Living in Erftstadt

In Erftstadt, rents across existing tenancies average €7.39 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2022).

Erftstadt is a city in Germany, with a population of 48,772 at the end of 2024. In May 2022, the unemployment rate was 5.06%. Gigabit broadband availability was 87.8% in 2025. Car density was 681 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2337 sources

Population48,772people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,250EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent7.39EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 27% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate5.06%country median 5.1% — about the sameOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime6,476incidents 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 · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)

Pricier rent than 84% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 95% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €12.9 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Erftstadt?

Average net cold rent is 7.39 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): 7.39 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 citiesErftstadt highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Erftstadt€7.39

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Augsburg€9.10

Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

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 M²⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.39 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	12.9 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Erftstadt³⁷Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Erftstadt a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–57%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%

Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–61%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–61%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 443 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.39 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 Erftstadt?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.06 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁸

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Erftstadt is 5.1%. 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	74.63 %	31 Dec 2025	data.bundesnetzagentur.de⁴Official
Gigabit broadband availability	87.81 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	4,250 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.06 %country median 5.1% — about the same	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Erftstadt?

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

Left over each month€1,862of €2,735 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.	€2,735
Rent, 60 m²€12.90/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Erftstadt · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €7.39/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €774
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	€1,862

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	255.8 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Erftstadt 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 residents255.8 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesErftstadt 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	6,476 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise²¹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	92 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁹Official
Nearest airport	CGN	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	27 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

Is the air quality good in Erftstadt?

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)¹¹

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

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1012WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂13WHO 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 Erftstadt is 8.0 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	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.27 · Feb 18.77 · Mar 20.86 · Apr 26.2 · May 31.44 · Jun 35.17 · Jul 40.21 · Aug 37.07 · Sep 33.37 · Oct 26.86 · Nov 19.98 · Dec 14.36 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.17 · Feb -17.11 · Mar -8.78 · Apr -5.28 · May -0.76 · Jun 4.44 · Jul 7 · Aug 6.04 · Sep 3.2 · Oct -4.64 · Nov -6.18 · Dec -13.07 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.41 · Feb 2.14 · Mar 5.26 · Apr 9.56 · May 13.44 · Jun 17.14 · Jul 19.36 · Aug 18.91 · Sep 15.05 · Oct 10.51 · Nov 5.87 · Dec 2.36 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Annual mean temperature	9.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁸Official · land

Population and city profile

The city covered 119.9 km² in 2024. Population density was 406.8 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Erftstadt?

The published population was 48,772 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport91.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	681 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹³Official
City area	119.9 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign residents	4,126 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁷Official
Population density	406.8 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁷Official
Population	48,772 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	21,639 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Catholic share	44.8 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
No religion or other	18,648 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
No religion or other, share	38.6 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Protestant residents	7,980 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Protestant share	16.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official

International community in Erftstadt

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	48,267	100.0%
Germany	41,170	85.3%
Poland	1,438	3.0%
Russian Federation	514	1.1%
Turkey	430	0.9%
Kazakhstan	401	0.8%
Ukraine	349	0.7%
Romania	333	0.7%
Czech Republic	313	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	235	0.5%
Italy	168	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Iran, Islamic Republic of	168	0.3%
Not stated	142	0.3%
Iraq	122	0.3%
France	121	0.3%
Afghanistan	121	0.3%
Kosovo	104	0.2%
Bulgaria	81	0.2%
Sri Lanka	81	0.2%
Austria	79	0.2%
Greece	77	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	72	0.1%
Croatia	69	0.1%
Netherlands	69	0.1%
Serbia	69	0.1%
United Kingdom	68	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	59	0.1%
Spain	55	0.1%
Belgium	53	0.1%
Portugal	53	0.1%
Viet Nam	53	0.1%
Morocco	52	0.1%
India	52	0.1%
United States	51	0.1%
Eritrea	45	0.1%
China	43	0.1%
Hungary	41	0.1%
Brazil	41	0.1%
Albania	38	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	34	0.1%
Switzerland	33	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	33	0.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	30	0.1%
Thailand	30	0.1%
Slovakia	28	0.1%
Lithuania	26	0.1%
Nigeria	26	0.1%
Uzbekistan	25	0.1%
Philippines	24	0.0%
Slovenia	21	0.0%
Georgia	21	0.0%
Guinea	20	0.0%
Tunisia	18	0.0%
Belarus	16	0.0%
Luxembourg	15	0.0%
Peru	15	0.0%
Lebanon	15	0.0%
Finland	14	0.0%
Bangladesh	14	0.0%
Algeria	13	0.0%
South Africa	13	0.0%
Indonesia	13	0.0%
Sweden	12	0.0%
Egypt	12	0.0%
Colombia	12	0.0%
Somalia	11	0.0%
Ecuador	11	0.0%
Armenia	11	0.0%
Tajikistan	11	0.0%
Australia	11	0.0%
Latvia	10	0.0%
Congo	10	0.0%
Argentina	10	0.0%
Mexico	10	0.0%
Pakistan	10	0.0%
Ethiopia	9	0.0%
Ghana	9	0.0%
Cameroon	9	0.0%
Azerbaijan	9	0.0%
Denmark	8	0.0%
Japan	8	0.0%
Cambodia	8	0.0%
Singapore	8	0.0%
Ireland	7	0.0%
Mongolia	7	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	7	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	7	0.0%
Montenegro	6	0.0%
Canada	6	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	6	0.0%
Madagascar	5	0.0%
Togo	5	0.0%
Chad	5	0.0%
Dominican Republic	5	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Angola	4	0.0%
Kenya	4	0.0%
Cuba	4	0.0%
Paraguay	4	0.0%
Uruguay	4	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	4	0.0%
New Zealand	4	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Zambia	3	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Guyana	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Nepal	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁴

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	48,267	100.0%
Germany	44,143	91.5%
Poland	621	1.3%
Turkey	349	0.7%
Romania	335	0.7%
Ukraine	309	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	239	0.5%
Italy	213	0.4%
Iraq	127	0.3%
Russian Federation	107	0.2%
Afghanistan	95	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	94	0.2%
Bulgaria	89	0.2%
Netherlands	88	0.2%
Croatia	78	0.2%
Greece	76	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	74	0.2%
Austria	57	0.1%
Portugal	56	0.1%
Eritrea	55	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	54	0.1%
Serbia	45	0.1%
Belgium	44	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	38	0.1%
China	37	0.1%
Albania	35	0.1%
France	35	0.1%
United States	34	0.1%
Spain	33	0.1%
Morocco	31	0.1%
United Kingdom	30	0.1%
Hungary	29	0.1%
Kazakhstan	29	0.1%
Nigeria	28	0.1%
Switzerland	23	0.0%
India	23	0.0%
Lithuania	18	0.0%
Guinea	18	0.0%
Brazil	18	0.0%
Sri Lanka	18	0.0%
Thailand	18	0.0%
Uncertain	18	0.0%
Slovakia	15	0.0%
Belarus	15	0.0%
Montenegro	14	0.0%
Czech Republic	14	0.0%
Georgia	14	0.0%
Bangladesh	14	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	13	0.0%
Tunisia	13	0.0%
Egypt	13	0.0%
Peru	13	0.0%
Armenia	11	0.0%
Ethiopia	10	0.0%
Somalia	10	0.0%
Azerbaijan	10	0.0%
Pakistan	10	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	9	0.0%
Philippines	9	0.0%
Finland	8	0.0%
Ireland	8	0.0%
Latvia	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Mongolia	8	0.0%
Slovenia	7	0.0%
Sweden	7	0.0%
Angola	7	0.0%
Viet Nam	7	0.0%
Luxembourg	6	0.0%
Cameroon	6	0.0%
Togo	6	0.0%
Australia	6	0.0%
Algeria	5	0.0%
Ghana	5	0.0%
Madagascar	5	0.0%
Dominican Republic	5	0.0%
Japan	5	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	5	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	5	0.0%
Kenya	4	0.0%
Colombia	4	0.0%
Jordan	4	0.0%
Singapore	4	0.0%
Stateless	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Cambodia	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	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 source²³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Local business-tax multiplier	565 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²⁶Official
Local property-tax multiplier	650 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Erftstadt

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.

Troisdorf as an Erftstadt alternative in the same region

27 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 627.4 Troisdorf vs 255.8 Erftstadt+145%
Unemployment: 7.7% Troisdorf vs 5.1% Erftstadt+53%
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Troisdorf vs 27.0 km Erftstadt−79%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,004 Troisdorf vs 6,476 Erftstadt−23%
Residents: 75,901 Troisdorf vs 48,772 Erftstadt+56%
Rent: €7.01/m² Troisdorf vs €7.39/m² Erftstadt−5%
Median gross pay, region: €4,200 Troisdorf vs €4,250 Erftstadtsame level

Full comparison More about Troisdorf

Ibbenbueren as an Erftstadt alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 175 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 852.2 Ibbenbueren vs 255.8 Erftstadt+233%
Rent: €5.88/m² Ibbenbueren vs €7.39/m² Erftstadt−20%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Ibbenbueren vs €4,250 Erftstadt−11%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,722 Ibbenbueren vs 6,476 Erftstadt−12%
Nearest airport: 16.7 km Ibbenbueren vs 27.0 km Erftstadt−38%
Unemployment: 4.6% Ibbenbueren vs 5.1% Erftstadt−9%
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Ibbenbueren vs 8.0 µg/m³ Erftstadt+13%

Full comparison More about Ibbenbueren

Cities near Erftstadt

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

Cologne Commuting Zone · 19.4 km away

Salary: 4,654 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Kerpen 7.9 km away

Rent: 7.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Nörvenich 8.4 km away

Rent: 5.92 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Weilerswist 8.7 km away

Rent: 6.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hürth 10.2 km away

Rent: 8.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Frechen 11.7 km away

Rent: 7.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Vettweiß 14.7 km away

Rent: 5.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Wesseling 14.9 km away

Rent: 7.71 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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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; Erftstadt's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Erftstadt part of Leverkusen?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹²

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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 Erftstadt?

The published population was 48,772 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Erftstadt?

Average net cold rent is 7.39 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 517 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Erftstadt?

What is the unemployment rate in Erftstadt?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Erftstadt?

The median gross salary is 4,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Erftstadt a good place to live?

Erftstadt 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 Erftstadt part of Leverkusen?

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

Which cities are near Erftstadt?

Cologne, Kerpen, Nörvenich, Weilerswist, Hürth are near Erftstadt. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Erftstadt?

The official country of birth distribution records 41,170 people (85.3%) 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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APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Erftstadt, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 533adb8a3530823d664961f25a920e65]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/erftstadt/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_erftstadt-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_763616114c16,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Erftstadt, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {533adb8a3530823d664961f25a920e65},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/erftstadt/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

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