre AHHAA) 19 number of visits 611,927 Number of public libraries 4 number of visits 533,949 Sports in 2015 Number of sports clubs 169 incl. those for young people 55 club members 10,843 Number of gymnasiums 50 Number of stadiums 10 Number of indoor swimming pools 7 Medical care in 2015 University of Tartu Clinics 1 number of hospital beds 965 average duration of treatment in days 6.1 Institutions of family medicine 39 Number of pharmacies 42 Tartu Ambulance Service 1 Physicians 959 including dentists 110 Nursing staff 1,362 Regional centres 4 Child welfare establishments 5 Adult welfare establishments 6 Number of elderly and handicapped persons undergoing home care 339 Social insurance 1.01.2015 Pensions Number of persons receiving old-age pension 19,334 Number of persons receiving pension for full length of service required 80 Number of persons receiving pension for incapacity for work 7,269 Number of persons receiving survivor s pension 421 Number of persons receiving national pension 425 Number of pension recipients on other legal grounds 142 Total 27,671 Family benefits Child allowance recipients with one child 6,340 with two children 4,824 with three or more children 1,507 Single-parent child allowance recipients 1,087 Recipients of ward/foster care child allowance 55 Childbirth allowance recipients 1,119 Handicapped benefits Recipients of handicapped child allowance 1,050 Recipients of handicapped allowance for a person aged 16 and over 12,791 Recipients of handicapped parent allowance 140
City of Tartu budget for 2016 (149 million euro) Revenue Received grants/ subsidies 35.5% Revenue from assets 0.9% Expenditures Other revenue 1.8% General Governance 7.0% Income tax 47.7% Other taxes 1.3% Sales revenue 12.7% Public Order and Security 0.3% Social Welfare 7.4% Public Works 21.2% Environment Protection 4.1% Tartu s twin towns and partner towns Twin towns 16 Veszprém in Hungary Kaunas in Lithuania Frederiksberg in Denmark Uppsala in Sweden Zutphen and Deventer in the Netherlands Hämeenlinna, Tampere and Turku in Finland Hafnarfjörður in Iceland Bærum in Norway Lüneburg in Germany Ferrara in Italy Salisbury in the US Pskov in Russia Riga in Latvia Partner towns 5 St. Petersburg in Russia Aegina in Greece Ningbo Siena in Italy Ningbo in China Gaziantep in Turkey Salisbury Housing 2.1% Education 49.4% Culture 8.2% Healthcare 0.3% Tartu s participative budgeting (140,000 EUR) Submitted ideas 57 Voted ideas 24 Voters 3,772 Votes 6,929 Winning ideas: draft project for Arena Tartu and Elleri amphitheatre on the Toomemägi Hill slope. The people voted in October 2015 and the ideas will be implemented during 2016.
Information Centre of Tartu Town Hall 50089 Tartu Estonia Phone +372 736 1101 e-mail: Lv@raad.tartu.ee www.tartu.ee Issued by the Department of Public Relations of the City Government of Tartu Photos: Lilian Lukka, Kerly Ilves, Meelis Lokk, Ahto Sooaru, Tarmo Haud Printed in June 2016