Living in Ochsenhausen
In Ochsenhausen, rents across existing tenancies average €6.61 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 2.6% (2024).
Ochsenhausen's population was 9,358 at the end of 2024. Population density was 156.1 people per km² in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €10 per m² per month in 2024. The nearest airport was FMM, 23.5 km away, with 21 listed destinations in June 2026.
Pricier rent than 72% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 98% 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 Ochsenhausen?
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 Ochsenhausen?
Average net cold rent is 6.61 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): 6.61 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps13Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M21Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6.61 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate | 10 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)12Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Is Ochsenhausen 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 397 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.61 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 Ochsenhausen?
The unemployment rate is 2.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Ochsenhausen 2.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 2.85 % | 31 Dec 2025 | data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 53.5 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 4,400 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 2.6 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Ochsenhausen?
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. | €2,814 |
| Rent, 60 m²€10.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €6.61/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15). | − €600 |
| 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 | €2,116 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ochsenhausen. 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 Ochsenhausen. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 2,654 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Gigabit broadband availability was 53.5% at the end of 2025.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ochsenhausen. 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
Is the air quality good in Ochsenhausen?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Biberach)11
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.
Ochsenhausen 8.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 11 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Biberach)9Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 10 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Biberach)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Biberach)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 12.14 · Feb 15.13 · Mar 19.92 · Apr 27.33 · May 28.1 · Jun 31.87 · Jul 32.33 · Aug 31.83 · Sep 27.31 · Oct 24.79 · Nov 18.83 · Dec 13.67 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -17.06 · Feb -19.01 · Mar -21.52 · Apr -5.9 · May -1.91 · Jun 2.11 · Jul 6.31 · Aug 5.05 · Sep -0.07 · Oct -6.19 · Nov -13.23 · Dec -16.32 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -1.37 · Feb -0.56 · Mar 3.64 · Apr 8.36 · May 12.58 · Jun 16.54 · Jul 18.09 · Aug 17.62 · Sep 13.34 · Oct 9.09 · Nov 3.69 · Dec -0.36 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Annual mean temperature | 8.9 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Ochsenhausen?
The published population was 9,358 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7
By nationality
National passport86.2%Foreign residents13.8%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 59.96 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)20Official |
| City area | 59.96 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)7Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,295 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official |
| Population density | 156.1 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.20Official |
| Population | 9,358 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 5,399 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Catholic share | 59.2 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other | 2,690 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other, share | 29.5 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant residents | 1,034 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant share | 11.3 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
International community in Ochsenhausen
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 | 9,122 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 7,461 | 81.8% |
| Turkey | 167 | 1.8% |
| Poland | 157 | 1.7% |
| Romania | 149 | 1.6% |
| Kazakhstan | 131 | 1.4% |
| Italy | 91 | 1.0% |
| Russian Federation | 90 | 1.0% |
| Croatia | 86 | 0.9% |
| Kosovo | 79 | 0.9% |
| Ukraine | 71 | 0.8% |
Show 57 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Syrian Arab Republic | 70 | 0.8% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45 | 0.5% |
| Hungary | 39 | 0.4% |
| Bulgaria | 33 | 0.4% |
| Iraq | 33 | 0.4% |
| Serbia | 30 | 0.3% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 24 | 0.3% |
| Not stated | 24 | 0.3% |
| Austria | 23 | 0.3% |
| Greece | 20 | 0.2% |
| Czech Republic | 20 | 0.2% |
| Spain | 17 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | 15 | 0.2% |
| Switzerland | 13 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 11 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 10 | 0.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10 | 0.1% |
| France | 9 | 0.1% |
| Nigeria | 9 | 0.1% |
| Gambia | 9 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 9 | 0.1% |
| Philippines | 9 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 9 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 8 | 0.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 7 | 0.1% |
| India | 7 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 7 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 6 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 0.1% |
| United States | 6 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 0.1% |
| Slovenia | 5 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 5 | 0.1% |
| Chile | 5 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania | 4 | 0.0% |
| Sweden | 4 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 4 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 4 | 0.0% |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Finland | 3 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0.0% |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 3 | 0.0% |
| Guinea | 3 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 3 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 3 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3 | 0.0% |
| Viet Nam | 3 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lao People'S Democratic Republic | 3 | 0.0% |
| China | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 9,122 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 7,831 | 85.8% |
| Turkey | 180 | 2.0% |
| Romania | 123 | 1.3% |
| Italy | 119 | 1.3% |
| Croatia | 115 | 1.3% |
| Kosovo | 87 | 1.0% |
| Poland | 87 | 1.0% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 72 | 0.8% |
| Ukraine | 61 | 0.7% |
| Hungary | 47 | 0.5% |
Show 47 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38 | 0.4% |
| Bulgaria | 38 | 0.4% |
| Iraq | 35 | 0.4% |
| Greece | 29 | 0.3% |
| Austria | 19 | 0.2% |
| Spain | 17 | 0.2% |
| Serbia | 16 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | 12 | 0.1% |
| Russian Federation | 11 | 0.1% |
| Nigeria | 11 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 10 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 10 | 0.1% |
| France | 9 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 9 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 8 | 0.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 0.1% |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 7 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Sweden | 6 | 0.1% |
| Gambia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 6 | 0.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5 | 0.1% |
| Uncertain | 5 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 4 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 0.0% |
| India | 4 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Finland | 3 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 3 | 0.0% |
| Guinea | 3 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 3 | 0.0% |
| United States | 3 | 0.0% |
| Viet Nam | 3 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lao People'S Democratic Republic | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0.0% |
| Philippines | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18
Additional context
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Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Ochsenhausen 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; Ochsenhausen'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 Ochsenhausen?
The published population was 9,358 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.
How much does it cost to rent in Ochsenhausen?
Average net cold rent is 6.61 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 463 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Ochsenhausen?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Biberach).
What is the unemployment rate in Ochsenhausen?
The unemployment rate is 2.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Ochsenhausen?
The median gross salary is 4,400 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Ochsenhausen a good place to live?
Ochsenhausen 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 Ochsenhausen?
Biberach an der Riss, Dietenheim, Laupheim, Bad Wurzach, Memmingen are near Ochsenhausen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Ochsenhausen?
The official country of birth distribution records 7,461 people (81.8%) 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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