Living in Altenbeken

In Altenbeken, rents across existing tenancies average €4.84 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.7% (2024).

Residents of Altenbeken numbered 9,161 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,900 per month.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population9,161people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,900EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent4.84EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 17% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.7%country median 5.1% — 12% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime6,054incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than 84% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 64% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 96% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Altenbeken?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Altenbeken.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Altenbeken?

Average net cold rent is 4.84 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 4.84 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesAltenbeken highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Brunswick€6.79

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.84 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Altenbeken a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–69%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student64%strong on cost, weak on education · range 53–75%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–69%

Retirement60%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 47–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 290 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.84 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: May 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Altenbeken?

The unemployment rate is 5.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Altenbeken is 5.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Altenbeken 5.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,900 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.7 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Altenbeken?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,159of €2,548 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,548
Rent, 60 m²€4.84/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €290
Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30	− €49
Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30	− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,159

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Altenbeken. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Altenbeken. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesAltenbeken highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424

Frankfurt14,600

Berlin13,900

Hanover13,192

Cologne12,343

Dortmund12,283

Dusseldorf12,172

Leipzig11,129

Essen9,619

Dresden8,853

Stuttgart8,552

Munich6,214

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,054 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Altenbeken's nearest airport was PAD, 28 km away and offered 8 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	8 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	28 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PAD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Altenbeken. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

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BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.1°C in January to 18.2°C in July. Altenbeken's monthly precipitation totalled 87.6 mm in January and 90.2 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 52.3 hours in January and 198.2 hours in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

5°-1°

6°-1°

9°2°

14°4°

18°8°

21°11°

24°13°

23°13°

19°10°

14°7°

9°3°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

117

167

193

192

198

187

141

103

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.6 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.2 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 23.3 · Sep 19 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 5.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.6 · Mar 1.5 · Apr 4.2 · May 7.8 · Jun 10.7 · Jul 13.1 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 10 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 2.5 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 9.4 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 18.2 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 14.3 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 6 · Dec 3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 87.6 · Feb 64 · Mar 64.8 · Apr 53 · May 64.4 · Jun 70.8 · Jul 90.2 · Aug 85.7 · Sep 77 · Oct 76.6 · Nov 79.6 · Dec 88.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 52.3 · Feb 69.4 · Mar 117.4 · Apr 166.5 · May 192.5 · Jun 191.5 · Jul 198.2 · Aug 187.4 · Sep 141.3 · Oct 102.6 · Nov 51.3 · Dec 41.6 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Heide ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Altenbeken?

The published population was 9,161 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	9,161 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Altenbeken

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	9,218	100.0%
Germany	7,437	80.7%
Kazakhstan	438	4.8%
Russian Federation	348	3.8%
Poland	271	2.9%
Ukraine	151	1.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	52	0.6%
Turkey	49	0.5%
Not stated	38	0.4%
Moldova, Republic of	34	0.4%
Afghanistan	34	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom	33	0.4%
Kyrgyzstan	33	0.4%
Romania	26	0.3%
Iraq	18	0.2%
Czech Republic	16	0.2%
Azerbaijan	14	0.2%
Kosovo	13	0.1%
Uzbekistan	12	0.1%
Morocco	10	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	10	0.1%
Greece	9	0.1%
Austria	9	0.1%
Italy	8	0.1%
Spain	8	0.1%
Belarus	8	0.1%
Lebanon	8	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Ecuador	7	0.1%
Estonia	6	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Armenia	5	0.1%
Philippines	5	0.1%
Tajikistan	5	0.1%
Croatia	4	0.0%
Portugal	4	0.0%
Guinea	4	0.0%
Brazil	4	0.0%
Georgia	4	0.0%
China	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	9,218	100.0%
Germany	8,698	94.4%
Ukraine	125	1.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	48	0.5%
Poland	40	0.4%
Romania	34	0.4%
Turkey	28	0.3%
Afghanistan	28	0.3%
Russian Federation	24	0.3%
Iraq	18	0.2%
United Kingdom	12	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Azerbaijan	12	0.1%
Kosovo	11	0.1%
Morocco	10	0.1%
Kazakhstan	6	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.1%
Italy	5	0.1%
Lithuania	5	0.1%
Armenia	5	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	5	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.0%
Austria	4	0.0%
Portugal	4	0.0%
Belarus	4	0.0%
Guinea	4	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Uncertain	3	0.0%
Not stated	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Altenbeken

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Böblingen as an Altenbeken alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 6,054 Altenbeken−37%
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,900 Altenbeken+26%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €4.84/m² Altenbekenno percentage

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Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Altenbeken, nearest in population first.

All Germany cities

Bleckede9,154 residents Lüchow (Wendland)9,170 residents Trittau9,170 residents Bestensee9,171 residents Freystadt9,151 residents Aschheim9,149 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Altenbeken through valid health insurance.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Länder Sprachförderung (e.g. Sprachlernklassen BW/Berlin; vorklassen); Starting Opportunities Programme. How to enrol a child (kmk.org).

A country-wide rule for Germany; Altenbeken's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Altenbeken part of Paderborn?

Altenbeken is in the published commuting zone of Paderborn; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Paderborn city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Altenbeken?

The published population was 9,161 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Altenbeken?

Average net cold rent is 4.84 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 339 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Altenbeken?

The unemployment rate is 5.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Altenbeken?

The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Altenbeken a good place to live?

Altenbeken may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Altenbeken part of Paderborn?

Altenbeken is in the published commuting zone of Paderborn; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Germany live in Altenbeken?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,437 people (80.7%) in the source-defined population for 2022-05-15. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Altenbeken, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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