Anglo olim first registered in Kiryat Gat came to about 40 in five years, 2015 to 2019. In 2024 there were 94 and in 2025 there were 87. Half of the 2023 to 2025 Anglo arrivals there (51%) were under 18, and the town's share of all Anglo olim rose from 0.17% to 1.36%.
Family rent (nadlan.gov.il, 4 rooms) is about NIS 3,500 a month, 36% below the national average. The fastest morning train to Tel Aviv HaShalom takes 43 minutes. The town qualifies for the larger olim rent aid and is on the Negev list for the 2026 oleh physician grant.
What this does not show
Its 2024 bagrut eligibility is 71.7%, below the national 76.6%, and its socio-economic cluster is 4. The file has no religious or neighbourhood field, so it cannot say which community these families joined. The rent is the indicative nadlan.gov.il figure, not CBS.
What to do
If Kiryat Gat is on your list, visit the neighbourhoods where the recent families settled and ask about schools directly, since the town-wide bagrut rate is below national.
Method
Counts and ages from the Ministry record-level file (agg.py); the share is Kiryat Gat's part of the national Anglo flow in each period. Rent from the nadlan.gov.il settlement file and the train time from the GTFS connection scan (rail_csa.py).
Sources
- [1]Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, new immigrants by year: record-level open file (data.gov.il). One row per oleh, first absorbing locality and country of origin; years 2015 to 2025; 2025 file modified 23 February 2026. Machine-readable record: https://data.gov.il/api/3/action/package_show?id=new-olim-by-yearsAccessed 15 October 2026
- [2]Ministry of Construction and Housing, nadlan.gov.il rent file: Kiryat Gat (indicative). Median of 4 quarters to Jun 2026, 4 rooms; undocumented and not CBSAccessed 15 October 2026
- [3]Ministry of Transport, national public transport GTFS feed (Israel Railways). Feed published 2026-10-14; fastest journey departing 06:00 to 09:00 on Tue 20 Oct 2026Accessed 15 October 2026
- [4]Ministry of Education, Shkifut: Kiryat Gat, education picture 2024. Bagrut eligibility, school year 2024; national 76.6%Accessed 15 October 2026
- [5]Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, official district list for the larger rent aid (1,115 localities)Accessed 15 October 2026
- [6]gov.il, Negev local authorities list (33)Accessed 15 October 2026