Living in Ober-Saulheim
In Ober-Saulheim, rent averages €7.56 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.3% (2024).
The population of Ober-Saulheim totalled 7,893 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €4,200 per month at the end of 2024. Ober-Saulheim recorded annual PM2.5 of 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.
Pricier rent than 86% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 66% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Ober-Saulheim?
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 Ober-Saulheim?
Average net cold rent is 7.56 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): 7.56 EUR/m²/month · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)3
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps6Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M15Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 7.56 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)3Official |
Is Ober-Saulheim 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 454 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.56 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 Ober-Saulheim?
The unemployment rate is 4.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Ober-Saulheim 4.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 4,200 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Ober-Saulheim?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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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. | €2,709 |
| Rent, 60 m²€7.56/m² · official · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE) · 2022-05-15 | − €454 |
| 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 | €2,156 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ober-Saulheim. 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 Ober-Saulheim. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,778 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise9Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Ober-Saulheim's nearest airport was FRA, 35 km away and offered 239 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ober-Saulheim. 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
Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.5°C in January to 20.2°C in July. Ober-Saulheim's monthly precipitation totalled 39.3 mm in January and 57.7 mm in July. Ober-Saulheim's average monthly sunshine was 50.7 hours in January and 236 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Ober-Saulheim?
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: European Environment Agency4
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
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.
Ober-Saulheim 9.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency4Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 5.1 · Feb 6.7 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 16.3 · May 20.3 · Jun 23.7 · Jul 25.9 · Aug 25.5 · Sep 20.8 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 9 · Dec 5.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -0.1 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 5.8 · May 9.7 · Jun 12.8 · Jul 14.8 · Aug 14.3 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 7.1 · Nov 3.6 · Dec 0.9 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 2.5 · Feb 3.3 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 11 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.2 · Jul 20.2 · Aug 19.6 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 10.6 · Nov 6.2 · Dec 3.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 39.3 · Feb 34 · Mar 36.2 · Apr 30.7 · May 49.8 · Jun 47.5 · Jul 57.7 · Aug 48.3 · Sep 43 · Oct 45.2 · Nov 43.1 · Dec 50.4 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 50.7 · Feb 80 · Mar 136.5 · Apr 189.9 · May 212.1 · Jun 222 · Jul 236 · Aug 221.4 · Sep 163.1 · Oct 98.3 · Nov 48.4 · Dec 41.7 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Germany: Mainz ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.9 °C, Metz (France) ±0.5 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.9 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.9 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.9 °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
How many people live in Ober-Saulheim?
The published population was 7,893 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)14
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,893 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)14Official |
International community in Ober-Saulheim
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 | 7,942 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 6,586 | 82.9% |
| Poland | 163 | 2.1% |
| Romania | 153 | 1.9% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 125 | 1.6% |
| Turkey | 124 | 1.6% |
| Croatia | 77 | 1.0% |
| Morocco | 54 | 0.7% |
| Ukraine | 43 | 0.5% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 43 | 0.5% |
| Russian Federation | 36 | 0.5% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 31 | 0.4% |
| Italy | 30 | 0.4% |
| Serbia | 26 | 0.3% |
| Bulgaria | 24 | 0.3% |
| Slovenia | 24 | 0.3% |
| United States | 23 | 0.3% |
| Austria | 22 | 0.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 | 0.3% |
| Hungary | 21 | 0.3% |
| Kosovo | 20 | 0.3% |
| Czech Republic | 19 | 0.2% |
| Spain | 17 | 0.2% |
| France | 16 | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 0.2% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 15 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 0.2% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14 | 0.2% |
| Philippines | 12 | 0.2% |
| Tajikistan | 11 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 9 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 9 | 0.1% |
| Not stated | 9 | 0.1% |
| India | 8 | 0.1% |
| Belgium | 7 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania | 7 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 6 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 6 | 0.1% |
| South Africa | 6 | 0.1% |
| China | 6 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 5 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 5 | 0.1% |
| Peru | 5 | 0.1% |
| Iraq | 5 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 4 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 4 | 0.1% |
| Pakistan | 4 | 0.1% |
| Finland | 3 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 3 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 3 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 3 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 3 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mongolia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,942 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 6,956 | 87.6% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 141 | 1.8% |
| Turkey | 139 | 1.8% |
| Croatia | 104 | 1.3% |
| Romania | 87 | 1.1% |
| Poland | 73 | 0.9% |
| Italy | 57 | 0.7% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 49 | 0.6% |
| Ukraine | 40 | 0.5% |
| Bulgaria | 27 | 0.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 19 | 0.2% |
| Serbia | 18 | 0.2% |
| Morocco | 18 | 0.2% |
| United States | 16 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 0.2% |
| France | 14 | 0.2% |
| Kosovo | 14 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 12 | 0.2% |
| Lithuania | 11 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 11 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 9 | 0.1% |
| Russian Federation | 8 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 8 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 0.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 5 | 0.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 0.1% |
| Pakistan | 5 | 0.1% |
| Slovenia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 4 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 4 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 4 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 4 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3 | 0.0% |
| China (Hong Kong) | 3 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 3 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 3 | 0.0% |
| India | 3 | 0.0% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mongolia | 3 | 0.0% |
| China | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12
Alternatives for people set on Ober-Saulheim
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 an Ober-Saulheim alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 146 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €7.56/m² Ober-Saulheimno percentage
- Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,200 Ober-Saulheim+17%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,778 Ober-Saulheimsame level
Cities near Ober-Saulheim
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 6.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 7.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Alternative cities in Germany
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Ober-Saulheim 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; Ober-Saulheim's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Ober-Saulheim part of Mainz?
Ober-Saulheim is in the published commuting zone of Mainz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Mainz city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source5
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Ober-Saulheim?
The published population was 7,893 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).
How much does it cost to rent in Ober-Saulheim?
Average net cold rent is 7.56 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 529 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE).
Is the air quality good in Ober-Saulheim?
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: European Environment Agency.
What is the unemployment rate in Ober-Saulheim?
The unemployment rate is 4.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Ober-Saulheim?
The median gross salary is 4,200 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Ober-Saulheim a good place to live?
Ober-Saulheim 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 Ober-Saulheim part of Mainz?
Ober-Saulheim is in the published commuting zone of Mainz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Ober-Saulheim?
Mainz, Nieder-Olm, Wörrstadt, Gau-Algesheim, Ingelheim am Rhein are near Ober-Saulheim. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Ober-Saulheim?
The official country of birth distribution records 6,586 people (82.9%) 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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