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Living in Gützkow

In Gützkow, rents across existing tenancies average €4.77 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 9.1% (2024).

Gützkow, a city in Germany, had a population of 3,034 at the end of 2024. For Gützkow, a regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €8 per m² per month in 2024. The foreign population count was 60 in May 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2328 sources

Population3,034people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent4.77EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 18% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate9.1%country median 5.1% — 78% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime7,270incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than 87% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 96% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 81% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Gützkow?

Average net cold rent is 4.77 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): 4.77 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Gützkow recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Gützkow€4.77
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps10Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M18Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.77 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate8 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)9Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Gützkow a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–60%
Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–63%
Student59%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 48–70%
Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–63%
Retirement59%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 286 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.77 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 Gützkow?

The unemployment rate is 9.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Gützkow is 9.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability0 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability0 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,350 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate9.1 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Gützkow?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,350 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,668of €2,247 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.€2,247
Rent, 60 m²€8.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.77/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€1,668
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Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGützkow highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Gützkow 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 residents7,270 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise15Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was HDF, 49 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 0% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport5 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat13Official
Nearest airportHDF13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official
Distance to nearest airport49 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official

Language courses and integration

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

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.3 · Feb 4.2 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 12.5 · May 16.9 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 22.7 · Aug 22.8 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 13.2 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 4.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Greifswald19Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -1.2 · Feb -1 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 3.9 · May 7.7 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 2.7 · Dec 0 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Greifswald19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 1.1 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 4 · Apr 8.1 · May 12.4 · Jun 15.9 · Jul 18.1 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 2.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Greifswald19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 45.7 · Feb 36.9 · Mar 39 · Apr 32.3 · May 52.3 · Jun 60.5 · Jul 67.1 · Aug 71.7 · Sep 52.3 · Oct 49.9 · Nov 43.3 · Dec 48.4 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Greifswald19Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 47.4 · Feb 67.5 · Mar 127.2 · Apr 196.6 · May 243.7 · Jun 239 · Jul 242.4 · Aug 217.2 · Sep 162.2 · Oct 110.2 · Nov 50.7 · Dec 35.7 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Greifswald19Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.8 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Heide ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.3 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.3 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.3 °C, Gdynia (Poland) ±0.9 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.4 °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

The city covered 57.7 km² in 2024. Population density was 52.6 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Gützkow?

The published population was 3,034 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area57.65 km²31 Dec 2024Official German municipality area in the 31.12.2024 municipal directory.12Official
Foreign residents60 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official
Population density52.63 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.12Official
Population3,034 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents38 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share1.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other2,378 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share78.6 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents610 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share20.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Gützkow

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
Total3,027100.0%
Germany2,89295.5%
Not stated461.5%
Poland381.3%
Ukraine200.7%
Romania90.3%
Russian Federation40.1%
Czech Republic40.1%
Italy30.1%
Turkey30.1%
United Kingdom30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Viet Nam30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source17

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total3,027100.0%
Germany2,97098.1%
Ukraine240.8%
Poland50.2%
Romania50.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.1%
Greece30.1%
Italy30.1%
Netherlands30.1%
Kosovo30.1%
Sweden30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Russian Federation30.1%
Turkey30.1%
Belarus30.1%
Afghanistan30.1%
Viet Nam30.1%
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source16

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier379 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official
Local property-tax multiplier436 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official

Alternatives for people set on Gützkow

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.

Loitz as a Gützkow alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 1 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 4,189 Loitz vs 3,034 Gützkow+38%
  • Rent: €4.62/m² Loitz vs €4.77/m² Gützkow−3%
  • Nearest airport: 56.0 km Loitz vs 49.0 km Gützkow+14%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,350 Loitz vs €3,350 Gützkowsame level
  • Unemployment: 9.1% Loitz vs 9.1% Gützkowsame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,270 Loitz vs 7,270 Gützkowsame level
Full comparisonMore about Loitz

Gummersbach as a Gützkow alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 511 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 3,034 Gützkow+1591%
  • Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €4.77/m² Gützkow+24%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 7,270 Gützkow−45%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,350 Gützkow+18%
  • Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 49.0 km Gützkow−28%
Full comparisonMore about Gummersbach

Cities near Gützkow

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

Greifswald Commuting Zone · 16.3 km away
Rent
6.41 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Jarmen 5.1 km away
Rent
4.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Loitz 18.8 km away
Rent
4.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Alt-Sanitz 19.0 km away
Rent
4.39 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Anklam 20.3 km away
Rent
5.14 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Demmin 24.4 km away
Rent
4.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

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Klütz3,036 residentsPrichsenstadt3,032 residentsWeißenberg / Wóspork3,024 residentsLebus3,049 residentsBärnau3,007 residentsDöbern/Derbno3,066 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Gützkow 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; Gützkow's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Gützkow part of Greifswald?

Gützkow is in the published commuting zone of Greifswald; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Greifswald city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source11

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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 Gützkow?

The published population was 3,034 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Gützkow?

Average net cold rent is 4.77 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 334 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

What is the unemployment rate in Gützkow?

The unemployment rate is 9.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Gützkow?

The median gross salary is 3,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Gützkow?

60 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Gützkow a good place to live?

Gützkow 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 Gützkow part of Greifswald?

Gützkow is in the published commuting zone of Greifswald; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Gützkow?

Greifswald, Jarmen, Loitz, Alt-Sanitz, Anklam are near Gützkow. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Gützkow?

The official country of birth distribution records 2,892 people (95.5%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gützkow, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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