Living in Geeste

In Geeste, rents across existing tenancies average €5.37 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.4% (2024).

Geeste numbered 12,129 residents at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €3,650 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population12,129people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,650EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.37EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 8% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.4%country median 5.1% — 33% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,979incidents 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 · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 65% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 88% 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 Geeste?

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 Geeste?

Average net cold rent is 5.37 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): 5.37 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 citiesGeeste 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.37 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Geeste a good place to live?

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Remote worker65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–75%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–77%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–72%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–75%

Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 322 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.37 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 Geeste?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Geeste is 3.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Geeste 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,650 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.4 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Geeste?

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

Left over each month€1,991of €2,412 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.	€2,412
Rent, 60 m²€5.37/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €322
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	€1,991

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Geeste Salary needed to live in Geeste

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Geeste. 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

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGeeste 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	4,979 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Geeste's nearest airport was FMO, 59 km away and offered 11 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	11 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	59 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FMO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

Geeste's monthly mean temperatures were 2.8°C in January and 18.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 68.6 mm in January and 82.4 mm in July. Geeste's average monthly sunshine was 47.4 hours in January and 202 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Geeste?

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: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

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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

117

163

196

195

202

184

136

102

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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

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 Geeste 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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101

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Geeste 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.1 · Feb 6 · Mar 9.8 · Apr 14.7 · May 18.7 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 23.2 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 5.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 5 · May 8.6 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.9 · Nov 3.8 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 9.8 · May 13.6 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 6.4 · Dec 3.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 68.6 · Feb 51.9 · Mar 53.9 · Apr 42.5 · May 58.2 · Jun 67.5 · Jul 82.4 · Aug 73.6 · Sep 71.7 · Oct 66.6 · Nov 65.9 · Dec 68.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 47.4 · Feb 65.9 · Mar 117.1 · Apr 163.2 · May 195.6 · Jun 195 · Jul 202 · Aug 184.4 · Sep 136.3 · Oct 102 · Nov 53 · Dec 43.9 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.9 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.5 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.1 °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 Geeste?

The published population was 12,129 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	12,129 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Geeste

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	11,669	100.0%
Germany	10,120	86.7%
Poland	243	2.1%
Kazakhstan	208	1.8%
Russian Federation	190	1.6%
Netherlands	178	1.5%
Romania	107	0.9%
Ukraine	80	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	70	0.6%
Kyrgyzstan	34	0.3%
Hungary	32	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Serbia	29	0.2%
Kosovo	24	0.2%
Bulgaria	20	0.2%
Afghanistan	20	0.2%
Pakistan	20	0.2%
Lithuania	16	0.1%
Sudan	16	0.1%
Turkey	15	0.1%
Italy	14	0.1%
Slovakia	14	0.1%
Morocco	13	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	10	0.1%
Portugal	8	0.1%
Spain	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Thailand	8	0.1%
Not stated	8	0.1%
Guinea	7	0.1%
Brazil	7	0.1%
Iraq	7	0.1%
France	6	0.1%
Austria	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.0%
Belgium	5	0.0%
Latvia	5	0.0%
Rwanda	5	0.0%
Azerbaijan	5	0.0%
China	5	0.0%
Greece	4	0.0%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
United Kingdom	4	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Croatia	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	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	11,669	100.0%
Germany	10,644	91.2%
Netherlands	188	1.6%
Poland	170	1.5%
Romania	101	0.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	78	0.7%
Ukraine	74	0.6%
Serbia	37	0.3%
Hungary	34	0.3%
Bulgaria	27	0.2%
Kosovo	24	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	23	0.2%
Sudan	18	0.2%
Turkey	17	0.1%
Lithuania	16	0.1%
Slovakia	16	0.1%
Italy	15	0.1%
Pakistan	13	0.1%
Spain	11	0.1%
Iraq	11	0.1%
Portugal	10	0.1%
Russian Federation	10	0.1%
Belgium	9	0.1%
Croatia	9	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	8	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Guinea	7	0.1%
Uncertain	7	0.1%
Greece	6	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	6	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.0%
Latvia	5	0.0%
Rwanda	5	0.0%
Azerbaijan	5	0.0%
Thailand	5	0.0%
China	5	0.0%
Albania	4	0.0%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	4	0.0%
Kazakhstan	4	0.0%
Austria	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Stateless	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 Geeste

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 Geeste 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.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,650 Geeste+34%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.37/m² Geesteno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,979 Geeste−24%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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Nörvenich12,131 residents Burladingen12,124 residents Blankenfelde12,138 residents Frohburg12,120 residents Apen12,118 residents Überherrn12,109 residents

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

The published population was 12,129 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Geeste?

Average net cold rent is 5.37 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 376 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Geeste?

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: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Geeste?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Geeste?

The median gross salary is 3,650 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Geeste a good place to live?

Geeste 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 Geeste?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,120 people (86.7%) 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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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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
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