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Kibbutz · Lower Galilee Regional Council · Northern District · founded 1944

Beit Keshet by the numbers

A renter-heavy kibbutz

Beit Keshet has 720 residents (CBS estimate, December 2024). Compared with the 930 other small towns, it has more renters than 84% of them.

Population
720
37% children under 18
Average monthly salary
₪16,475
9% higher than the national average
Socio-economic cluster
7 of 10
1 lowest, 10 highest

How does Beit Keshet compare with other towns?

Beit Keshet Another of the 931 towns with under 2,000 residents

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Do people rent or own?

39%More renters than 84% of towns
Households renting, 2022
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Young or old?

9%Like most (slightly below)
Residents aged 65+, 2022
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Can you live without a car?

14%Like most (slightly above)
Households without a car, 2022
LowHigh

How educated?

39%Like most (slightly above)
Residents with an academic degree, 2022
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Big families?

3.1Like most (slightly above)
People per household, average, 2022
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How much do people earn?

₪10,360Like most (slightly above)
Median monthly wage per employee, 2022
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Sources: age: CBS 2022; education, renting, cars and household size: the 2022 census, the only source at town level. Compared with the 931 towns with under 2,000 residents.

What is the average salary in Beit Keshet?

₪16,475 a month for the average employee, 9% higher than the national average; socio-economic cluster 7 of 10

Wages 2025

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₪16,475average monthly salary (Lower Galilee Regional Council)

9% above the national average.

The council
₪16,475
Israel
₪15,140
23.8%earn up to minimum wageIsrael: 26.6%
2.7%earn 4x the average or moreIsrael: 2.6%
₪11,219self-employed monthly incomeIsrael: ₪11,928
Socio-economic cluster
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Ranked 509 of 996 communities in regional councils (1 is the lowest).

Wages: National Insurance Institute, 2025, average for Lower Galilee Regional Council. Cluster: CBS socio-economic index 2021, the latest (published in 2024).

Schools and kindergartens in Beit Keshet

0 schools, 2 kindergartens and 1 daycare centre

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0Schools
2Kindergartens
1Daycare centres

Source: Ministry of Education, list of active institutions

Who lives in Beit Keshet?

37% are under 18 (more than the national share); the largest health fund is Clalit

As of October 2026

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These figures are for Lower Galilee Regional Council as a whole.

Age groups

Council
37%
51%
12%
Israel
32%
55%
13%

Under 18Working age (18–65)65+

Health funds (kupot holim)

Council
80%
11%
Israel
50%
28%
14%

ClalitMaccabiMeuhedetLeumit

27.3%self-employed among the insuredIsrael: 16.9%
0.9%get unemployment benefitIsrael: 1%
0.3%get pension income supplementIsrael: 2%
2.9%get disability benefitIsrael: 3.8%
2.2%get long-term care benefitIsrael: 4.1%

Source: National Insurance Institute, statistics by town (ages as of October 2026). Benefit rates are shares of all residents.

How does Beit Keshet vote?

Largest list: The Democrats (41%). Turnout 73%

Election for the 26th Knesset

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In the 2026 election, Beit Keshet voted The Democrats more than the country as a whole (‎+34 points) and Likud less (‎-16).

Turnout
Here, 202673%
Israel, 202678%
Here, 202269%

In 2022 the largest list here was Yesh Atid (32%).

The Democrats
40.6%
Yashar
31.6%
Together (Beyachad)
8.5%
Yisrael Beiteinu
4.6%
Likud
4.4%
The Reservists and the Economic Party
3.4%

Beit Keshet All Israel

Source: Central Elections Committee, 26th Knesset election (2026), via the Kaplan Open Source mirror (official results by locality). Compared with the 25th Knesset (2022)

How much is arnona (property tax) in Beit Keshet?

About ₪305 a month for a 90 m² apartment, about the same as most local authorities

Audited accounts 2024

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A 90 m² apartment in Lower Galilee Regional Council pays about ₪305 a month in arnona on average (₪3,663 a year).

Residential arnona, average per m² a year₪40.7
Median authority: ₪41.5
Spending per resident a year₪13,233
Median authority: ₪8,818
Arnona collected of the amount billed97.4%
Median authority: 90%
Own revenue as a share of all revenue64.8%
Median authority: 45.9%

Of every shekel the authority spends, 39 agorot go to education and 6 agorot to welfare. The authority ended 2024 with a deficit of ₪43 thousand.

Source: Ministry of the Interior, audited financial reports of local authorities for 2024, Lower Galilee Regional Council. Actual arnona depends on the zone and type of property.

Towns like Beit Keshet, and nearby

Most similar: Sho'eva, El-Rom, Nir Ezyon

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Similar in wages, education, age, renting, car ownership, household size and population mix.

Sho'eva579 residents · wage ₪10,100El-Rom621 residents · wage ₪10,050Nir Ezyon660 residents · wage ₪10,140Olesh1,382 residents · wage ₪9,680

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Beit Keshet: common questions

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What is the population of Beit Keshet?

Beit Keshet has 720 residents, according to the CBS estimate for December 2024.

How many schools are there in Beit Keshet?

Beit Keshet has 0 schools, 2 kindergartens and 1 daycare centres, according to the Ministry of Education.

What is the average salary in Beit Keshet?

The average monthly wage per employee in Lower Galilee Regional Council is ₪16,475, against ₪15,140 nationwide (National Insurance, 2025).

Which district is Beit Keshet in?

Beit Keshet is in the Northern District, in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Kinneret subdistrict.

Data sources

CBS locality code: 365