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Living in Ellingen

In Ellingen, rents across existing tenancies average €5.72 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.6% (2024).

A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €9 per m² per month in 2024. Gigabit broadband availability was 65.8% at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, Ellingen had a population of 3,897. The city covered 31.3 km² in 2024. Population density was 124.7 people per km² in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2329 sources

Population3,897people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent5.72EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate3.6%country median 5.1% — 29% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime3,019incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Lower unemployment than 84% 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 Ellingen?

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 Ellingen?

Average net cold rent is 5.72 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): 5.72 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Ellingen recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Ellingen€5.72
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M17Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.72 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate9 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)10Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Ellingen a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–63%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%
Student55%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 44–66%
Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–73%
Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 343 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.72 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 Ellingen?

The unemployment rate is 3.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Ellingen is 3.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability9.5 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability65.82 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,800 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.6 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Ellingen?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,800 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,855of €2,494 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.€2,494
Rent, 60 m²€9.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.72/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €540
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€1,855
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Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesEllingen highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Ellingen 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 residents3,019 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise14Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was NUE, 49.3 km away, with 32 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport32 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat12Official
Nearest airportNUE13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official
Distance to nearest airport49.3 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.1 · Feb 5 · Mar 9.8 · Apr 15.1 · May 19.4 · Jun 22.9 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 3.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Wei�enburg-Emetzheim18Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.5 · Feb -2.4 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 3.5 · May 7.8 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 8.9 · Oct 5.5 · Nov 1.7 · Dec -1.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Wei�enburg-Emetzheim18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.3 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 4.9 · Apr 9.4 · May 13.8 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 14 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 1.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Wei�enburg-Emetzheim18Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 44.3 · Feb 37.3 · Mar 44.5 · Apr 38.1 · May 69 · Jun 75.9 · Jul 83.9 · Aug 71.7 · Sep 49.2 · Oct 51.3 · Nov 48.8 · Dec 52.5 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Wei�enburg-Emetzheim18Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 57.2 · Feb 85.7 · Mar 135.2 · Apr 188.5 · May 219.4 · Jun 229.1 · Jul 239.6 · Aug 228.2 · Sep 165.9 · Oct 109.9 · Nov 54 · Dec 45.4 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Wei�enburg-Emetzheim18Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.4 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Hoyerswerda ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Bytom (Poland) ±0.6 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.6 °C, Ruda Śląska (Poland) ±0.6 °C, Sosnowiec (Poland) ±0.6 °C, Tychy (Poland) ±0.6 °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 Ellingen?

The published population was 3,897 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area31.25 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official
Foreign residents225 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official
Population density124.7 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official
Population3,897 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents1,794 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share46.7 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other810 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share21.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents1,240 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share32.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Ellingen

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
Total3,842100.0%
Germany3,46890.3%
Poland561.5%
Czech Republic451.2%
Romania441.1%
Syrian Arab Republic280.7%
Ukraine250.7%
Croatia180.5%
Italy170.4%
Russian Federation160.4%
Kazakhstan120.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Austria110.3%
Turkey110.3%
Slovakia90.2%
Greece80.2%
Hungary70.2%
Moldova, Republic of60.2%
Switzerland50.1%
United States50.1%
Iraq50.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina40.1%
Bulgaria40.1%
Serbia40.1%
Brazil40.1%
Kosovo30.1%
Nigeria30.1%
Kenya30.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the30.1%
Myanmar30.1%
Viet Nam30.1%
Philippines30.1%
Not stated30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source16

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total3,842100.0%
Germany3,61694.1%
Poland310.8%
Romania290.8%
Syrian Arab Republic290.8%
Italy180.5%
Ukraine160.4%
Croatia150.4%
Turkey80.2%
Hungary80.2%
Greece70.2%
Show 12 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Austria50.1%
Bulgaria40.1%
Kosovo40.1%
Slovakia40.1%
Czech Republic40.1%
Serbia40.1%
Kenya30.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the30.1%
Myanmar30.1%
Viet Nam30.1%
Iraq30.1%
Kazakhstan30.1%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier350 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official
Local property-tax multiplier500 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official

Alternatives for people set on Ellingen

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.

Spalt as an Ellingen alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 2.4% Spalt vs 3.6% Ellingen−33%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,307 Spalt vs 3,019 Ellingen−24%
  • Residents: 5,196 Spalt vs 3,897 Ellingen+33%
  • Median gross pay, region: €4,100 Spalt vs €3,800 Ellingen+8%
  • Nearest airport: 37.7 km Spalt vs 49.3 km Ellingen−24%
  • Rent: €5.60/m² Spalt vs €5.72/m² Ellingensame level
Full comparisonMore about Spalt

Cities near Ellingen

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

Treuchtlingen 12.5 km away
Rent
5.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Spalt 12.9 km away
Rent
5.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Heideck 14.0 km away
Rent
5.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Pappenheim 14.0 km away
Rent
4.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Gunzenhausen 16.7 km away
Rent
5.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Abenberg 20.0 km away
Rent
6.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Ellingen, nearest in population first.

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Amorbach3,907 residentsLunzenau3,880 residentsDassow3,922 residentsNeukloster3,925 residentsHoya3,862 residentsPappenheim3,942 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Ellingen 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; Ellingen'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 Ellingen?

The published population was 3,897 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Ellingen?

Average net cold rent is 5.72 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 400 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

What is the unemployment rate in Ellingen?

The unemployment rate is 3.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Ellingen?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Ellingen?

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

Is Ellingen a good place to live?

Ellingen 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 Ellingen?

Weißenburg in Bayern, Weißenburg i.Bay., Treuchtlingen, Spalt, Heideck are near Ellingen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Ellingen?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,468 people (90.3%) 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 = {Ellingen, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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