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Living in Quickborn

In Quickborn, rents across existing tenancies average €4.88 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.4% (2022).

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €9.61 per m² per month in June 2026. Quickborn is in Germany; its population was 22,521 at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €31,360 per person per year at the end of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 97.6% in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2324 sources

Population22,521people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)4,150EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)
Average net rent4.88EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 16% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate6.36%country median 5.1% — 25% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Recorded crime6,520incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hamburg Niendorf)

Cheaper rent than 82% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 77% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 95% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Quickborn?

Average net cold rent is 4.88 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): 4.88 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Quickborn recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesQuickborn highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Quickborn highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Quickborn€4.88
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M18Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.88 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate9.61 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026miet-check Mietspiegel Quickborn24Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Quickborn a good place to live?

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–73%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%
Student64%strong on cost, weak on education · range 53–75%
Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–67%
Retirement60%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 47–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 293 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.88 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

The unemployment rate was 6.36% in May 2022. The regional median gross salary was €4,150 per month at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Quickborn?

The unemployment rate is about 6.4 % (May 2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.36 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23
Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Quickborn is 6.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability97.35 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas2Official
Gigabit broadband availability97.55 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas2Official
Disposable income per resident31,360 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts19Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita34,777 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts19Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)4,150 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate6.36 %country median 5.1%15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official

What does a salary buy in Quickborn?

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

regional median gross pay: €4,150 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€2,007of €2,682 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.€2,682
Rent, 60 m²€9.61/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Quickborn · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €4.88/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €577
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€2,007
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Quickborn Salary needed to live in Quickborn

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Quickborn. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Quickborn. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesQuickborn highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Quickborn highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,520 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport87 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportHAM13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport12.9 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

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

Is the air quality good in Quickborn?

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 Hamburg Niendorf)10

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
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Quickborn is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean24 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Norderstedt)8Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean12 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Hamburg Niendorf)9Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hamburg Niendorf)10Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 4 · Feb 4.9 · Mar 8.8 · Apr 14 · May 18 · Jun 20.9 · Jul 23.4 · Aug 22.7 · Sep 18.9 · Oct 13.7 · Nov 8.3 · Dec 5.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Quickborn20Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -1 · Feb -1.3 · Mar 0.5 · Apr 3 · May 6.4 · Jun 9.5 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 11.3 · Sep 8.7 · Oct 5.8 · Nov 2.6 · Dec 0.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Quickborn20Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 1.7 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 8.6 · May 12.5 · Jun 15.6 · Jul 17.8 · Aug 17.1 · Sep 13.7 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 2.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Quickborn20Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 74.2 · Feb 54.8 · Mar 58 · Apr 37.1 · May 60.8 · Jun 78 · Jul 91.2 · Aug 86.3 · Sep 67.1 · Oct 65.4 · Nov 70.2 · Dec 78.8 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Quickborn20Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 40.1 · Feb 63.2 · Mar 116.7 · Apr 182.8 · May 223.9 · Jun 207.3 · Jul 220 · Aug 191 · Sep 146.4 · Oct 107.4 · Nov 49.1 · Dec 34.6 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Quickborn20Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)7Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Bad Arolsen ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Reims (France) ±1.8 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.8 °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

The city covered 43.2 km² in 2024. Population density was 521.8 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Quickborn?

The published population was 22,521 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents609 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality12Official
City area43.16 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5Official
Foreign residents2,207 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities22Official
Population density521.8 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.14Official
Population22,521 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents1,347 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official
Catholic share6 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official
No religion or other15,123 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official
No religion or other, share67.6 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official
Protestant residents5,901 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official
Protestant share26.4 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)87.3 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional3Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 338.8 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional3Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier390 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich6Official
Local property-tax multiplier425 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich6Official

Alternatives for people set on Quickborn

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Quickborn from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Quickborn, nearest in population first.

All Germany cities
Soltau22,511 residentsEisleben22,505 residentsMühldorf am Inn22,503 residentsBad Salzungen22,557 residentsLengerich22,557 residentsWaghäusel22,466 residents

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Quickborn in rankings

#23 of 30 in Cheapest cities to rent in Germany #23 of 30 in Lowest reference rents in Germany

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

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

Is Quickborn part of Hamburg?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source11

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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 Quickborn?

The published population was 22,521 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Quickborn?

Average net cold rent is 4.88 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 342 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Quickborn?

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 Hamburg Niendorf).

What is the unemployment rate in Quickborn?

The unemployment rate is about 6.4 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Quickborn?

The median gross salary is 4,150 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Quickborn a good place to live?

Quickborn 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 Quickborn part of Hamburg?

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

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Quickborn, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e93a56e2dcee8e644dcaa61af978a260]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/quickborn/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Quickborn, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {e93a56e2dcee8e644dcaa61af978a260},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/quickborn/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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