Living in Cappeln

In Cappeln, rents across existing tenancies average €5.38 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.5% (2024).

Residents of Cappeln numbered 7,504 at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Cappeln showed €3,350 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2313 sources

Population7,504people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.38EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 7% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate4.5%country median 5.1% — 12% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,592incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 65% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 62% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Cappeln?

Average net cold rent is 5.38 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): 5.38 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesCappeln highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Cappeln€5.38

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Leipzig€6.27

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 M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.38 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)³Official

Is Cappeln a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–71%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–72%

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–71%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 323 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.38 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 Cappeln?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Cappeln is 4.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Cappeln 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,350 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Cappeln?

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

Left over each month€1,826of €2,247 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.	€2,247
Rent, 60 m²€5.38/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €323
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	€1,826

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Cappeln. 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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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesCappeln 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	3,592 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Cappeln's nearest airport was BRE, 52 km away and offered 43 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	43 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	52 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BRE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Cappeln. 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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Cappeln's monthly mean temperatures were 1.3°C in January and 18.1°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Cappeln?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

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

PM2.5 across cities in GermanyAnnual PM2.5 in Cappeln is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Cappeln 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.72 · Feb 15.93 · Mar 20.89 · Apr 25.52 · May 28.95 · Jun 31.39 · Jul 35.12 · Aug 33.47 · Sep 29.22 · Oct 25.64 · Nov 19.58 · Dec 13.43 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -19.56 · Feb -17.86 · Mar -12.18 · Apr -4.65 · May -0.85 · Jun 3.77 · Jul 7.99 · Aug 6.57 · Sep 3.52 · Oct -4.33 · Nov -7.24 · Dec -18.09 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 1.82 · Mar 4.48 · Apr 8.86 · May 12.7 · Jun 16.01 · Jul 18.06 · Aug 17.8 · Sep 14.42 · Oct 10.02 · Nov 5.72 · Dec 2.5 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Cappeln?

The published population was 7,504 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,504 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Cappeln

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	8,546	100.0%
Germany	5,626	65.8%
Romania	767	9.0%
Poland	593	6.9%
Russian Federation	592	6.9%
Kazakhstan	324	3.8%
Not stated	136	1.6%
Ukraine	112	1.3%
Hungary	41	0.5%
Iraq	28	0.3%
Lithuania	26	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	21	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	18	0.2%
Latvia	17	0.2%
Eritrea	17	0.2%
Serbia	15	0.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	15	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	0.2%
Turkey	12	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	11	0.1%
Afghanistan	10	0.1%
Colombia	9	0.1%
Uzbekistan	9	0.1%
Italy	8	0.1%
Morocco	8	0.1%
Croatia	7	0.1%
Albania	6	0.1%
India	6	0.1%
Switzerland	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	5	0.1%
Côte D'Ivoire	5	0.1%
France	4	0.0%
Netherlands	4	0.0%
Spain	4	0.0%
Guinea	4	0.0%
Nepal	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Kosovo	3	0.0%
Austria	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Czech Republic	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	8,546	100.0%
Germany	6,613	77.4%
Romania	827	9.7%
Poland	516	6.0%
Ukraine	107	1.3%
Hungary	51	0.6%
Russian Federation	33	0.4%
Bulgaria	31	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	25	0.3%
Lithuania	23	0.3%
Turkey	22	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Eritrea	22	0.3%
Iraq	22	0.3%
Croatia	21	0.2%
Afghanistan	19	0.2%
Italy	18	0.2%
Latvia	17	0.2%
Albania	15	0.2%
Serbia	13	0.2%
Austria	10	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	0.1%
Morocco	8	0.1%
Colombia	8	0.1%
Kazakhstan	8	0.1%
Kosovo	7	0.1%
Spain	7	0.1%
Thailand	7	0.1%
Netherlands	6	0.1%
Côte D'Ivoire	6	0.1%
Greece	5	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.1%
Slovakia	5	0.1%
Guinea	5	0.1%
India	5	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Czech Republic	4	0.0%
United States	4	0.0%
Nepal	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

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

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Cappeln 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; Cappeln's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Cappeln?

The published population was 7,504 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Cappeln?

Average net cold rent is 5.38 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 377 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Cappeln?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Cappeln?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Cappeln?

The median gross salary is 3,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Cappeln a good place to live?

Cappeln 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 Germany live in Cappeln?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,626 people (65.8%) 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 = {Cappeln, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b1fe12637a484de03965d0630de9052b},
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}

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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