Living in Ostbevern

In Ostbevern, rents across existing tenancies average €6.42 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.5% (2024).

Ostbevern numbered 11,469 residents at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €3,900 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 10 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population11,469people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,900EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.42EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 10% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.5%country median 5.1% — 8% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime5,192incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Pricier rent than 68% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than 91% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Ostbevern?

Average net cold rent is 6.42 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): 6.42 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 citiesOstbevern 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 Mbps⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.42 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Ostbevern a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–69%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%

Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 385 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.42 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 Ostbevern?

The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Ostbevern is 5.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Ostbevern 5.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,900 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Ostbevern?

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

Left over each month€2,064of €2,548 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.	€2,548
Rent, 60 m²€6.42/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €385
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	€2,064

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Ostbevern Salary needed to live in Ostbevern

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ostbevern. 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 citiesOstbevern 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	5,192 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Ostbevern's nearest airport was FMO, 15 km away and offered 11 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	11 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	15 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FMO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

Ostbevern's monthly mean temperatures were 2.7°C in January and 18.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 64.5 mm in January and 73.9 mm in July. Ostbevern's average monthly sunshine was 51.6 hours in January and 212.3 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ostbevern?

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 (EEA)⁴

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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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.510WHO 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 Ostbevern is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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

Ostbevern 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 10.1 · Apr 15 · May 18.9 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 23.7 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 5.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0 · Feb 0 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 4.6 · May 8.2 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.4 · Aug 13 · Sep 9.9 · Oct 6.6 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 9.9 · May 13.7 · Jun 16.6 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.3 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 10.4 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 64.5 · Feb 49.2 · Mar 49.6 · Apr 40.5 · May 54.8 · Jun 63.4 · Jul 73.9 · Aug 78.5 · Sep 68.7 · Oct 63.1 · Nov 61.5 · Dec 67.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 51.6 · Feb 73.3 · Mar 124.2 · Apr 178.4 · May 206.7 · Jun 203.2 · Jul 212.3 · Aug 193.3 · Sep 148.2 · Oct 108.8 · Nov 57.1 · Dec 44.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.8 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.7 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °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 Ostbevern?

The published population was 11,469 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	11,469 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Ostbevern

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	11,027	100.0%
Germany	9,124	82.7%
Kazakhstan	433	3.9%
Russian Federation	396	3.6%
Poland	167	1.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	140	1.3%
Ukraine	103	0.9%
Turkey	77	0.7%
Iraq	49	0.4%
Romania	45	0.4%
China	37	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Moldova, Republic of	31	0.3%
Kosovo	25	0.2%
Italy	23	0.2%
Portugal	23	0.2%
Bulgaria	22	0.2%
Afghanistan	22	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	18	0.2%
Lebanon	16	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	14	0.1%
Serbia	11	0.1%
Belgium	10	0.1%
Azerbaijan	10	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
Nigeria	9	0.1%
Viet Nam	9	0.1%
India	9	0.1%
Uzbekistan	9	0.1%
Austria	8	0.1%
Turkmenistan	8	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	0.1%
Slovenia	7	0.1%
Switzerland	7	0.1%
United Kingdom	7	0.1%
Guinea	7	0.1%
Armenia	6	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	6	0.1%
France	5	0.0%
Latvia	5	0.0%
Lithuania	5	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	5	0.0%
Spain	5	0.0%
Bangladesh	5	0.0%
Philippines	5	0.0%
Thailand	5	0.0%
Albania	4	0.0%
Croatia	4	0.0%
Czech Republic	4	0.0%
Angola	4	0.0%
Ghana	4	0.0%
Colombia	4	0.0%
United States	4	0.0%
Greece	3	0.0%
Hungary	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%
Not stated	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	11,027	100.0%
Germany	10,153	92.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	164	1.5%
Ukraine	87	0.8%
Poland	64	0.6%
Romania	56	0.5%
Iraq	50	0.5%
Turkey	45	0.4%
Afghanistan	34	0.3%
Kosovo	33	0.3%
China	32	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Portugal	26	0.2%
Russian Federation	25	0.2%
Bulgaria	23	0.2%
Italy	15	0.1%
Kazakhstan	15	0.1%
Lebanon	13	0.1%
Viet Nam	11	0.1%
India	11	0.1%
Netherlands	10	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	0.1%
Nigeria	9	0.1%
Azerbaijan	9	0.1%
Spain	8	0.1%
Switzerland	7	0.1%
Lithuania	6	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6	0.1%
Serbia	5	0.0%
Guinea	5	0.0%
Somalia	5	0.0%
China (Hong Kong)	5	0.0%
Bangladesh	5	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	5	0.0%
Albania	4	0.0%
Croatia	4	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.0%
Czech Republic	4	0.0%
Eritrea	4	0.0%
Thailand	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	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 Ostbevern

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 Ostbevern alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,900 Ostbevern+26%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.42/m² Ostbevernno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 5,192 Ostbevern−27%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Böblingen vs 10.0 µg/m³ Ostbevernsame level

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Burgthann11,466 residents Oestrich-Winkel11,443 residents Eningen unter Achalm11,506 residents Zeuthen11,431 residents Kirchhundem11,509 residents Lauingen (Donau)11,510 residents

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

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

Is Ostbevern part of Münster?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁵

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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 Ostbevern?

The published population was 11,469 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Ostbevern?

Average net cold rent is 6.42 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 449 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Ostbevern?

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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Ostbevern?

The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Ostbevern?

The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Ostbevern a good place to live?

Ostbevern 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 Ostbevern part of Münster?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Ostbevern?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,124 people (82.7%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Ostbevern, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d06f56dfba95aa7bbdd37bc07c098046]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/ostbevern/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ostbevern, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {d06f56dfba95aa7bbdd37bc07c098046},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/ostbevern/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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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