Living in Fockbek

In Fockbek, rents across existing tenancies average €7.91 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.6% (2024).

The population of Fockbek totalled 6,561 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €3,950 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2315 sources

Population6,561people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,950EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent7.91EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 36% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.6%country median 5.1% — 10% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,819incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Pricier rent than 90% 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 Fockbek?

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 Fockbek?

Average net cold rent is 7.91 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): 7.91 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 citiesFockbek 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 M¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.91 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Fockbek a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–64%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%

Student54%strong on cost, weak on education · range 43–65%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–66%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 475 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.91 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 Fockbek?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Fockbek is 4.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Fockbek 4.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,950 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.6 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Fockbek?

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

Left over each month€2,002of €2,575 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.	€2,575
Rent, 60 m²€7.91/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €475
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	€2,002

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Fockbek. 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 citiesFockbek 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	3,819 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁶Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Fockbek's nearest major airport was 48 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	48 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	HEI	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 1.7°C in January and 17.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 68.9 mm in January and 88.8 mm in July. Fockbek's average monthly sunshine was 44.2 hours in January and 240.3 hours in July.

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

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4°-1°

5°-1°

8°0°

13°3°

17°7°

20°10°

22°13°

18°10°

13°6°

8°2°

4°0°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

122

182

242

227

240

223

156

108

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.8 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 7.6 · Apr 12.6 · May 16.9 · Jun 19.6 · Jul 22.5 · Aug 22.5 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 13.1 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 4.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.9 · Feb -1.1 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 3.4 · May 6.9 · Jun 10.1 · Jul 12.8 · Aug 12.6 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 5.7 · Nov 2.2 · Dec -0.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.7 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 4.3 · Apr 8 · May 12 · Jun 15.2 · Jul 17.5 · Aug 17.2 · Sep 13.7 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 2.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 68.9 · Feb 55.2 · Mar 53.4 · Apr 38.7 · May 56.3 · Jun 71 · Jul 88.8 · Aug 87.6 · Sep 77.8 · Oct 75.9 · Nov 65.6 · Dec 73.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 44.2 · Feb 61.7 · Mar 121.7 · Apr 182.1 · May 242.4 · Jun 227.4 · Jul 240.3 · Aug 223 · Sep 155.9 · Oct 108 · Nov 54.4 · Dec 37.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Eutin ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.6 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.6 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.6 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.6 °C, Reims (France) ±2.0 °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 Fockbek?

The published population was 6,561 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	6,561 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)⁹Official

International community in Fockbek

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	6,583	100.0%
Germany	6,009	91.3%
Poland	75	1.1%
Kazakhstan	71	1.1%
Russian Federation	68	1.0%
Not stated	50	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	36	0.5%
Romania	32	0.5%
Ukraine	28	0.4%
Afghanistan	23	0.3%
Kosovo	17	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Turkey	16	0.2%
Iraq	13	0.2%
Austria	11	0.2%
Czech Republic	11	0.2%
India	9	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	9	0.1%
Denmark	8	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	8	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	7	0.1%
Viet Nam	6	0.1%
Thailand	6	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Lithuania	5	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.1%
Portugal	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	5	0.1%
United States	5	0.1%
Italy	4	0.1%
Latvia	4	0.1%
Sweden	4	0.1%
Chile	4	0.1%
Albania	3	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Greece	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	6,583	100.0%
Germany	6,326	96.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	32	0.5%
Romania	28	0.4%
Afghanistan	24	0.4%
Kosovo	17	0.3%
Russian Federation	17	0.3%
Ukraine	17	0.3%
Iraq	17	0.3%
Poland	14	0.2%
Denmark	8	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	7	0.1%
India	7	0.1%
Turkey	6	0.1%
Yemen	6	0.1%
Latvia	4	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	4	0.1%
Eritrea	4	0.1%
Azerbaijan	4	0.1%
Thailand	4	0.1%
Albania	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Croatia	3	0.0%
Greece	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Austria	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Alternatives for people set on Fockbek

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 Fockbek alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €7.91/m² Fockbekno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,950 Fockbek+24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,819 Fockbeksame level

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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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 Fockbek?

The published population was 6,561 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Fockbek?

Average net cold rent is 7.91 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 554 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Fockbek?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Fockbek?

The median gross salary is 3,950 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Fockbek a good place to live?

Fockbek 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 Fockbek?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,009 people (91.3%) 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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  date = {2026-10-16},
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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
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
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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