Living in Goldenstedt

In Goldenstedt, rents across existing tenancies average €5.88 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.8% (2024).

Residents of Goldenstedt numbered 10,313 at the end of 2024. For Goldenstedt, the regional median gross salary was €3,550 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2316 sources

Population10,313people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,550EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.88EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — about the sameOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.8%country median 5.1% — 25% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,276incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Lower unemployment than 80% 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 Goldenstedt?

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Goldenstedt.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Goldenstedt?

Average net cold rent is 5.88 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): 5.88 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 citiesGoldenstedt 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 M¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.88 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — about the same	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Goldenstedt 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 worker62%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 52–72%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–74%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–72%

Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 353 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.88 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 Goldenstedt?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Goldenstedt is 3.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Goldenstedt 3.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,550 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.8 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Goldenstedt?

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

Left over each month€1,906of €2,358 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.	€2,358
Rent, 60 m²€5.88/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €353
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	€1,906

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

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGoldenstedt 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	4,276 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Goldenstedt's nearest airport was BRE, 37 km away and offered 43 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	43 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	37 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BRE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Goldenstedt.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 2.2°C in January and 18.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 59.9 mm in January and 68.7 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 45.9 hours in January and 210.9 hours in July.

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

0°

5°-1°

6°0°

10°1°

14°4°

18°8°

21°11°

24°13°

23°12°

19°9°

14°6°

9°3°

5°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

119

179

205

202

211

198

150

109

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.6 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 9.5 · Apr 14.5 · May 18.5 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 19.3 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 5.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.4 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 4.1 · May 7.7 · Jun 10.8 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.4 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.9 · Nov 2.7 · Dec 0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.2 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.9 · Nov 5.8 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.9 · Feb 48.4 · Mar 47.5 · Apr 38.4 · May 49.3 · Jun 63.1 · Jul 68.7 · Aug 74 · Sep 60.2 · Oct 59.7 · Nov 55.8 · Dec 65.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 45.9 · Feb 71.4 · Mar 118.5 · Apr 179.1 · May 204.9 · Jun 201.9 · Jul 210.9 · Aug 197.8 · Sep 149.7 · Oct 109.2 · Nov 52.8 · Dec 40.9 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Achim ±0.1 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Metz (France) ±0.9 °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 Goldenstedt?

The published population was 10,313 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,313 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰Official

International community in Goldenstedt

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	10,365	100.0%
Germany	8,504	82.0%
Poland	408	3.9%
Russian Federation	312	3.0%
Kazakhstan	261	2.5%
Bulgaria	126	1.2%
Romania	106	1.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	90	0.9%
Ukraine	89	0.9%
Turkey	68	0.7%
Iraq	38	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	35	0.3%
Pakistan	28	0.3%
Lithuania	23	0.2%
Afghanistan	23	0.2%
Serbia	18	0.2%
Latvia	16	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	14	0.1%
Netherlands	13	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	11	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	11	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.1%
Portugal	10	0.1%
Slovakia	10	0.1%
United Kingdom	7	0.1%
Viet Nam	7	0.1%
Philippines	7	0.1%
Italy	6	0.1%
Czech Republic	6	0.1%
Togo	6	0.1%
United States	6	0.1%
India	6	0.1%
Tajikistan	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.0%
Austria	5	0.0%
Nigeria	5	0.0%
Sweden	4	0.0%
Belarus	4	0.0%
Kenya	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
Not stated	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	10,365	100.0%
Germany	9,173	88.5%
Poland	387	3.7%
Bulgaria	140	1.4%
Romania	123	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	82	0.8%
Ukraine	72	0.7%
Turkey	50	0.5%
Iraq	43	0.4%
Kosovo	32	0.3%
Lithuania	29	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	23	0.2%
Serbia	20	0.2%
Russian Federation	19	0.2%
Pakistan	15	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	13	0.1%
Portugal	11	0.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	11	0.1%
Latvia	10	0.1%
Kazakhstan	10	0.1%
Slovakia	9	0.1%
Netherlands	8	0.1%
Italy	6	0.1%
Nigeria	6	0.1%
Togo	6	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.0%
Greece	5	0.0%
Montenegro	5	0.0%
United Kingdom	5	0.0%
Viet Nam	4	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Uncertain	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Goldenstedt

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 Goldenstedt 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 €3,550 Goldenstedt+38%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.88/m² Goldenstedtno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,276 Goldenstedt−11%

Full comparison More about Böblingen

Alternative cities in Germany

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

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Simbach am Inn10,311 residents Anröchte10,304 residents Marpingen10,297 residents Rüthen10,290 residents Altusried10,289 residents Kirchseeon10,342 residents

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

The published population was 10,313 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Goldenstedt?

Average net cold rent is 5.88 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 412 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Goldenstedt?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Goldenstedt?

The median gross salary is 3,550 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Goldenstedt a good place to live?

Goldenstedt 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 Goldenstedt?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,504 people (82.0%) 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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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
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
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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