Bnei Brak

Bnei Brak

A Haredi city next to Tel Aviv, founded by Hasidim from Warsaw in 1924.

224,200

residents · +26% since 2014

6.8%

aged 65 or over

7%

earn the (Israel 71%, 2022/23)

2 of 10

socio-economic level

  • Jewish and others99.9%
  • Arab Muslim0.1%
Bnei Brak – People

01 · People

A city of young families

Bnei Brak is the most crowded city in Israel and one of its youngest: half of its residents are children.

  • 49.5%of residents are under 18, against 32% in Israel
  • 30,455people per km² (2023), against 435 in Israel
  • 4.4people per household on average, against 3.2 in Israel
Bnei Brak – Schools

02 · Schools

Talmud Torahs, Beit Yaakov schools and yeshivot

About 60,755 pupils in 223 schools, almost all of them , and one of the largest in the world.

  • 60,755pupils in 2022/23
  • 223schools, 121 of them primary
  • Ponevezhyeshiva founded in 1944
Bnei Brak – Getting around

03 · Getting around

Inside the Tel Aviv district, on the Red Line

The light rail runs through the city, and Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Petah Tikva are its neighbours.

  • 4cities on its borders: Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Petah Tikva and Givat Shmuel
  • 43%of employed residents work outside Bnei Brak, against 54% in Israel
  • 7.3 km²the whole city
Bnei Brak – Everyday life

04 · Everyday life

Shabbat, study and 1,300 shops

A close-knit city that keeps the Jewish calendar, with office towers growing in the north.

  • 120public gardens and boulevards
  • ₪9,638average monthly wage in 2025, below Israel's ₪15,140
  • 27%of homes are rented, against 29% in Israel

05 · Neighbourhoods

Where to live in Bnei Brak

  • City centre

    HistoricShopping

    The settlement of 1924 around Rabbi Akiva Street, the main street of shops, synagogues and study halls.

    Homes in City centre

  • Givat Rokach

    HistoricEstablished

    West of the centre, founded in 1930 as the Keren Yisrael Rokach housing project: older blocks of flats.

    Homes in Givat Rokach

  • Pardes Katz

    LargeNew building

    A large neighbourhood in the north-east of the city, with older blocks and new building.

    Homes in Pardes Katz

  • Kiryat Herzog

    Established

    In the north-east, named after Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog: established blocks of flats.

    Homes in Kiryat Herzog

  • Bnei Brak North

    OfficesTrain

    The north of the city, next to the office towers, shopping centres and the railway station.

    Homes in Bnei Brak North

  • Kiryat Vizhnitz

    Hasidic court

    In the south, built around the court of the Vizhnitz Hasidim.

06 · Homes

Homes in Bnei Brak

Typical price

⁦$751,000⁩

Half of the homes ask less

Price per m²

⁦$8,030⁠/⁠m²⁩

Tel Aviv: ⁦$16,000⁠/⁠m²⁩

Typical size

⁦90 m²⁩

Half are smaller

New this week

41

Listed in the last 7 days

Renting instead?

⁦$1,440⁠/⁠mo⁩

Typical rent

See 163 homes for rent

What each size costs in Bnei Brak

1 room⁦$433,000⁩6 homes
2 rooms⁦$537,000⁩23 homes →3 rooms⁦$636,000⁩210 homes →4 rooms⁦$786,000⁩176 homes →5 rooms⁦$926,000⁩94 homes →6+ rooms⁦$1,151,000⁩55 homes →

Find your home in Bnei Brak

Homes for sale564For rent163New projects

Sources: Central Bureau of Statistics, localities file 2024 (population) (2024) · Central Bureau of Statistics, localities file 2014 (growth comparison) (2014) · Central Bureau of Statistics, local authority profile Bnei Brak 2023 (2026) · Central Bureau of Statistics, national profile 2023 (comparisons) (2026) · National Insurance Institute, Bnei Brak (ages, wages) (2026) · Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, immigrants by city 2014–2023, via data.gov.il (2024) · Bnei Brak Municipality, the city · Bnei Brak Municipality, education · NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit, Bnei Brak · NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit, the Red Line · Israel Railways. Illustrations drawn for Vesty. Checked 26 October 2026.

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