Living in Dillenburg

In Dillenburg, rents across existing tenancies average €5.90 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.3% (2022).

Dillenburg had 22,974 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. Regional disposable income was €26,820 per person per year at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2335 sources

Population22,974people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,000EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent5.9EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate4.26%country median 5.1% — 16% belowOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime3,847incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean5µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Netphen Rothaargebirge)

Lower unemployment than 66% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and cleaner air than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €8.5 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Dillenburg?

Average net cold rent is 5.9 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): 5.9 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesDillenburg highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Dillenburg€5.90

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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 Mbps¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.9 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate	8.5 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Dillenburg³⁵Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Dillenburg 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–59%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student54%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 44–64%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–69%

Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 354 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.9 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

The unemployment rate was 4.26% in May 2022. The regional median gross salary was €4,000 per month at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Dillenburg?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.26 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁵

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Dillenburg is 4.3%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	22.76 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Gigabit broadband availability	67.16 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Disposable income per resident	26,820 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²²Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	41,961 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²²Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	4,000 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	4.26 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Dillenburg?

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

Left over each month€1,993of €2,602 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.	€2,602
Rent, 60 m²€8.50/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Dillenburg · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €5.90/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €510
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	€1,993

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Dillenburg. 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 Dillenburg. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,140 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Dillenburg 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,140 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesDillenburg 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	3,847 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	239 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁶Official
Nearest airport	FRA	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	81 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

GermanIn Person

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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 Dillenburg.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Dillenburg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Netphen Rothaargebirge)¹²

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

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

105

110

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

122

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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

PM2.55WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1010WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂4WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Dillenburg is 5.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	4 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Westerwald-Herdorf)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Westerwald-Herdorf)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Netphen Rothaargebirge)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.9 · Feb 2.9 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 12.1 · May 15.9 · Jun 19 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 20.8 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 2.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.3 · Feb -1.9 · Mar 0.7 · Apr 4 · May 7.6 · Jun 10.6 · Jul 12.8 · Aug 12.7 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 5.6 · Nov 1.7 · Dec -1.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.2 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 3.6 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.6 · Jun 14.6 · Jul 16.6 · Aug 16.4 · Sep 12.6 · Oct 8.1 · Nov 3.7 · Dec 0.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 99.5 · Feb 83.6 · Mar 86 · Apr 57.9 · May 79.2 · Jun 82.2 · Jul 104.5 · Aug 88.2 · Sep 86.3 · Oct 92.1 · Nov 94.8 · Dec 110.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 46.2 · Feb 70.4 · Mar 121.6 · Apr 177.5 · May 198.1 · Jun 200.9 · Jul 211.2 · Aug 200.2 · Sep 146 · Oct 96.9 · Nov 43.8 · Dec 34.5 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg²³Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	9.3 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁹Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Lorch ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Jönköping (Sweden) ±2.0 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±2.7 °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

The city covered 83.8 km² in 2024. Population density was 274.3 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Dillenburg?

The published population was 22,974 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport85.8%
Foreign residents14.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	634 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹³Official
City area	83.76 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign residents	3,263 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁴Official
Population density	274.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁵Official
Population	22,974 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	2,236 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Catholic share	9.7 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other	10,718 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other, share	46.6 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant residents	10,045 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant share	43.7 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official

International community in Dillenburg

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	23,003	100.0%
Germany	18,148	78.9%
Turkey	873	3.8%
Kazakhstan	453	2.0%
Russian Federation	421	1.8%
Romania	377	1.6%
Poland	308	1.3%
Ukraine	298	1.3%
Czech Republic	188	0.8%
Afghanistan	159	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	159	0.7%

Show 74 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	107	0.5%
Italy	100	0.4%
Not stated	98	0.4%
Kosovo	94	0.4%
Serbia	80	0.3%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	70	0.3%
Tajikistan	67	0.3%
Somalia	64	0.3%
Pakistan	53	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	0.2%
Croatia	48	0.2%
Sri Lanka	48	0.2%
Viet Nam	47	0.2%
Iraq	41	0.2%
Lithuania	39	0.2%
Philippines	35	0.2%
Uzbekistan	34	0.1%
Eritrea	31	0.1%
Austria	28	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	27	0.1%
Greece	23	0.1%
Hungary	23	0.1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	22	0.1%
Spain	19	0.1%
France	17	0.1%
Ethiopia	16	0.1%
United States	16	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	15	0.1%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
Morocco	15	0.1%
Albania	14	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	14	0.1%
Chile	13	0.1%
Thailand	13	0.1%
United Kingdom	12	0.1%
Algeria	12	0.1%
Montenegro	11	0.0%
Slovakia	11	0.0%
Nigeria	11	0.0%
Brazil	10	0.0%
India	10	0.0%
Tunisia	9	0.0%
China	9	0.0%
Switzerland	8	0.0%
Belarus	8	0.0%
Guinea	8	0.0%
Azerbaijan	8	0.0%
Cuba	7	0.0%
Egypt	6	0.0%
Mexico	5	0.0%
Armenia	5	0.0%
Indonesia	5	0.0%
Lebanon	5	0.0%
Slovenia	4	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Latvia	4	0.0%
Canada	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Cambodia	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	23,003	100.0%
Germany	19,739	85.8%
Turkey	928	4.0%
Romania	299	1.3%
Ukraine	267	1.2%
Afghanistan	191	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	178	0.8%
Bulgaria	130	0.6%
Italy	103	0.4%
Poland	95	0.4%
Uncertain	87	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Serbia	82	0.4%
Somalia	64	0.3%
Kosovo	61	0.3%
Russian Federation	60	0.3%
Croatia	58	0.3%
Iraq	46	0.2%
Eritrea	45	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	39	0.2%
Lithuania	39	0.2%
Spain	37	0.2%
Pakistan	31	0.1%
Ethiopia	30	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	30	0.1%
Greece	26	0.1%
United States	19	0.1%
Kazakhstan	19	0.1%
Algeria	17	0.1%
France	15	0.1%
Albania	14	0.1%
Sri Lanka	14	0.1%
Viet Nam	14	0.1%
Hungary	13	0.1%
Austria	12	0.1%
Portugal	12	0.1%
Czech Republic	12	0.1%
Cuba	11	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	10	0.0%
Azerbaijan	10	0.0%
Nigeria	9	0.0%
Philippines	9	0.0%
Thailand	8	0.0%
Not stated	8	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	6	0.0%
Morocco	6	0.0%
Guinea	6	0.0%
Tunisia	6	0.0%
Montenegro	5	0.0%
United Kingdom	5	0.0%
Belarus	5	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	5	0.0%
India	5	0.0%
Indonesia	5	0.0%
China	5	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Netherlands	4	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	4	0.0%
Brazil	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Cambodia	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Stateless	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	93.9 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	30 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	366 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official
Local property-tax multiplier	460 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Dillenburg

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.

Haiger as a Dillenburg alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €5.65/m² Haiger vs €5.90/m² Dillenburg−4%
Unemployment: 4.6% Haiger vs 4.3% Dillenburg+8%
Residents: 18,888 Haiger vs 22,974 Dillenburg−18%
Nearest airport: 75.8 km Haiger vs 81.0 km Dillenburg−6%
Median gross pay, region: €4,000 Haiger vs €4,000 Dillenburgsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,847 Haiger vs 3,847 Dillenburgsame level
Annual PM2.5: 5.0 µg/m³ Haiger vs 5.0 µg/m³ Dillenburgsame level

Full comparison More about Haiger

Cities near Dillenburg

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Haiger 5.7 km away

Rent: 5.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Mittenaar 8.0 km away

Rent: 5.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Bad Endbach 15.4 km away

Rent: 5.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Wilnsdorf 15.9 km away

Rent: 6.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Ehringshausen 16.4 km away

Rent: 5.85 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Rennerod 20.4 km away

Rent: 5.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Aßlar 21.1 km away

Rent: 6.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Leun 21.2 km away

Rent: 5.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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Dillenburg in rankings

#7 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Germany #7 of 30 in German cities with the lowest annual PM2.5 #27 of 30 in Cities with the strongest published PM2.5 and NO2 combination

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; Dillenburg'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 Dillenburg?

The published population was 22,974 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Dillenburg?

Average net cold rent is 5.9 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 413 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Dillenburg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Netphen Rothaargebirge).

What is the unemployment rate in Dillenburg?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Dillenburg?

The median gross salary is 4,000 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Dillenburg a good place to live?

Dillenburg 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.

Which cities are near Dillenburg?

Haiger, Mittenaar, Bad Endbach, Wilnsdorf, Ehringshausen are near Dillenburg. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Dillenburg?

The official country of birth distribution records 18,148 people (78.9%) 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, October 16). Dillenburg, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3f2fe462802063b712579c5cbd8d6537]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/dillenburg/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_dillenburg-germany-population-rent-salary-jobs-safety_ba074135a3b1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Dillenburg, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {3f2fe462802063b712579c5cbd8d6537},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/dillenburg/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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[Dillenburg, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/dillenburg/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 3f2fe462802063b712579c5cbd8d6537; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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