The ultra-Orthodox Institute for Policy Studies published updated demographic and occupational data of the ultra-Orthodox population in Jerusalem in honor of Jerusalem Day 2023. Over the past year, the institute has developed an innovative algorithm based on machine learning that is able to clearly map the ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, characteristics and the ultra-Orthodox way of life, thereby optimally identifying who is ultra-Orthodox. The elaborations of the ultra-Orthodox Institute for Policy Studies are based on administrative files of public bodies such as the Tax Authority, the Ministry of Education and the Population Registry.
The data shows that approximately 966,000 residents live in Jerusalem, of which approximately 271,000 are ultra-Orthodox. The ultra-orthodox make up 28.1% of the total population in Jerusalem and 45.9% of the city’s Jewish society. The rate of ultra-Orthodox in the city increases on average every year by 0.25 percentage points. The negative migration from the city in the ultra-orthodox sector is estimated at tens of thousands in the last decade, apparently due to housing prices. The Lithuanian stream is the largest in the ultra-orthodox population in Jerusalem (117 thousand people). The neighborhood with the highest number of ultra-Orthodox residents is the Ramot neighborhood. The ultra-Orthodox population in the city is older compared to the rest of ultra-orthodox society in Israel. The employment rate of ultra-Orthodox society (ages 25-64) in Jerusalem stands at 42.2% among men and 73.8% among women. The average monthly salary in ultra-Orthodox society in Jerusalem is 8,715 NIS for men and 8,263 NIS for women.
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The data also shows that the proportion of the ultra-Orthodox population in the city has been increasing over the years, despite the migration of tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox from Jerusalem to other cities in Israel. Between 2011 and 2019, 59,026 ultra-Orthodox left the city of Jerusalem, compared to 76,558 of the city’s total population (including children born after 2011). In 2011 the rate of ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem was 25.5%, in 2016 the number rose to 26.7%, in 2019 it climbed to 27.6% and as mentioned the latest figure from 2021 indicates a rate of 28.1%. In the last decade, the proportion of ultra-Orthodox in the city has been increasing at a rate of 0.25 percentage points per year.
In terms of classes, it was found that the Lithuanians make up 117,000 people (43% of the total ultra-Orthodox population in the capital) Hasidic, 73,000 people (27% of the total ultra-Orthodox population in the capital) Sephardim – 76,000 people (28% of the total ultra-Orthodox population in the capital) Chabad – 5,000 people (2% of the total Haredi population in the capital) and about 10% of the Haredi population belongs to the circles of the Haredi community.
In 16 neighborhoods throughout Jerusalem there is a solid ultra-orthodox majority of 75% or more. The Bucharim (96%), Romema (95%), Gaula (94%), Ramat Shlomo (94%), Mea Shearim (93%), Sanhedria (93%), Beit Israel (93%) Samuel the Prophet (92%) , Makor Baruch (89%), Har Nof (84%), Ma’alot Dafna (83%), Neve Yaakov (82%), Ramot (79%), Beit Vagan (78%), Givat Shaul (76%), Ramot Eshkol (75%).
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Ramot is the neighborhood where the highest concentration of Haredim live in absolute numbers, with 40,100 of the neighborhood’s 51,100 residents being Haredim. The neighborhoods after her on the list are Romema (25,900 ultra-Orthodox residents out of 27,400 residents) Neve Yaakov (21,700 out of 26,400) Beit Vegan (17,300 out of 22,200) Bucharim (15,700 out of 16,300) Har Nof (13,700 out of 16,181) Mea Shearim (11,500 out of 1 2,300) Shmuel the prophet ( 10,900 out of 11,800) Beit Israel (10,400 out of 11,200) Ramat Shlomo (10,300 out of 10,900).
In addition, the data showed that the ultra-Orthodox society in Jerusalem is older than the rest of the ultra-Orthodox population throughout the country. At the same time, the proportion of ultra-Orthodox children in Jerusalem is lower than in the rest of the ultra-Orthodox sector in Israel. The proportion of children aged 0-9 in the ultra-Orthodox population in Jerusalem is 31%, compared to 35% in the rest of the country. Also, the rate of children and boys aged 10-19 stands at 23% compared to 24% in the rest of the country. At the same time, the proportion of people aged 60 and over in Jerusalem stands at 7%, compared to 4% in the rest of the country.
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As of the end of 2020, the employment rate of the ultra-Orthodox society (ages 25-64) in Jerusalem was 42.2% among men and 73.8% among women, while the employment rate of the ultra-Orthodox society in the rest of the country is 51.9% for men and 78.8% for women. Among Lithuanians – 78% of women work compared to 38% of men. Sephardi – 78% women compared to 46% men and Hasidic – 61% women, compared to 44% men.
The average monthly salary in ultra-Orthodox society in Jerusalem (ages 25-64, as of 2020) is NIS 8,715 for men and NIS 8,263 for women. This compares to the average salary of the ultra-orthodox society in the rest of the country, which is NIS 8,994 for men and NIS 7,790 for women.
