Living in Ortenburg

In Ortenburg, rents across existing tenancies average €5.21 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.5% (2024).

Residents of Ortenburg numbered 7,330 at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Ortenburg showed €3,750 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 levels for Ortenburg stood at 11 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population7,330people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,750EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.21EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 10% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.5%country median 5.1% — 31% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,980incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean11µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 71% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 85% 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 Ortenburg?

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 Ortenburg?

Average net cold rent is 5.21 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): 5.21 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 citiesOrtenburg 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.21 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Ortenburg a good place to live?

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Remote worker65%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 55–75%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–77%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–72%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–75%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 313 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.21 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 Ortenburg?

The unemployment rate is 3.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Ortenburg is 3.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Ortenburg 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,750 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Ortenburg?

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

Left over each month€2,055of €2,467 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.	€2,467
Rent, 60 m²€5.21/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €313
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	€2,055

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ortenburg. 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

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesOrtenburg 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	2,980 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Ortenburg's nearest airport was MUC, 108 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	191 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	108 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MUC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Ortenburg's monthly mean temperatures were −1.2°C in January and 18.6°C in July. Ortenburg's monthly precipitation totalled 66.5 mm in January and 111 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 57 hours in January and 241.6 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ortenburg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 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.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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1°-4°

4°-3°

9°1°

15°4°

19°9°

22°12°

24°14°

19°10°

13°6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

111

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

148

206

224

243

242

237

176

116

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.511WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Ortenburg is 11.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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164

101

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Ortenburg 11.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 8.8 · Apr 14.7 · May 18.9 · Jun 22.5 · Jul 24 · Aug 23.8 · Sep 18.8 · Oct 13 · Nov 6.4 · Dec 2.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.7 · Feb -2.6 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 4.5 · May 8.8 · Jun 12.3 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 5.5 · Nov 1.1 · Dec -2.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.2 · Feb 0.5 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.8 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 18.6 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 9 · Nov 3.6 · Dec 0 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 66.5 · Feb 57.2 · Mar 69.5 · Apr 46.4 · May 93.6 · Jun 86 · Jul 111 · Aug 92.5 · Sep 71.8 · Oct 64 · Nov 56.4 · Dec 61.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 57 · Feb 92.9 · Mar 148.4 · Apr 205.5 · May 223.8 · Jun 242.8 · Jul 241.6 · Aug 236.6 · Sep 176.1 · Oct 116 · Nov 58.3 · Dec 49.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Traunreut ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Bytom (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.7 °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 Ortenburg?

The published population was 7,330 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,330 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Ortenburg

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	7,280	100.0%
Germany	6,502	89.3%
Romania	114	1.6%
Hungary	90	1.2%
Austria	84	1.2%
Poland	58	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	51	0.7%
Czech Republic	50	0.7%
Russian Federation	30	0.4%
Croatia	26	0.4%
Italy	21	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukraine	15	0.2%
Not stated	15	0.2%
Kazakhstan	12	0.2%
Turkey	11	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.1%
Kosovo	10	0.1%
United Kingdom	8	0.1%
Sierra Leone	8	0.1%
Somalia	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Greece	7	0.1%
Nigeria	7	0.1%
Georgia	7	0.1%
Thailand	7	0.1%
Lithuania	6	0.1%
Slovakia	6	0.1%
Serbia	6	0.1%
Afghanistan	6	0.1%
Azerbaijan	6	0.1%
Slovenia	4	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	4	0.1%
Peru	4	0.1%
Denmark	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Gabon	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Burundi	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Iraq	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,280	100.0%
Germany	6,714	92.2%
Romania	101	1.4%
Hungary	91	1.3%
Austria	56	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	54	0.7%
Poland	37	0.5%
Croatia	27	0.4%
Italy	24	0.3%
Ukraine	14	0.2%
Nigeria	12	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Czech Republic	11	0.2%
Kosovo	10	0.1%
Slovakia	10	0.1%
Sierra Leone	9	0.1%
Somalia	9	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Russian Federation	7	0.1%
Georgia	7	0.1%
Turkey	6	0.1%
Azerbaijan	6	0.1%
Thailand	6	0.1%
Uncertain	6	0.1%
Greece	5	0.1%
Slovenia	4	0.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	4	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Iraq	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Stateless	3	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Ortenburg

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 Ortenburg alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,750 Ortenburg+31%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.21/m² Ortenburgno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 2,980 Ortenburg+27%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Sinzing7,332 residents Klein Schwülper7,328 residents Laufen7,336 residents Mittenwald7,323 residents Schutterwald7,320 residents Pfaffenhofen an der Roth7,311 residents

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

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

Is Ortenburg part of Passau?

Ortenburg is in the published commuting zone of Passau; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Passau city profile

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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 Ortenburg?

The published population was 7,330 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Ortenburg?

Average net cold rent is 5.21 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 365 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Ortenburg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 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 Ortenburg?

The unemployment rate is 3.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Ortenburg?

The median gross salary is 3,750 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Ortenburg a good place to live?

Ortenburg 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 Ortenburg part of Passau?

Ortenburg is in the published commuting zone of Passau; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Germany live in Ortenburg?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,502 people (89.3%) 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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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
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
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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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