Living in Kalefeld

In Kalefeld, rents across existing tenancies average €4.20 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.1% (2024).

Kalefeld numbered 5,732 residents at the end of 2024. For Kalefeld, the regional median gross salary was €3,800 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2312 sources

Population5,732people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent4.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 28% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate6.1%country median 5.1% — 20% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime5,081incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than any other German city that publishes it, higher unemployment than 73% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Kalefeld?

Average net cold rent is 4.2 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): 4.2 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesKalefeld highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Brunswick€6.79

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Kalefeld a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–70%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student65%strong on cost, weak on education · range 54–76%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–69%

Retirement62%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 49–75%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 252 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.2 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 Kalefeld?

The unemployment rate is 6.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Kalefeld is 6.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Kalefeld 6.1%

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	6.1 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Kalefeld?

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

Left over each month€2,143of €2,494 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.	€2,494
Rent, 60 m²€4.20/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €252
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	€2,143

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kalefeld. 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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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesKalefeld highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,081 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Kalefeld's nearest airport was KSF, 61 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	61 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KSF	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.1°C in January to 18.6°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.65 · Feb 15.84 · Mar 19.81 · Apr 25.46 · May 29.49 · Jun 32.32 · Jul 36.39 · Aug 35.12 · Sep 31.9 · Oct 26.34 · Nov 20.02 · Dec 13.18 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -19.91 · Feb -18.83 · Mar -13.12 · Apr -6.98 · May -1.52 · Jun 3.9 · Jul 6.69 · Aug 5.56 · Sep 2.52 · Oct -5.31 · Nov -8.95 · Dec -15.55 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.11 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 8.59 · May 12.72 · Jun 16.32 · Jul 18.57 · Aug 18.33 · Sep 14.29 · Oct 9.42 · Nov 4.79 · Dec 1.27 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kalefeld?

The published population was 5,732 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,732 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Kalefeld

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	5,847	100.0%
Germany	5,536	94.7%
Poland	69	1.2%
Kazakhstan	44	0.8%
Russian Federation	35	0.6%
Ukraine	33	0.6%
Romania	22	0.4%
Czech Republic	12	0.2%
Switzerland	9	0.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	8	0.1%
Not stated	7	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
France	5	0.1%
Italy	5	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.1%
Portugal	4	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	4	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.1%
Croatia	3	0.1%
Iceland	3	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.1%
Hungary	3	0.1%
Belarus	3	0.1%
South Africa	3	0.1%
Chile	3	0.1%
Canada	3	0.1%
Colombia	3	0.1%
Indonesia	3	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.1%
Israel	3	0.1%
Japan	3	0.1%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%
Australia	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,847	100.0%
Germany	5,747	98.3%
Ukraine	29	0.5%
Poland	9	0.2%
Switzerland	8	0.1%
Portugal	7	0.1%
Romania	6	0.1%
Greece	4	0.1%
Kazakhstan	4	0.1%
France	3	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Turkey	3	0.1%
Hungary	3	0.1%
Belarus	3	0.1%
Colombia	3	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.1%
Jordan	3	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Kalefeld

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.

Böblingen as a Kalefeld alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,800 Kalefeld+29%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €4.20/m² Kalefeldno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 5,081 Kalefeld−25%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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

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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 Kalefeld?

The published population was 5,732 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Kalefeld?

Average net cold rent is 4.2 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 294 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Kalefeld?

The unemployment rate is 6.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Kalefeld?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Kalefeld a good place to live?

Kalefeld 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.

How many people born in Germany live in Kalefeld?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,536 people (94.7%) 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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Sources

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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
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

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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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