Hadera

Hadera

A coastal city between Tel Aviv and Haifa, founded as a farming village in 1891.

106,100

residents · +22% since 2014

17.9%

aged 65 or over

75%

earn the (Israel 71%, 2022/23)

6 of 10

socio-economic level

  • Jewish and others98.8%
  • Arab Muslim1.2%
Hadera – People

01 · People

From swampland village to a city of newcomers

Hadera began as a on malaria-ridden swamps. It has grown by 22% in ten years, and almost one resident in four came to Israel since 1990.

  • 23%of residents came to Israel since 1990, against 13% in Israel
  • 5,900Ethiopian-Israelis (2019), 6% of residents
  • 642new immigrants made Hadera their first home in 2023
Hadera – Schools

02 · Schools

Above-average results and a science campus

About 18,800 pupils in state, state-religious and schools, and two democratic schools.

  • 75%of 12th-graders earn the , against 71% in Israel
  • 52schools, 35 of them primary
  • Technodascience campus with an observatory and labs
Hadera – Getting around

03 · Getting around

On the coastal railway, where three highways meet

Hadera West station is on the line between Tel Aviv and Haifa, and the city itself is flat, good for walking and cycling.

  • 3highways reach the city: Routes 2, 4 and 6
  • 57%of employed residents work outside Hadera, against 54% in Israel
  • 33 kmto the edge of the Tel Aviv district
Hadera – Everyday life

04 · Everyday life

Seven kilometres of coast and a eucalyptus forest

Beaches, a stream park and the forest the first settlers planted to drain the swamps. The region's hospital, Hillel Yaffe, is in the city.

  • 7 kmof coast, from the Hadera stream to the Gador reserve
  • ₪14,125average monthly wage in 2025, below Israel's ₪15,140
  • 30%of homes are rented, against 29% in Israel

05 · Neighbourhoods

Where to live in Hadera

  • City centre

    HistoricShopping

    The old : the Khan and the first four streets, HaGibborim, Ahad Ha'am, Herzl and Rothschild, with the Lev Hadera mall.

    Homes in City centre
  • Givat Olga

    By the seaImmigrants

    By the sea in the west, built in stages from 1949 for immigrants, with Olga beach, its own schools and a community centre.

    Homes in Givat Olga
  • Beit Eliezer

    LargeSports centre

    A large neighbourhood in the east, built from 1950, with schools, a culture hall and the Sportan sports centre with pools.

    Homes in Beit Eliezer
  • Neve Chayim

    HistoricCooperative

    A workers' neighbourhood from 1936, north-west of the centre, still organised as a cooperative.

    Homes in Neve Chayim
  • HaOtzar

    CottagesGardens

    Built in 1937 north-west of the centre: roomy cottages with gardens around Gan Yehoshua park.

    Homes in HaOtzar
  • HaZeitim

    Established

    Founded in 1947 in the west, on an old olive grove, later with blocks of flats for new immigrants.

    Homes in HaZeitim
  • Brandeis

    Historic

    Founded in the south in 1927 by a company set up by US Justice Louis Brandeis, and part of Hadera since 1948.

    Homes in Brandeis
  • Pe'er

    Apartment blocksRussian speakers

    Next to Brandeis in the south, built from 1960: about 600 flats in blocks, many of them home to families from the former Soviet Union.

    Homes in Pe'er
  • Nahliel

    HistoricHouses

    Founded in 1913 in the north by immigrants from Yemen and once known for its honey; today mostly new houses.

06 · Homes

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