Living in Gütersloh

In Gütersloh, rents across existing tenancies average €6.47 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.5% (2022).

For Gütersloh, the foreign population count was 16,558 in May 2022. The population of Gütersloh, in Germany, was 104,921 at the end of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 88.1% in 2025. Car density was 611 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2026. A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €10.27 per m² per month in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-1938 sources

Population104,921people31 Dec 2025Official source · Guetersloh population development

Median gross salary (region)3,750EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.47EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 11% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate6.46%country median 5.1% — 27% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime7,351incidents per 100,000country median 9,397 — 22% belowOfficial source · PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bielefeld Detmolder Straße)

Pricier rent than 69% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 79% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 78% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Guetersloh?

Average net cold rent is 6.47 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): 6.47 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesGütersloh highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Gütersloh€6.47

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.47 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	10.27 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Guetersloh³⁸Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Gütersloh 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 worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–57%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–60%

Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 42–60%

Family43%strong on family, weak on education · range 35–51%

Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–58%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 388 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.47 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

The unemployment rate was 6.46% in May 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Guetersloh?

The unemployment rate is about 6.5 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 6.46 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁸

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Gütersloh is 6.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Gütersloh 6.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	30.67 %	31 Dec 2025	data.bundesnetzagentur.de⁴Official
Gigabit broadband availability	88.12 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,750 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	6.46 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Gütersloh?

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

Left over each month€1,752of €2,467 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.	€2,467
Rent, 60 m²€10.27/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Guetersloh · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €6.47/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €616
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	€1,752

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	843.2 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official
Hospitals	3 count	31 Dec 2024	Krankenhausverzeichnis 2024¹⁵Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Gütersloh 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 residents843.2 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Guetersloh?

Police recorded about 7,351 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte²⁰

Recorded crime across major citiesGütersloh highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424

Frankfurt14,600

Berlin13,900

Cologne12,343

Dortmund12,283

Dusseldorf12,172

Leipzig11,129

Essen9,619

Dresden8,853

Stuttgart8,552

Gütersloh7,351

Munich6,214

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,351 incidents per 100,000country median 9,397	31 Dec 2024	PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte²⁰Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	8 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁸Official
Nearest airport	PAD	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	35.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Guetersloh?

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bielefeld Detmolder Straße)¹⁰

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

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

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1015WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂27WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Gütersloh is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Gütersloh 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	27 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Bielefeld Kreuzstraße 7)⁸Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Bielefeld Detmolder Straße)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bielefeld Detmolder Straße)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.58 · Feb 16.44 · Mar 20.97 · Apr 25.94 · May 30.53 · Jun 32.51 · Jul 36.61 · Aug 34.78 · Sep 31.26 · Oct 26.78 · Nov 19.85 · Dec 13.85 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -17.6 · Feb -17.96 · Mar -11.75 · Apr -5.18 · May -1.09 · Jun 3.94 · Jul 6.77 · Aug 5.8 · Sep 3.34 · Oct -4.92 · Nov -7.03 · Dec -14.39 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.01 · Feb 1.72 · Mar 4.64 · Apr 9.16 · May 13.05 · Jun 16.57 · Jul 18.64 · Aug 18.35 · Sep 14.64 · Oct 10.12 · Nov 5.62 · Dec 2.2 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 112 km² in 2024.

How many people live in Guetersloh?

The published population was 104,921 people in 2025. Source: Guetersloh population development¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport84.2%
Foreign residents15.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	611 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹⁴Official
City area	112 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	17.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat¹¹Official
Foreign residents	16,558 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁷Official
Population density	897 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)⁷Official
Population	104,921 people	31 Dec 2025	Guetersloh population development¹³Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	26,788 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Catholic share	27 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
No religion or other	47,867 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
No religion or other, share	48.2 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Protestant residents	24,691 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Protestant share	24.9 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official

International community in Gütersloh

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	99,344	100.0%
Germany	72,151	72.6%
Poland	5,029	5.1%
Russian Federation	2,959	3.0%
Turkey	2,743	2.8%
Romania	2,306	2.3%
Syrian Arab Republic	1,759	1.8%
Kazakhstan	1,553	1.6%
Iraq	1,195	1.2%
Ukraine	894	0.9%
Greece	875	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	831	0.8%
Serbia	496	0.5%
Bulgaria	365	0.4%
Kyrgyzstan	342	0.3%
United Kingdom	336	0.3%
Kosovo	297	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	285	0.3%
Italy	277	0.3%
Moldova, Republic of	271	0.3%
Not stated	261	0.3%
Croatia	247	0.2%
Afghanistan	232	0.2%
Spain	169	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	155	0.2%
Albania	143	0.1%
Portugal	116	0.1%
Nigeria	114	0.1%
Lithuania	107	0.1%
Morocco	107	0.1%
Hungary	106	0.1%
Austria	103	0.1%
Thailand	102	0.1%
India	100	0.1%
Czech Republic	97	0.1%
Uzbekistan	96	0.1%
France	94	0.1%
Viet Nam	94	0.1%
Netherlands	91	0.1%
China	82	0.1%
Lebanon	79	0.1%
Philippines	77	0.1%
Armenia	68	0.1%
Tunisia	67	0.1%
Latvia	65	0.1%
Brazil	61	0.1%
Slovenia	60	0.1%
Montenegro	55	0.1%
Slovakia	55	0.1%
Azerbaijan	55	0.1%
United States	51	0.1%
Sri Lanka	48	0.0%
Pakistan	45	0.0%
Egypt	40	0.0%
Belarus	39	0.0%
Bangladesh	39	0.0%
Gambia	38	0.0%
Dominican Republic	38	0.0%
Sweden	37	0.0%
Switzerland	37	0.0%
Guinea	37	0.0%
Ghana	32	0.0%
Jordan	28	0.0%
Tajikistan	28	0.0%
Eritrea	26	0.0%
Somalia	26	0.0%
Estonia	24	0.0%
Algeria	23	0.0%
Georgia	23	0.0%
South Africa	20	0.0%
Belgium	19	0.0%
Cameroon	19	0.0%
Kenya	17	0.0%
Australia	15	0.0%
Luxembourg	14	0.0%
Colombia	14	0.0%
Paraguay	14	0.0%
Mexico	13	0.0%
Jamaica	13	0.0%
Peru	13	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	13	0.0%
Indonesia	13	0.0%
Denmark	12	0.0%
Senegal	12	0.0%
Canada	12	0.0%
Cuba	11	0.0%
Ethiopia	10	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	10	0.0%
Libya	9	0.0%
Sierra Leone	9	0.0%
Argentina	9	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	9	0.0%
Chile	9	0.0%
Japan	9	0.0%
Uruguay	8	0.0%
Ireland	7	0.0%
Angola	7	0.0%
Mauritius	6	0.0%
Mongolia	6	0.0%
Mali	5	0.0%
Israel	5	0.0%
Palestinian territories	5	0.0%
Singapore	5	0.0%
Finland	4	0.0%
Zimbabwe	4	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	4	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	4	0.0%
Guatemala	4	0.0%
Kuwait	4	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	4	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	4	0.0%
Fiji	4	0.0%
Malta	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Barbados	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Panama	3	0.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0.0%
Cambodia	3	0.0%
Nepal	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Vanuatu	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%
Papua New Guinea	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁴

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	99,344	100.0%
Germany	82,787	83.3%
Romania	2,571	2.6%
Poland	1,875	1.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	1,470	1.5%
Turkey	1,358	1.4%
Greece	1,159	1.2%
Iraq	1,130	1.1%
Bulgaria	778	0.8%
Ukraine	715	0.7%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	471	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	371	0.4%
Kosovo	346	0.3%
Russian Federation	310	0.3%
Croatia	276	0.3%
Spain	239	0.2%
Afghanistan	231	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	227	0.2%
Serbia	225	0.2%
United Kingdom	183	0.2%
Portugal	156	0.2%
Montenegro	150	0.2%
Hungary	135	0.1%
Albania	126	0.1%
Netherlands	113	0.1%
Nigeria	91	0.1%
Austria	87	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	86	0.1%
Lithuania	83	0.1%
France	80	0.1%
India	80	0.1%
Thailand	71	0.1%
Sweden	55	0.1%
Slovakia	54	0.1%
Lebanon	54	0.1%
Azerbaijan	52	0.1%
Kazakhstan	52	0.1%
Viet Nam	46	0.0%
Morocco	45	0.0%
Latvia	44	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	44	0.0%
Guinea	44	0.0%
Slovenia	43	0.0%
United States	43	0.0%
China	42	0.0%
Eritrea	35	0.0%
Armenia	35	0.0%
Bangladesh	32	0.0%
Sri Lanka	31	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	31	0.0%
Stateless	31	0.0%
Tunisia	30	0.0%
Brazil	29	0.0%
Uncertain	29	0.0%
Egypt	28	0.0%
Ghana	27	0.0%
Somalia	26	0.0%
Pakistan	26	0.0%
Belarus	24	0.0%
Philippines	24	0.0%
Gambia	21	0.0%
Jordan	21	0.0%
Czech Republic	18	0.0%
Dominican Republic	14	0.0%
Switzerland	13	0.0%
Palestinian territories	13	0.0%
Belgium	12	0.0%
Estonia	12	0.0%
Georgia	12	0.0%
Colombia	11	0.0%
Ireland	10	0.0%
Canada	10	0.0%
Senegal	9	0.0%
Tajikistan	9	0.0%
Australia	8	0.0%
Algeria	7	0.0%
Kenya	7	0.0%
Libya	7	0.0%
Cameroon	7	0.0%
Japan	7	0.0%
Mexico	6	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	6	0.0%
Congo	5	0.0%
Mauritius	5	0.0%
Indonesia	5	0.0%
Mongolia	5	0.0%
Ethiopia	4	0.0%
Sierra Leone	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Fiji	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Local business-tax multiplier	414 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²⁶Official
Local property-tax multiplier	479 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Gütersloh

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.

Herford as a Gütersloh alternative in the same region

31 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,265.4 Herford vs 843.2 Gütersloh+50%
Rent: €5.78/m² Herford vs €6.47/m² Gütersloh−11%
Nearest airport: 56.0 km Herford vs 35.8 km Gütersloh+56%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,728 (2025) Herford vs 7,351 (2024) Güterslohno percentage
Unemployment: 6.8% Herford vs 6.5% Gütersloh+5%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Herford vs €3,750 Güterslohsame level
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Herford vs 9.0 µg/m³ Güterslohsame level

Full comparison More about Herford

Siegen as a Gütersloh alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 117 km, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,390.3 Siegen vs 843.2 Gütersloh+65%
Annual PM2.5: 5.0 µg/m³ Siegen vs 9.0 µg/m³ Gütersloh−44%
Nearest airport: 61.3 km Siegen vs 35.8 km Gütersloh+71%
Unemployment: 7.4% Siegen vs 6.5% Gütersloh+15%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,031 Siegen vs 7,351 Gütersloh+9%
Median gross pay, region: €4,000 Siegen vs €3,750 Gütersloh+7%
Rent: €6.62/m² Siegen vs €6.47/m² Güterslohsame level

Full comparison More about Siegen

Valencia as a Gütersloh alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 1538 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €8.20/m² (2024) Valencia vs €6.47/m² (2022) Güterslohno percentage
Nearest airport: 9.2 km Valencia vs 35.8 km Gütersloh−74%
Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Valencia vs €3,750 Güterslohno percentage
Foreign residents: 15.7% Valencia vs 17.5% Gütersloh−10%

Full comparison More about Valencia

Cities near Gütersloh

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Rheda-Wiedenbrück Commuting Zone · 8.6 km away

Rent: 6.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Verl Commuting Zone · 9.3 km away

Rent: 6.34 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Clarholz Commuting Zone · 10.5 km away

Rent: 6.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Rietberg Commuting Zone · 11.6 km away

Rent: 6.12 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Harsewinkel Commuting Zone · 12.7 km away

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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; Gütersloh's school authority applies it locally.

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

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How many people live in Guetersloh?

The published population was 104,921 people in 2025. Source: Guetersloh population development.

How much does it cost to rent in Guetersloh?

Average net cold rent is 6.47 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 453 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Guetersloh?

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What is the unemployment rate in Guetersloh?

The unemployment rate is about 6.5 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Gütersloh?

The median gross salary is 3,750 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Gütersloh a good place to live?

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Which cities are near Gütersloh?

Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Verl, Clarholz, Rietberg, Harsewinkel are near Gütersloh. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Gütersloh?

The official country of birth distribution records 72,151 people (72.6%) 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). Gütersloh, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1f5783414fa6fe54b653e823abee7667]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/guetersloh/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_gutersloh-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_dad196483dd7,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gütersloh, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {1f5783414fa6fe54b653e823abee7667},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/guetersloh/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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