Living in Issum
In Issum, rents across existing tenancies average €6.33 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.2% (2024).
Issum had a population of 12,428 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,800 per month. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 10 µg/m³.
Pricier rent than 65% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 74% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 95% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Issum?
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 Issum?
Average net cold rent is 6.33 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): 6.33 EUR/m²/month · Destatis3
| 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 M14Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6.33 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis3Official |
Is Issum 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 380 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.33 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 Issum?
The unemployment rate is 6.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Issum 6.2%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,800 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 6.2 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Issum?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,494 |
| Rent, 60 m²€6.33/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15 | − €380 |
| 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 | €2,015 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Issum. 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 Issum. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 6,501 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise10Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Issum's nearest airport was NRN, 22 km away and offered 38 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Issum. 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
Issum's monthly mean temperatures were 2°C in January and 18.8°C in July.
Is the air quality good in Issum?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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.
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.
Issum 10.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 10 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency4Official · nearest-station reading |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 13.45 · Feb 18.5 · Mar 21.41 · Apr 26.87 · May 29.73 · Jun 34.1 · Jul 37.84 · Aug 33.69 · Sep 31.87 · Oct 26.53 · Nov 20.2 · Dec 14.72 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center6Official · coordinate grid |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -13.75 · Feb -16.33 · Mar -8.17 · Apr -4.73 · May 0.84 · Jun 4.45 · Jul 7.43 · Aug 6.68 · Sep 3.03 · Oct -4.31 · Nov -5.76 · Dec -12.59 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center6Official · coordinate grid |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 2 · Feb 2.69 · Mar 5.67 · Apr 9.87 · May 13.68 · Jun 17.01 · Jul 18.82 · Aug 18.32 · Sep 14.91 · Oct 10.75 · Nov 6.32 · Dec 2.89 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center6Official · coordinate grid |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Issum?
The published population was 12,428 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)13
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 12,428 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)13Official |
International community in Issum
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 | 12,232 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 11,106 | 90.8% |
| Poland | 291 | 2.4% |
| Ukraine | 122 | 1.0% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 57 | 0.5% |
| Netherlands | 52 | 0.4% |
| Russian Federation | 50 | 0.4% |
| Kazakhstan | 41 | 0.3% |
| Romania | 35 | 0.3% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 29 | 0.2% |
| Turkey | 26 | 0.2% |
Show 62 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 24 | 0.2% |
| Italy | 22 | 0.2% |
| Czech Republic | 21 | 0.2% |
| Serbia | 19 | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 13 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 12 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 10 | 0.1% |
| Not stated | 10 | 0.1% |
| Belgium | 9 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | 9 | 0.1% |
| Belarus | 9 | 0.1% |
| Guinea | 9 | 0.1% |
| Pakistan | 9 | 0.1% |
| China | 9 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 0.1% |
| Kosovo | 8 | 0.1% |
| United States | 8 | 0.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 7 | 0.1% |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0.1% |
| Philippines | 7 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 7 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania | 6 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 6 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 6 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 6 | 0.0% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 5 | 0.0% |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 0.0% |
| Korea, Republic of | 5 | 0.0% |
| France | 4 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 4 | 0.0% |
| Latvia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 4 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 4 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0.0% |
| Norway | 3 | 0.0% |
| Portugal | 3 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 3 | 0.0% |
| Congo | 3 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0.0% |
| Namibia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 3 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Viet Nam | 3 | 0.0% |
| India | 3 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mongolia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 12,232 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 11,421 | 93.4% |
| Poland | 158 | 1.3% |
| Ukraine | 122 | 1.0% |
| Uncertain | 99 | 0.8% |
| Netherlands | 72 | 0.6% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 46 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 36 | 0.3% |
| Italy | 26 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 21 | 0.2% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18 | 0.1% |
Show 38 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 17 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 13 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 11 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 9 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 0.1% |
| Iraq | 9 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | 8 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 8 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 0.1% |
| Russian Federation | 6 | 0.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 5 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 4 | 0.0% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 4 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 4 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Pakistan | 4 | 0.0% |
| China | 4 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | 3 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 3 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 3 | 0.0% |
| United States | 3 | 0.0% |
| China (Hong Kong) | 3 | 0.0% |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11
Alternatives for people set on Issum
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.
Rheurdt as an Issum alternative in the same region
9 km away, better on 0 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Residents: 6,450 Rheurdt vs 12,428 Issum−48%
- Rent: €6.29/m² Rheurdt vs €6.33/m² Issumsame level
- Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Rheurdt vs €3,800 Issumsame level
- Unemployment: 6.2% Rheurdt vs 6.2% Issumsame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,501 Rheurdt vs 6,501 Issumsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Rheurdt vs 10.0 µg/m³ Issumsame level
Böblingen as an Issum alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 367 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 6,501 Issum−42%
- Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,800 Issum+29%
- Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.33/m² Issumno percentage
Cities near Issum
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 6.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 6.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 6.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 6.42 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 6.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Alternative cities in Germany
Other cities in Germany to compare with Issum, nearest in population first.
How does Issum compare?
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Issum 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; Issum's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Issum part of Duisburg?
Issum is in the published commuting zone of Duisburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Duisburg city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source7
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Issum?
The published population was 12,428 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).
How much does it cost to rent in Issum?
Average net cold rent is 6.33 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 443 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.
Is the air quality good in Issum?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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 Issum?
The unemployment rate is 6.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Issum?
The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Issum a good place to live?
Issum 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 Issum part of Duisburg?
Issum is in the published commuting zone of Duisburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Issum?
Moers, Kapellen, Geldern, Rheurdt, Kamp-Lintfort are near Issum. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Issum?
The official country of birth distribution records 11,106 people (90.8%) 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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date = {2026-10-16},
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- Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
- Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
- European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
- MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
- NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
- oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
- OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
- OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
- Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
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- Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
- Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
- Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
- Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
- Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
- Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
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