Living in Drochtersen

In Drochtersen, rents across existing tenancies average €6.19 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.8% (2024).

Drochtersen had a population of 11,313 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,200 per month.

Last checked 2026-09-2312 sources

Population11,313people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,200EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.19EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 7% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.8%country median 5.1% — 14% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,879incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Pricier rent than 61% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 66% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Drochtersen?

Average net cold rent is 6.19 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): 6.19 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 citiesDrochtersen 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 Mbps⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.19 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Drochtersen a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%

Retirement57%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 371 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.19 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 Drochtersen?

The unemployment rate is 5.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Drochtersen is 5.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Drochtersen 5.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,200 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.8 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Drochtersen?

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

Left over each month€2,238of €2,709 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.	€2,709
Rent, 60 m²€6.19/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €371
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	€2,238

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Drochtersen. 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 citiesDrochtersen 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	4,879 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Drochtersen's nearest airport was HAM, 41 km away and offered 87 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	87 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	41 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	HAM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

Drochtersen's monthly mean temperatures were 0.8°C in January and 18°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.3 · Feb 14.3 · Mar 19.97 · Apr 24.24 · May 29.66 · Jun 30.71 · Jul 33.5 · Aug 32.52 · Sep 28.49 · Oct 24.75 · Nov 19.2 · Dec 12.99 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -18.92 · Feb -16.84 · Mar -12.92 · Apr -4.18 · May -0.61 · Jun 4.49 · Jul 8.45 · Aug 6.9 · Sep 3.75 · Oct -3.31 · Nov -7.22 · Dec -15.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.85 · Feb 1.34 · Mar 4.01 · Apr 8.51 · May 12.62 · Jun 15.95 · Jul 18.04 · Aug 17.83 · Sep 14.37 · Oct 9.84 · Nov 5.38 · Dec 2.16 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Drochtersen?

The published population was 11,313 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	11,313 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Drochtersen

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	11,138	100.0%
Germany	10,004	89.8%
Poland	221	2.0%
Russian Federation	218	2.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	117	1.1%
Kazakhstan	108	1.0%
Ukraine	73	0.7%
Turkey	36	0.3%
Hungary	21	0.2%
Romania	19	0.2%
Bulgaria	18	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Albania	16	0.1%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
Afghanistan	13	0.1%
Philippines	13	0.1%
Uzbekistan	13	0.1%
Nigeria	12	0.1%
Iraq	12	0.1%
United Kingdom	10	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	10	0.1%
Not stated	10	0.1%
Spain	9	0.1%
Colombia	9	0.1%
Denmark	8	0.1%
Kosovo	8	0.1%
Czech Republic	7	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	7	0.1%
Thailand	7	0.1%
Italy	6	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.0%
Greece	5	0.0%
Austria	5	0.0%
Switzerland	5	0.0%
Egypt	5	0.0%
United States	5	0.0%
Lithuania	4	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.0%
Sweden	4	0.0%
Serbia	4	0.0%
Azerbaijan	4	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Lesotho	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	11,138	100.0%
Germany	10,509	94.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	123	1.1%
Poland	120	1.1%
Ukraine	68	0.6%
Russian Federation	34	0.3%
Romania	23	0.2%
Turkey	23	0.2%
Hungary	22	0.2%
Bulgaria	21	0.2%
Netherlands	16	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Albania	14	0.1%
Afghanistan	14	0.1%
Kosovo	12	0.1%
Italy	11	0.1%
Iraq	11	0.1%
Denmark	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Philippines	8	0.1%
Spain	7	0.1%
Thailand	7	0.1%
Nigeria	6	0.1%
Greece	5	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Comoros	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	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 Drochtersen

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 a Drochtersen 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.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.19/m² Drochtersenno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,879 Drochtersen−22%
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,200 Drochtersen+17%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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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).

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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 Drochtersen?

The published population was 11,313 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Drochtersen?

Average net cold rent is 6.19 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 433 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Drochtersen?

The unemployment rate is 5.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Drochtersen?

The median gross salary is 4,200 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Drochtersen a good place to live?

Drochtersen 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 Drochtersen?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,004 people (89.8%) 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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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
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
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
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