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Living in Bad Elster

Bad Elster had 3,552 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024. In May 2022, the foreign population was 222. There were 136.9 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Cheaper rent than 83% of German cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 70% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Bad Elster?

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 Bad Elster.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Bad Elster?

Average net cold rent is 5.18 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): 5.18 EUR/m²/month · Destatis6

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Bad Elster yet.

Net rent across major citiesBad Elster highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Bad Elster highlighted€9.94Hamburg€9.72Stuttgart€9.10Augsburg€9.09Mannheim€7.71Berlin€7.20Dresden€6.79Braunschweig€6.72Bielefeld€6.66Duisburg€6.27Leipzig€6.00Dortmund€5.99Halle (Saale)net rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.18 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate6 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 311 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.18 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 Bad Elster?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Bad Elster is 6.0%. Of 2,973 cities with data, 1,290 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Germany per band801 cities: 2% to under 4%8012–41290 cities: 4% to under 6%12904–6624 cities: 6% to under 8%6246–8Bad Elster 6.0%228 cities: 8% to under 10%2288–1024 cities: 10% to under 12%2410–124 cities: 12% to under 14%412–142 cities: 14% to under 16%214–16

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability26.27 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de5Official
Gigabit broadband availability75.87 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,200 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)2Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bad Elster. 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

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents136.9 per 100,0002024BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Bad Elster 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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Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was KLV, 49.2 km away, with 3 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 75.9% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport3 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat12Official
Nearest airportKLV13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official
Distance to nearest airport49.2 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bad Elster. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Bad Elster.

Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Bad Elster average monthly daytime high and night-time low temperature, °C-10°0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND24°-3°Daytime highNight-time low
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Bad Elster average monthly precipitation, mm0255075100392939345471817057444143JFMAMJJASONDmm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Bad Elster average monthly sunshine, hours05511016522049771161741932022162041541085343JFMAMJJASONDhours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Bad Elster annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit154010.0PM1010407.0NO₂µg/m³

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in GermanyWhere Bad Elster lands among 202 measured cities
annual PM10, µg/m³ · measured cities in Germany per band37–818–979–101410–11Bad Elster 10.02011–123412–134613–144114–151915–161116–17417–18218–19

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean7 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Klingenthal)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Klingenthal)11Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 2.7 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 9 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.5 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 23.9 · Sep 19.3 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 3.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Plauen17Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.7 · Feb -2.8 · Mar 0 · Apr 2.5 · May 6.5 · Jun 10.1 · Jul 12 · Aug 11.5 · Sep 8.3 · Oct 5 · Nov 1.8 · Dec -1.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Plauen17Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.1 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 4.3 · Apr 8.4 · May 12.7 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 17.9 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 13.3 · Oct 9 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Plauen17Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 39 · Feb 29 · Mar 39.3 · Apr 34 · May 53.8 · Jun 71.3 · Jul 80.9 · Aug 69.5 · Sep 57.1 · Oct 44.1 · Nov 40.9 · Dec 43.2 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Plauen17Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 49.4 · Feb 77.2 · Mar 115.6 · Apr 173.6 · May 193.3 · Jun 201.9 · Jul 216.4 · Aug 203.7 · Sep 153.9 · Oct 107.6 · Nov 52.6 · Dec 42.9 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Plauen17Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.5 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Cities of a similar size in Germany

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Germany cities
Königsberg i.Bay.3,543 residentsRehna3,542 residentsJohanngeorgenstadt3,567 residentsTegernsee3,567 residentsSeifhennersdorf3,536 residentsSchiltach3,517 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 19.8 km² in 2024. Population density was 179.7 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Bad Elster?

The published population was 3,552 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Bad Elster residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport93.7%Foreign residents 6.3%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area19.77 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)16Official
City area19.77 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.16Official
Foreign residents222 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities19Official
Population density179.7 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.16Official
Population3,552 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents115 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Catholic share3.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other2,588 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other, share73 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant residents842 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant share23.8 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official

International community in Bad Elster

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 groupPeopleShare
Total3,545100.0%
Germany3,24091.4%
Czech Republic762.1%
Ukraine300.8%
Not stated270.8%
Poland240.7%
Russian Federation150.4%
Syrian Arab Republic120.3%
Romania90.3%
Turkey80.2%
China80.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Georgia70.2%
Italy60.2%
Hungary60.2%
Iraq60.2%
Kosovo40.1%
Austria40.1%
Switzerland40.1%
Serbia40.1%
Cameroon40.1%
Armenia40.1%
Afghanistan40.1%
Kazakhstan40.1%
Bulgaria30.1%
Croatia30.1%
Greece30.1%
Lithuania30.1%
Moldova, Republic of30.1%
United Kingdom30.1%
Belarus30.1%
Libya30.1%
Sudan30.1%
Tunisia30.1%
Egypt30.1%
Bahamas30.1%
United States30.1%
Sri Lanka30.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of30.1%
Mongolia30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total3,545100.0%
Germany3,32393.7%
Czech Republic481.4%
Ukraine300.8%
Syrian Arab Republic150.4%
Russian Federation100.3%
Georgia100.3%
Kosovo70.2%
Poland70.2%
Iraq60.2%
Italy50.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Hungary50.1%
Serbia50.1%
Egypt50.1%
Afghanistan50.1%
Austria40.1%
Cameroon40.1%
India40.1%
Bulgaria30.1%
Greece30.1%
Lithuania30.1%
Moldova, Republic of30.1%
Romania30.1%
Slovakia30.1%
Spain30.1%
Turkey30.1%
United Kingdom30.1%
Belarus30.1%
Eritrea30.1%
Libya30.1%
Tunisia30.1%
Bahamas30.1%
United States30.1%
Azerbaijan30.1%
Sri Lanka30.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of30.1%
Jordan30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Is Bad Elster a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker47%strong on work, weak on safety · range 36–58%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–63%
Student53%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 41–65%
Family51%strong on family, weak on safety · range 39–63%
Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–68%
Foreign residents222 people15 May 2022Official source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Population3,552 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.18 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Destatis
Fibre-to-the-building availability26.27 %31 Dec 2025Official source · data.bundesnetzagentur.de
Gigabit broadband availability75.87 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Median gross salary (regional)3,200 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier390 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de18Official
Local property-tax multiplier440 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de18Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Bad Elster?

The published population was 3,552 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Bad Elster?

Average net cold rent is 5.18 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 363 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Bad Elster?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Bad Elster?

The median gross salary is 3,200 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Bad Elster?

222 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Bad Elster a good place to live?

Bad Elster 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.

How many people born in Total live in Bad Elster?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,545 people (100.0%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Bad Elster, Germany: rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/bad-elster/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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