Living in Groß Kreutz
In Groß Kreutz, rents across existing tenancies average €6.17 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.6% (2024).
The population of Groß Kreutz totalled 8,838 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €3,900 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 9 µg/m³.
Pricier rent than 61% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Groß Kreutz?
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 Groß Kreutz?
Average net cold rent is 6.17 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): 6.17 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)3
| 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 M15Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6.17 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)3Official |
Is Groß Kreutz 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 370 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.17 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 Groß Kreutz?
The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Groß Kreutz 4.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,900 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 Groß Kreutz?
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. | €2,548 |
| Rent, 60 m²€6.17/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15 | − €370 |
| 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 | €2,079 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Groß Kreutz. 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 Groß Kreutz. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,575 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise9Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Groß Kreutz's nearest major airport was 49 km away.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Groß Kreutz. 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
Groß Kreutz's monthly mean temperatures were 0.7°C in January and 19.4°C in July. Groß Kreutz's monthly precipitation totalled 45.3 mm in January and 76.2 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 55.6 hours in January and 244.8 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Groß Kreutz?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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.
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.
Groß Kreutz 9.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency4Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3.2 · Feb 4.9 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 15.7 · May 20 · Jun 23 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 13.7 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 3.9 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.9 · Feb -1.4 · Mar 0.9 · Apr 4.7 · May 8.8 · Jun 12.1 · Jul 14.4 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 10.4 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 2.2 · Dec -0.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 0.7 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 9.9 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.4 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.8 · Dec 1.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 45.3 · Feb 36.1 · Mar 39.3 · Apr 29.2 · May 53.3 · Jun 60.8 · Jul 76.2 · Aug 59.2 · Sep 47.1 · Oct 42.8 · Nov 42.3 · Dec 46.1 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 55.6 · Feb 79.1 · Mar 128.9 · Apr 198.2 · May 233.4 · Jun 236.9 · Jul 244.8 · Aug 229.2 · Sep 172.9 · Oct 121.7 · Nov 60.3 · Dec 46.5 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Germany: Berlin ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.4 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.3 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.3 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.3 °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 Groß Kreutz?
The published population was 8,838 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)14
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 8,838 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)14Official |
International community in Groß Kreutz
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 | 8,734 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 8,306 | 95.1% |
| Poland | 153 | 1.8% |
| Ukraine | 37 | 0.4% |
| Not stated | 23 | 0.3% |
| Russian Federation | 20 | 0.2% |
| Romania | 19 | 0.2% |
| Czech Republic | 16 | 0.2% |
| Bulgaria | 15 | 0.2% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 15 | 0.2% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 14 | 0.2% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 7 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 0.1% |
| Belarus | 7 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 6 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 6 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 5 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 5 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 5 | 0.1% |
| Tajikistan | 5 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 4 | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0.0% |
| United States | 4 | 0.0% |
| India | 4 | 0.0% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.0% |
| France | 3 | 0.0% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 0.0% |
| Norway | 3 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.0% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 3 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0.0% |
| China | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 8,734 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 8,461 | 96.9% |
| Poland | 81 | 0.9% |
| Ukraine | 36 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 24 | 0.3% |
| Bulgaria | 16 | 0.2% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 14 | 0.2% |
| Netherlands | 10 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 7 | 0.1% |
| Czech Republic | 7 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 6 | 0.1% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Viet Nam | 5 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 4 | 0.0% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 4 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 4 | 0.0% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 4 | 0.0% |
| India | 4 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 3 | 0.0% |
| Russian Federation | 3 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.0% |
| Hungary | 3 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uncertain | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10
Alternatives for people set on Groß Kreutz
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.
Gummersbach as a Groß Kreutz alternative in the same country
Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 4,575 Groß Kreutz−13%
- Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €6.17/m² Groß Kreutz−4%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,900 Groß Kreutzsame level
Alternative cities in Germany
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How does Groß Kreutz compare?
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Groß Kreutz 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; Groß Kreutz's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Groß Kreutz part of Berlin?
Groß Kreutz is identified as a satellite of Berlin. It is about 44.2 km away by straight-line distance. Berlin city profile
Relationship type: Satellite Of. Source6
Which comparable places record less crime than Groß Kreutz?
2 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Groß Kreutz in this strictly source-matched cohort.
Groß Kreutz: 2,909.6 offences/100k (2019).
Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source8
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Groß Kreutz?
The published population was 8,838 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).
How much does it cost to rent in Groß Kreutz?
Average net cold rent is 6.17 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 432 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Groß Kreutz?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Groß Kreutz?
The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Groß Kreutz?
The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Groß Kreutz a good place to live?
Groß Kreutz 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.
Is Groß Kreutz part of Berlin?
Groß Kreutz is identified as a satellite of Berlin. It is about 44.2 km away by straight-line distance.
How many people born in Germany live in Groß Kreutz?
The official country of birth distribution records 8,306 people (95.1%) 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.
Which comparable places record less crime than Groß Kreutz?
2 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Groß Kreutz in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Polizeipräsidium Brandenburg PKS 2019 eVR municipality table + Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg population 2019, period 2019, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.
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- Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
- European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
- MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
- oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
- OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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- Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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- statistischebibliothek.de recorded crime data statistischebibliothek.de · checked 2026-08-28
- statistischebibliothek.de recorded crime data statistischebibliothek.de · checked 2026-08-28
- Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
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