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Living in Freyung

In Freyung, rents across existing tenancies average €5.15 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.3% (2024).

Freyung is a city in Germany, with a population of 7,078 at the end of 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €8 per m² per month in 2024. For Freyung, regional disposable income was €27,573 per person per year at the end of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 70.7% in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2327 sources

Population7,078people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,750EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)
Average net rent5.15EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 11% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate3.3%country median 5.1% — 35% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime2,390incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean11µg/m³country median 8.0 — 38% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 73% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment 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 Freyung?

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

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Freyung?

Average net cold rent is 5.15 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): 5.15 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)8
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Freyung recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Freyung€5.15
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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 Mbps15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M22Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.15 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)8Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate8 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Freyung a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–61%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%
Student57%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 47–67%
Family67%strong on family, weak on education · range 57–77%
Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 309 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.15 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

The regional median gross salary was €3,750 per month at the end of 2024. Regional GDP per person was €39,530 at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Freyung?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Freyung is 3.3%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability5.27 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official
Gigabit broadband availability70.66 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official
Disposable income per resident27,573 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts23Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita39,530 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts23Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)3,750 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate3.3 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Freyung?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,750 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,888of €2,467 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.€2,467
Rent, 60 m²€8.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.15/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €480
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€1,888
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Freyung Salary needed to live in Freyung

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Freyung. 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

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Job Search

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Freyung. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents2,863 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents108 per 100,0002024BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Freyung 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 residents2,863 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesFreyung highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Freyung 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 residents2,390 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise18Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportJCL13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv17Official
Distance to nearest airport66.3 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv17Official

Language courses and integration

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

BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

GermanIn Person
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Freyung.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Freyung?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency12

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

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 Freyung is 11.0 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 mean11 µg/m³country median 8.031 Dec 2024European Environment Agency12Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 10.23 · Feb 13.99 · Mar 19.25 · Apr 24.77 · May 27.73 · Jun 31.32 · Jul 33.74 · Aug 34.66 · Sep 32.28 · Oct 23.06 · Nov 17.83 · Dec 12.1 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -26.07 · Feb -21.51 · Mar -19.9 · Apr -8.78 · May -3.53 · Jun 0.09 · Jul 5.43 · Aug 4.64 · Sep -0.98 · Oct -8.35 · Nov -12.53 · Dec -20.39 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Average temperature by monthJan -3.37 · Feb -2.19 · Mar 1.95 · Apr 7.32 · May 11.88 · Jun 15.89 · Jul 17.87 · Aug 17.57 · Sep 12.62 · Oct 7.58 · Nov 2.47 · Dec -1.73 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Annual mean temperature8.4 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)11Official · land
Annual PM2.5 over time8 published observations, 2016–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 26.7% between 2016 and 2024, from 15.0 to 11.0.

Population and city profile

Population density was 145.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Freyung?

The published population was 7,078 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area48.63 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)21Official
Cars per 1,000 residents702 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality14Official
City area48.63 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis5Official
Foreign residents707 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities24Official
Population density145.5 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.21Official
Population7,078 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis9Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents5,188 people31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Catholic share73.6 %31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
No religion or other1,518 people31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
No religion or other, share21.5 %31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Protestant residents346 people31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Protestant share4.9 %31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official

International community in Freyung

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
Total7,049100.0%
Germany6,09386.4%
Czech Republic1572.2%
Croatia1161.6%
Poland911.3%
Hungary580.8%
Austria520.7%
Ukraine480.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina460.7%
Romania430.6%
Kazakhstan320.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of270.4%
Not stated260.4%
Italy240.3%
Russian Federation230.3%
Kosovo220.3%
Eritrea150.2%
Afghanistan140.2%
Slovakia120.2%
Serbia110.2%
India110.2%
Syrian Arab Republic100.1%
Netherlands80.1%
Greece60.1%
Moldova, Republic of60.1%
Kyrgyzstan60.1%
China60.1%
Bulgaria50.1%
Slovenia50.1%
Turkey40.1%
Somalia40.1%
Indonesia40.1%
Iraq40.1%
Japan40.1%
Belgium30.0%
France30.0%
Lithuania30.0%
Norway30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Algeria30.0%
South Africa30.0%
Chile30.0%
Ecuador30.0%
Canada30.0%
Paraguay30.0%
Trinidad and Tobago30.0%
Azerbaijan30.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of30.0%
Nepal30.0%
Pakistan30.0%
Tajikistan30.0%
Uzbekistan30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total7,049100.0%
Germany6,34690.0%
Croatia1822.6%
Czech Republic711.0%
Hungary600.9%
Ukraine420.6%
Austria370.5%
Poland330.5%
Romania320.5%
Italy240.3%
Kosovo230.3%
Show 31 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of220.3%
Russian Federation170.2%
Afghanistan170.2%
Eritrea140.2%
India110.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina90.1%
Bulgaria90.1%
Syrian Arab Republic90.1%
Netherlands80.1%
Slovakia80.1%
Greece70.1%
Serbia70.1%
Iraq60.1%
Somalia50.1%
Indonesia40.1%
China40.1%
Belgium30.0%
Slovenia30.0%
Lithuania30.0%
Moldova, Republic of30.0%
Norway30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Turkey30.0%
Chile30.0%
Azerbaijan30.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of30.0%
Kazakhstan30.0%
Kyrgyzstan30.0%
Nepal30.0%
Pakistan30.0%
Stateless30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)94.5 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional7Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 326.2 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional7Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier380 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich10Official
Local property-tax multiplier370 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich10Official

Alternatives for people set on Freyung

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.

Tallinn as a Freyung alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 1385 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 11.0 µg/m³ Freyung−73%
  • Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €5.15/m² (2022) Freyungno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 66.3 km Freyung−92%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €3,750 (2024) Freyungno percentage

Cities near Freyung

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

Waldkirchen 9.4 km away
Rent
5.66 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Hauzenberg 18.2 km away
Rent
5.31 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; Freyung's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Freyung?

The published population was 7,078 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Freyung?

Average net cold rent is 5.15 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 361 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Freyung?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 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 Freyung?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Freyung?

The median gross salary is 3,750 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Freyung a good place to live?

Freyung 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 Freyung?

Waldkirchen, Hauzenberg are near Freyung. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Freyung?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,093 people (86.4%) 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 = {Freyung, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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