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Living in Dornstadt

In Dornstadt, rents across existing tenancies average €7.04 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 2.8% (2024).

The population of Dornstadt totalled 9,241 at the end of 2024. For Dornstadt, the regional median gross salary was €4,300 per month at the end of 2024. Dornstadt recorded annual PM2.5 of 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population9,241people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)
Median gross salary (region)4,300EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent7.04EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 21% aboveOfficial source · Destatis
Unemployment rate2.8%country median 5.1% — 45% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime2,635incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 79% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 96% 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 Dornstadt?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Dornstadt?

Average net cold rent is 7.04 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): 7.04 EUR/m²/month · Destatis3
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Dornstadt recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesDornstadt highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Dornstadt highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps6Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M13Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)7.04 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis3Official

Is Dornstadt a good place to live?

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 52–72%
Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–76%
Student55%strong on cost, weak on education · range 44–66%
Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–73%
Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 422 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.04 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 Dornstadt?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Dornstadt is 2.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)4,300 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate2.8 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Dornstadt?

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

regional median gross pay: €4,300 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€2,240of €2,762 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.€2,762
Rent, 60 m²€7.04/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15− €422
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€2,240
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Public employment service

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

Recorded crime across major citiesDornstadt highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Dornstadt highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,635 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise9Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Dornstadt's nearest airport was FMM, 58 km away and offered 21 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport21 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights7Official
Distance to the nearest major airport58 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports8Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)FMM3 Aug 2026OurAirports8Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Dornstadt. 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 −0.6°C in January to 18.2°C in July. Dornstadt's monthly precipitation totalled 42.9 mm in January and 88.6 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 54.7 hours in January and 233.9 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Dornstadt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Dornstadt is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency4Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 1.9 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 8.9 · Apr 13.7 · May 18.2 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 23.3 · Aug 23.2 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 12.5 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 2.3 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -3 · Feb -2.8 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 4.1 · May 8.2 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 12.9 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.3 · Nov 1 · Dec -2.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -0.6 · Feb 0.3 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 8.8 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.2 · Aug 17.9 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 8.6 · Nov 3.4 · Dec 0 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 42.9 · Feb 35.3 · Mar 47.5 · Apr 45.5 · May 81.2 · Jun 82.7 · Jul 88.6 · Aug 85.1 · Sep 58.2 · Oct 57.5 · Nov 50.9 · Dec 57.6 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 54.7 · Feb 84 · Mar 134.5 · Apr 175.9 · May 209.1 · Jun 221.1 · Jul 233.9 · Aug 218.6 · Sep 151.2 · Oct 94.1 · Nov 47.4 · Dec 43.5 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Traunreut ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Bytom (Poland) ±0.8 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.8 °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 Dornstadt?

The published population was 9,241 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)12

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population9,241 people31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)12Official

International community in Dornstadt

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
Total8,991100.0%
Germany7,54283.9%
Romania1691.9%
Turkey1061.2%
Hungary1011.1%
Poland941.0%
Kazakhstan931.0%
Russian Federation780.9%
Kosovo600.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina560.6%
Croatia520.6%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Italy510.6%
Czech Republic500.6%
Ukraine430.5%
Austria330.4%
Serbia330.4%
Iraq310.3%
India300.3%
Kyrgyzstan180.2%
Not stated170.2%
Portugal140.2%
Slovakia140.2%
France130.1%
United States130.1%
Syrian Arab Republic130.1%
Finland120.1%
Somalia120.1%
Slovenia110.1%
Switzerland110.1%
Brazil110.1%
Egypt100.1%
Afghanistan100.1%
Greece90.1%
Moldova, Republic of90.1%
China80.1%
Belarus70.1%
Thailand70.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of60.1%
Spain60.1%
Tajikistan60.1%
Lithuania50.1%
Netherlands50.1%
Philippines50.1%
Bulgaria40.0%
Nigeria40.0%
South Africa40.0%
Viet Nam40.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of40.0%
Korea, Republic of40.0%
Uzbekistan40.0%
Albania30.0%
Sweden30.0%
United Kingdom30.0%
Angola30.0%
Ethiopia30.0%
Gambia30.0%
Liberia30.0%
Guinea30.0%
Cameroon30.0%
Sierra Leone30.0%
Argentina30.0%
Chile30.0%
Ecuador30.0%
Canada30.0%
Cuba30.0%
Yemen30.0%
Indonesia30.0%
Nepal30.0%
Pakistan30.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total8,991100.0%
Germany7,99088.9%
Turkey1281.4%
Romania1081.2%
Hungary750.8%
Kosovo710.8%
Croatia680.8%
Italy670.7%
Poland570.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina420.5%
Ukraine380.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
India260.3%
Iraq260.3%
Portugal220.2%
Somalia190.2%
Austria170.2%
Syrian Arab Republic170.2%
Serbia160.2%
Egypt120.1%
Afghanistan120.1%
Finland110.1%
Russian Federation110.1%
France100.1%
Slovakia90.1%
Slovenia80.1%
Netherlands80.1%
Nigeria80.1%
Brazil80.1%
Pakistan80.1%
Greece70.1%
United States70.1%
Thailand70.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of60.1%
Switzerland60.1%
China60.1%
Spain50.1%
United Kingdom40.0%
Eritrea40.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of40.0%
Kazakhstan40.0%
Korea, Republic of40.0%
Bulgaria30.0%
Sweden30.0%
Belarus30.0%
Angola30.0%
Ethiopia30.0%
Gambia30.0%
Liberia30.0%
Morocco30.0%
Guinea30.0%
Chile30.0%
Viet Nam30.0%
Indonesia30.0%
Kyrgyzstan30.0%
Philippines30.0%
Stateless30.0%
Uncertain30.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Dornstadt

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Waldfeucht9,242 residentsSalzhemmendorf9,233 residentsLügde9,232 residentsNalbach9,251 residentsSchlangen9,257 residentsElsenfeld9,225 residents

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

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

Is Dornstadt part of Ulm?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source5

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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 Dornstadt?

The published population was 9,241 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Dornstadt?

Average net cold rent is 7.04 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 493 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Dornstadt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Dornstadt?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Dornstadt?

The median gross salary is 4,300 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Dornstadt a good place to live?

Dornstadt 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 Dornstadt part of Ulm?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Dornstadt?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,542 people (83.9%) 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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  title = {Dornstadt, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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Sources

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  2. Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
  3. Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
  4. European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
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  6. MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
  7. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  8. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  9. Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
  10. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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  1. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
  2. Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
  3. Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
  4. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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