Living in Goldberg
In Goldberg, rents across existing tenancies average €4.84 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.3% (2024).
At the end of 2024, Goldberg had a population of 3,236. The city covered 64.7 km² in 2024. Population density was 50 people per km² in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €8 per m² per month in 2024. The foreign population count was 53 in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 35.7% at the end of 2025.
Cheaper rent than 84% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 76% 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 Goldberg?
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 Goldberg?
Average net cold rent is 4.84 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): 4.84 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
| 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 M20Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 4.84 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 | 8 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Is Goldberg 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 290 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.84 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Goldberg?
The unemployment rate is 6.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Goldberg 6.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 35.7 % | 31 Dec 2025 | data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 35.7 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,300 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 6.3 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Goldberg?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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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. | €2,220 |
| Rent, 60 m²€8.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.84/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 | €1,641 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Goldberg. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Goldberg. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,060 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was RLG, 41.5 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Goldberg. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For eligible migrants.
BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For migrants needing job-related German.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Goldberg?
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 Güstrow)12
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Goldberg 8.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 5 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Güstrow)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 13 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Güstrow)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Güstrow)12Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3.1 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 8.2 · Apr 14.2 · May 18.3 · Jun 21.7 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.6 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 13.6 · Nov 7.8 · Dec 4.2 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Goldberg21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.7 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 3.8 · May 7.6 · Jun 10.9 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 10.1 · Oct 6.5 · Nov 2.9 · Dec 0 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Goldberg21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 0.9 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 4.2 · Apr 9 · May 13.1 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.3 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 2.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Goldberg21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 53.9 · Feb 40.7 · Mar 39.2 · Apr 28.6 · May 46.4 · Jun 61.6 · Jul 75.9 · Aug 58 · Sep 50.2 · Oct 47.3 · Nov 47.7 · Dec 48.1 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Goldberg21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 42 · Feb 73.3 · Mar 127.3 · Apr 205.4 · May 236.4 · Jun 233.5 · Jul 233.1 · Aug 204.1 · Sep 164.7 · Oct 110.6 · Nov 52.1 · Dec 37.7 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Goldberg21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Annual mean temperature | 8.8 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land |
Similar climate. In Germany: Bad Arolsen ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Reims (France) ±1.5 °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 Goldberg?
The published population was 3,236 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7
By nationality
National passport98.4%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 64.72 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official |
| Foreign residents | 53 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official |
| Population density | 50 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official |
| Population | 3,236 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 153 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Catholic share | 4.7 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other | 2,418 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other, share | 73.8 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant residents | 702 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant share | 21.4 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
International community in Goldberg
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 | 3,275 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 3,107 | 94.9% |
| Poland | 51 | 1.6% |
| Czech Republic | 29 | 0.9% |
| Not stated | 21 | 0.6% |
| Russian Federation | 14 | 0.4% |
| Ukraine | 14 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 4 | 0.1% |
| Armenia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 4 | 0.1% |
| India | 4 | 0.1% |
Show 12 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0.1% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 3 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 3 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mexico | 3 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,275 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 3,223 | 98.4% |
| Ukraine | 13 | 0.4% |
| Poland | 10 | 0.3% |
| Belgium | 8 | 0.2% |
| Russian Federation | 6 | 0.2% |
| Armenia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 4 | 0.1% |
| India | 4 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 3 | 0.1% |
Show 2 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mexico | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Goldberg
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.
Sternberg as a Goldberg alternative in the same region
22 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Rent: €4.16/m² Sternberg vs €4.84/m² Goldberg−14%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Sternberg vs 8.0 µg/m³ Goldberg+13%
- Residents: 3,769 Sternberg vs 3,236 Goldberg+16%
- Nearest airport: 37.4 km Sternberg vs 41.5 km Goldberg−10%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,300 Sternberg vs €3,300 Goldbergsame level
- Unemployment: 6.3% Sternberg vs 6.3% Goldbergsame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,060 Sternberg vs 5,060 Goldbergsame level
Gummersbach as a Goldberg alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 416 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 3,236 Goldberg+1485%
- Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €4.84/m² Goldberg+23%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,300 Goldberg+20%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 5,060 Goldberg−21%
- Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 41.5 km Goldberg−15%
- Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gummersbach vs 8.0 µg/m³ Goldbergsame level
Cities near Goldberg
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 4.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.47 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 4.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Alternative cities in Germany
Other cities in Germany to compare with Goldberg, nearest in population first.
How does Goldberg compare?
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Goldberg 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.
Open the official coverage guideSchool 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; Goldberg'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 Goldberg?
The published population was 3,236 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.
How much does it cost to rent in Goldberg?
Average net cold rent is 4.84 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 339 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Goldberg?
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 Güstrow).
What is the unemployment rate in Goldberg?
The unemployment rate is 6.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Goldberg?
The median gross salary is 3,300 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Goldberg a good place to live?
Goldberg 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 Goldberg?
Lübz, Krakow am See, Plau am See, Parchim, Sternberg are near Goldberg. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Goldberg?
The official country of birth distribution records 3,107 people (94.9%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Goldberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cb5f8325b7359f11b70efa0c659281c2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/goldberg/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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- EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Güstrow) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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