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Ashdod

Coastal, home to Israel’s largest port, and a genuinely distinctive Sephardi and Mizrahi profile: the largest Moroccan and Karaite communities in Israel, and the largest Georgian Jewish community in the world.

People

228,562

CBS, 2024-12-31

Rent, 3 rooms

₪3,869

CBS, contracts actually signed, Q1 2026. Cheaper than 20 of the 29 places we hold a figure for.

Arnona here

No tariff on file for this city yet. The home-costs calculator uses a labelled national band until the city’s order is read.

Discount filing windows found (full year if filed by 31 March 2026, then from filing date to 31 October); tariff not searched.

Checked 2026-09-10 · Weak evidence, treat as a guideEstimate this home’s running costs

Who else is here

French speakers
Informally called la petite France. A large francophone population.
Russian speakers
Also one of Israel’s largest Russian-speaking populations, a principal FSU absorption city since the 1990s. No published current share.

Rental assistance here, by oleh status date

Paid from month 7 to month 30 after aliyah, by the address in the Population Registry. Which rate applies depends on the date you received oleh status.

Oleh statusA month (single, couple, single parent)
Before 1 March 2024An older schedule we do not compute
1 March 2024 to 31 March 2025The higher rate only if this town is on the priority, Negev and Galil list (order 429, annex A); otherwise the standard rate
1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025Higher rate₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239
From 1 January 2026Higher rate₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239

CheckedConfidence: medium, confirm before actingSources: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: זכאות לסיוע בשכר דירה (Rental assistance for olim), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 429: זכאות סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Temporary order 429), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: נוהל 19.000: סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Procedure 19.000), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: יישובי מחוזות משרד הפנים: צפון, חיפה, דרום ויהודה ושומרון (district locality list)

Work out your own figure in the rental assistance calculator

Olim who started here

In 2025, 889 olim were first registered in Ashdod, out of 22,423 nationwide (Ministry of Aliyah and Integration records). That is where people were registered on arrival, not where they live now.

Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, data.gov.il. Checked 2026-10-15. Next review due 2027-01-13.

See where olim land, 2015 to 2025

Aliyahu Research: Where olim land, 2015 to 2025