Beitar Illit had 71,698 residents in 2024.
The place is a city.
Beitar Illit71698 residentsMujaddara / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
These are the people who live in Beitar Illit.
- 71,698Residents in the Bureau's estimate for 2024
- 75,848Registered residents in November 2026
- +20.8%Change in registered residents since February 2020
This is how the Bureau divides the residents.
- Jews and others71,155 (99.2%)
- Arabs1 (0%)
- Foreigners542 (0.8%)
This is how the registered residents divide by age.
Beitar IllitIsrael
- Aged 0 to 519.7%9.8%
- Aged 6 to 1836.2%21.5%
- Aged 19 to 4533.7%34.6%
- Aged 46 to 556.2%11.1%
- Aged 56 to 642.3%7.9%
- Aged 65 and over1.8%15%
Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024, read on 5 November 2026.
Source: the Population and Immigration Authority's register of residents for November 2026, read on 5 November 2026. Israel's shares are those of the whole register.
Source: the Population and Immigration Authority's registers of February 2020 and November 2026, read on 5 November 2026.
This is how Beitar Illit compares with Israel in the 2022 census.
Beitar IllitIsrael
- Median age15 years30 years
- People in an average household5.23
- Share with an academic degree6.8%25.8%
- Median annual wage of employees₪62,000₪104,300
- Share who work59.4%66.2%
- Born abroad5.4%23.9%
- Households that own their home58.6%59.3%
- Households that rent their home39.5%31.6%
- Households with no car60.2%26.4%
- Households with two cars or more5.4%30.3%
- Residents for each square kilometre25,157
Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' census of 2022, read on 5 November 2026. Israel's figure is the census's figure for the whole country.
These are the offences in the police's files for Beitar Illit, 2023 to 2025.
- 11.8Offences for every 1,000 residents in 2025
- 39.5Israel's offences for every 1,000 residents in 2025
This is how many offences the files hold in each year.
- 1,0232023
- 8872024
- 8482025
These are the groups of offences in 2025.
- Public order offences294
- Property offences187
- Offences against the body162
- Security offences57
- Sexual offences54
- Fraud offences52
- Offences against morality20
- Economic offences9
The rate divides the files by the people who live in the town, though not every file concerns a resident.
Source: the Israel Police's investigation files for 2023 to 2025, read on 5 November 2026. Israel's rate is the police's total over the Bureau's population for 2024.
This is what the Bureau's file of localities gives for Beitar Illit.
- 1985Year the place was founded
- 702 mHeight above sea level
Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024, read on 5 November 2026.
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These are the questions people ask about Beitar Illit.
How many people live in Beitar Illit?
The Bureau's estimate for 2024 is 71,698 residents, and the register of November 2026 lists 75,848.
What is the median age in Beitar Illit?
The 2022 census puts the median age at 15, and Israel's at 30.
How many offences were recorded in Beitar Illit?
The police's files held 848 offences in 2025, which is 11.8 for every 1,000 residents, against 39.5 for Israel. The rate divides the files by the people who live in the town, though not every file concerns a resident.
What kind of place is Beitar Illit?
The Bureau's file lists Beitar Illit as a city founded in 1985.