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Living in Hartha

In Hartha, rents across existing tenancies average €4.63 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.5% (2024).

The foreign population count was 134 in May 2022. Hartha is in Germany; its population was 6,503 at the end of 2024. For Hartha, a regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024. There were 132.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2330 sources

Population6,503people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,250EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent4.63EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 20% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate5.5%country median 5.1% — 8% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime4,162incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³country median 8.0 — 12% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 92% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and cleaner air than 87% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Hartha?

Average net cold rent is 4.63 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): 4.63 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Hartha recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Hartha€4.63
Show the other 6 cities
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 Mbps11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M18Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.63 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate6 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)10Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Hartha 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–63%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%
Student59%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 48–70%
Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–69%
Retirement62%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 278 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.63 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 Hartha?

The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Hartha is 5.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability47.62 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability47.62 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,250 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate5.5 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Hartha?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,250 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,733of €2,192 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.€2,192
Rent, 60 m²€6.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.63/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €360
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€1,733
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Hartha Salary needed to live in Hartha

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hartha. 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

Job Search

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents132.2 per 100,0002024BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)10Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Hartha 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.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesHartha highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Hartha 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 residents4,162 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise14Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was DRS, 55.3 km away, with 18 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 47.6% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport18 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat12Official
Nearest airportDRS13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official
Distance to nearest airport55.3 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official

Language courses and integration

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

BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

GermanIn Person
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Hartha.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Hartha?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2020) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency9

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 Hartha is 7.0 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 mean7 µg/m³country median 8.031 Dec 2020European Environment Agency9Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.7 · Feb 5.1 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 15 · May 19.5 · Jun 22.9 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.4 · Nov 8.2 · Dec 4.7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Oschatz19Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2 · Feb -1.6 · Mar 0.9 · Apr 4 · May 7.9 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.5 · Aug 13.3 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 5.8 · Nov 2 · Dec -0.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Oschatz19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.9 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 4.9 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.9 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 5.1 · Dec 2.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Oschatz19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 43.7 · Feb 32.2 · Mar 42.3 · Apr 32 · May 52.8 · Jun 53.4 · Jul 74.4 · Aug 63.9 · Sep 49.2 · Oct 43 · Nov 47.4 · Dec 44.3 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Oschatz19Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 60.5 · Feb 81.9 · Mar 126.8 · Apr 186.7 · May 224.4 · Jun 225.3 · Jul 233.2 · Aug 214.5 · Sep 160.2 · Oct 116.4 · Nov 67 · Dec 53.8 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Oschatz19Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.5 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land
Annual PM2.5 over time6 published observations, 2014–2020

Annual PM2.5 fell 46.2% between 2014 and 2020, from 13.0 to 7.0.

Similar climate. In Germany: Hoyerswerda ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.6 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Reims (France) ±1.2 °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

Population density was 119.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Hartha?

The published population was 6,503 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
Area54.4 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)17Official
City area54.4 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)7Official
Foreign residents134 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official
Population density119.5 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.17Official
Population6,503 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents87 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share1.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other5,448 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share81.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents1,180 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share17.6 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Hartha

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
Total6,719100.0%
Germany6,44796.0%
Poland681.0%
Czech Republic310.5%
Romania290.4%
Hungary280.4%
Ukraine220.3%
Russian Federation140.2%
Not stated140.2%
Lithuania80.1%
Italy60.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Greece50.1%
Turkey50.1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of50.1%
Austria40.1%
Peru40.1%
Syrian Arab Republic40.1%
Bulgaria30.0%
Sweden30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Spain30.0%
Serbia30.0%
Ethiopia30.0%
Somalia30.0%
Panama30.0%
Iraq30.0%
Kazakhstan30.0%
Philippines30.0%
China30.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total6,719100.0%
Germany6,58798.0%
Romania220.3%
Ukraine220.3%
Hungary130.2%
Poland120.2%
Syrian Arab Republic90.1%
Czech Republic80.1%
Italy70.1%
Russian Federation60.1%
Somalia60.1%
Show 10 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of50.1%
Turkey40.1%
Peru40.1%
Iraq40.1%
Bulgaria30.0%
Greece30.0%
Austria30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Serbia30.0%
Panama30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier400 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official
Local property-tax multiplier440 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official

Alternatives for people set on Hartha

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.

Roßwein as a Hartha alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Median gross pay, region: €3,250 Roßwein vs €3,250 Harthano percentage
  • Rent: €4.44/m² Roßwein vs €4.63/m² Hartha−4%
  • Nearest airport: 41.5 km Roßwein vs 55.3 km Hartha−25%
  • Residents: 7,149 Roßwein vs 6,503 Hartha+10%
  • Unemployment: 5.5% Roßwein vs 5.5% Harthasame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,162 Roßwein vs 4,162 Harthasame level

Cities near Hartha

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

Waldheim 4.4 km away
Rent
4.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Geringswalde 5.6 km away
Rent
4.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Leisnig 7.7 km away
Rent
4.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Döbeln 9.8 km away
Rent
4.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Colditz 11.4 km away
Rent
4.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Mittweida 12.5 km away
Rent
5.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Rochlitz 13.6 km away
Rent
4.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Roßwein 14.8 km away
Rent
4.44 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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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; Hartha's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Hartha?

The published population was 6,503 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Hartha?

Average net cold rent is 4.63 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 324 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Hartha?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2020) — 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 Hartha?

The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Hartha?

The median gross salary is 3,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Hartha a good place to live?

Hartha 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.

Which cities are near Hartha?

Waldheim, Geringswalde, Leisnig, Döbeln, Colditz are near Hartha. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Hartha?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,447 people (96.0%) 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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