This paper presents the results of a survey of the quality of life in the city of Varaždin. The first part of the paper presents a theoretical overview of the topic which includes the definition of the quality of life, presentation of relevant quality of life research that have already been conducted in Croatia and basic information about the city of Varaždin. The second part is devoted to the presentation of the results of the research conducted from April until May of 2016 through an online survey at a sample of 520 participants. The aim of the research was to examine whether there is a difference in the participants’ satisfaction with the quality of life, with regard to their place of residence, socio-economic position, gender, age and the difference between those participants that plan on leaving and those that plan on staying in their place of residence. T-test and variance analysis were used in data processing. Results discussed in the paper show significant variations existing in the satisfaction with life domains between the participants with regard to independent variables. The participants who live in Varaždin are more satisfied with transport infrastructure, availability of public events cultural, while those living in other places are more satisfied with the quality of the environment, neighbours, security, entertainment events, with the possibilities of improvement and quality of housing. The respondents with better socio-economic position are also more pleased with their quality of life, as well as those who do not plan on leaving their 7 place of residence. There is a difference between women and men in only four tested quality of life factors, and younger participants are more pleased with their quality of life than the older participants.