Health standards are low and diseases such as hepatitis, head lice, diarrhea, scabies, and meningitis are common. Unemployment in the borough reaches almost 100 percent. It has one elementary school and a kindergarten.
Luník IX is serviced by a bus line, which stops only on selected bus stops. Boarding the bus is only allowed through the front door. Due to frequent attacks of aggressive residents, bus drivers deployed on the line receive a hazard pay.