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Living in Grünheide

In Grünheide, rents across existing tenancies average €7.32 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.4% (2024).

The population of Grünheide totalled 8,978 at the end of 2024. For Grünheide, the regional median gross salary was €3,700 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2321 sources

Population8,978people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)
Median gross salary (region)3,700EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent7.32EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 26% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate6.4%country median 5.1% — 25% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime6,161incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 83% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 77% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 96% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Grünheide?

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 Grünheide?

Average net cold rent is 7.32 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): 7.32 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Grünheide recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Grünheide€7.32
Leipzig€6.27
Dortmund€6.00
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Augsburg€9.10
Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps6Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M16Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)7.32 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4Official

Is Grünheide 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–62%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%
Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–68%
Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–63%
Retirement59%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 47–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 439 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.32 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 Grünheide?

The unemployment rate is 6.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Grünheide is 6.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)3,700 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6.4 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Grünheide?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,700 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,902of €2,440 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.€2,440
Rent, 60 m²€7.32/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15− €439
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€1,902
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Grünheide Salary needed to live in Grünheide

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Grünheide. 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

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

Healthcare

At the end of 2024, Grünheide offered 2,026.6 beds per 100,000 residents.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents2,027 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Grünheide 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 residents2,027 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGrünheide highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Grünheide 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 residents6,161 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise10Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Grünheide's nearest major airport was 22 km away.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Distance to the nearest major airport22 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports8Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)BER3 Aug 2026OurAirports8Official

Language courses and integration

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

Grünheide's monthly mean temperatures were 0.7°C in January and 19.6°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 41.5 mm in January and 70 mm in July. Grünheide's average monthly sunshine was 52.6 hours in January and 233.7 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Grünheide?

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 Agency5

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
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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 Grünheide is 9.0 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 mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency5Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.2 · Feb 4.9 · Mar 9 · Apr 15.1 · May 19.6 · Jun 22.9 · Jul 25 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 19.8 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 4.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.2 · Feb -1.8 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 4 · May 8.2 · Jun 11.7 · Jul 14 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 9.8 · Oct 5.6 · Nov 1.9 · Dec -0.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.7 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 9.7 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 19.6 · Aug 19.2 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.9 · Dec 1.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 41.5 · Feb 30 · Mar 35.9 · Apr 27.7 · May 52.8 · Jun 60.2 · Jul 70 · Aug 52.4 · Sep 43.6 · Oct 40.3 · Nov 38.8 · Dec 39.1 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 52.6 · Feb 77.9 · Mar 126.7 · Apr 196.4 · May 231.1 · Jun 232.9 · Jul 233.7 · Aug 222.3 · Sep 168.9 · Oct 113.8 · Nov 57.4 · Dec 45 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Hoyerswerda ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.4 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °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 Grünheide?

The published population was 8,978 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)15

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population8,978 people31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)15Official

International community in Grünheide

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
Total8,886100.0%
Germany8,26493.0%
Poland1361.5%
Ukraine1081.2%
Not stated400.5%
Russian Federation350.4%
Philippines340.4%
Romania240.3%
Moldova, Republic of210.2%
Czech Republic200.2%
Kazakhstan140.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
United Kingdom130.1%
Hungary120.1%
China100.1%
Switzerland90.1%
Greece80.1%
Italy80.1%
Spain70.1%
Peru70.1%
Viet Nam70.1%
Turkey60.1%
Bulgaria50.1%
India50.1%
Albania40.0%
Croatia40.0%
Kosovo40.0%
Austria40.0%
Nicaragua40.0%
Afghanistan40.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of40.0%
Syrian Arab Republic40.0%
Slovenia30.0%
Lithuania30.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of30.0%
Portugal30.0%
Slovakia30.0%
Sweden30.0%
Belarus30.0%
South Africa30.0%
Canada30.0%
Colombia30.0%
United States30.0%
Saudi Arabia30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total8,886100.0%
Germany8,48995.5%
Ukraine1131.3%
Poland460.5%
Philippines410.5%
Romania400.5%
Russian Federation130.1%
United Kingdom90.1%
China90.1%
Italy70.1%
Hungary70.1%
Show 20 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Viet Nam70.1%
Greece60.1%
Austria60.1%
Kenya50.1%
Afghanistan50.1%
Bulgaria40.0%
Croatia40.0%
Kosovo40.0%
Spain40.0%
Nicaragua40.0%
Albania30.0%
Belgium30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Lithuania30.0%
Portugal30.0%
Belarus30.0%
Colombia30.0%
United States30.0%
India30.0%
Kazakhstan30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Alternatives for people set on Grünheide

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.

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities
Tungendorf8,981 residentsBad Gandersheim8,983 residentsZahna-Elster8,984 residentsBruchhausen-Vilsen8,970 residentsWunsiedel8,970 residentsWaldheim8,989 residents

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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; Grünheide's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Grünheide part of Berlin?

Grünheide is identified as a satellite of Berlin. It is about 34.7 km away by straight-line distance. Berlin city profile

Relationship type: Satellite Of. Source7

Which comparable places record less crime than Grünheide?

14 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Grünheide in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Grünheide: 4,997.1 offences/100k (2019).

Schulzendorf — 2,420.3 offences/100k2019Leegebruch — 2,838.4 offences/100k2019Groß Kreutz — 2,909.6 offences/100k2019Schöneiche — 3,237 offences/100k2019Eichwalde — 3,911.6 offences/100k2019Glienicke — 3,928.6 offences/100k2019Neuenhagen — 4,065.4 offences/100k2019Brieselang — 4,083.7 offences/100k2019

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 source9

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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 Grünheide?

The published population was 8,978 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Grünheide?

Average net cold rent is 7.32 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 512 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Grünheide?

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 Grünheide?

The unemployment rate is 6.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Grünheide?

The median gross salary is 3,700 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Grünheide a good place to live?

Grünheide 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 Grünheide part of Berlin?

Grünheide is identified as a satellite of Berlin. It is about 34.7 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people born in Germany live in Grünheide?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,264 people (93.0%) 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.

Which comparable places record less crime than Grünheide?

14 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Grünheide 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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  title = {Grünheide, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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Sources

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  2. Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
  3. Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
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  5. European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
  6. MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
  7. oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
  8. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  9. polizei.brandenburg.de recorded crime data polizei.brandenburg.de · checked 2026-08-28
  10. Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
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  1. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
  2. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
  3. statistischebibliothek.de recorded crime data statistischebibliothek.de · checked 2026-08-28
  4. statistischebibliothek.de recorded crime data statistischebibliothek.de · checked 2026-08-28
  5. Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
  6. Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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