Living in Rheurdt

In Rheurdt, rents across existing tenancies average €6.29 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.2% (2024).

The population of Rheurdt totalled 6,450 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €3,800 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 levels for Rheurdt stood at 10 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2325 sources

Population6,450people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.29EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 8% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate6.2%country median 5.1% — 22% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime6,501incidents 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

Pricier rent than 64% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 74% 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 Rheurdt?

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 Rheurdt?

Average net cold rent is 6.29 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): 6.29 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 citiesRheurdt 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 M¹⁶Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.29 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Rheurdt a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–64%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

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

Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–64%

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 377 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.29 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 Rheurdt?

The unemployment rate is 6.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Rheurdt is 6.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Rheurdt 6.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,800 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	6.2 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Rheurdt?

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

Left over each month€2,018of €2,494 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.	€2,494
Rent, 60 m²€6.29/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €377
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	€2,018

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Rheurdt. 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 citiesRheurdt 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	6,501 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁰Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Rheurdt's nearest airport was NRN, 27 km away and offered 38 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	38 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	27 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	NRN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Rheurdt. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Rheurdt's monthly mean temperatures were 2°C in January and 18.8°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Rheurdt?

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 Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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 Rheurdt 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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Rheurdt 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.45 · Feb 18.5 · Mar 21.41 · Apr 26.87 · May 29.73 · Jun 34.1 · Jul 37.84 · Aug 33.69 · Sep 31.87 · Oct 26.53 · Nov 20.2 · Dec 14.72 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -13.75 · Feb -16.33 · Mar -8.17 · Apr -4.73 · May 0.84 · Jun 4.45 · Jul 7.43 · Aug 6.68 · Sep 3.03 · Oct -4.31 · Nov -5.76 · Dec -12.59 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 2 · Feb 2.69 · Mar 5.67 · Apr 9.87 · May 13.68 · Jun 17.01 · Jul 18.82 · Aug 18.32 · Sep 14.91 · Oct 10.75 · Nov 6.32 · Dec 2.89 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Rheurdt?

The published population was 6,450 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	6,450 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁵Official

International community in Rheurdt

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	6,402	100.0%
Germany	5,843	91.3%
Poland	156	2.4%
Ukraine	36	0.6%
Not stated	30	0.5%
Turkey	25	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	24	0.4%
Russian Federation	20	0.3%
Netherlands	18	0.3%
Iraq	18	0.3%
Greece	15	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Czech Republic	13	0.2%
Afghanistan	12	0.2%
Italy	11	0.2%
Switzerland	10	0.2%
Kazakhstan	10	0.2%
Romania	9	0.1%
Albania	7	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Austria	7	0.1%
United States	7	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.1%
Slovenia	5	0.1%
Kosovo	5	0.1%
Armenia	5	0.1%
Thailand	5	0.1%
Bulgaria	4	0.1%
Lithuania	4	0.1%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Hungary	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Rwanda	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Panama	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Nepal	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	6,402	100.0%
Germany	6,015	94.0%
Poland	64	1.0%
Ukraine	39	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	33	0.5%
Turkey	27	0.4%
Netherlands	23	0.4%
Iraq	20	0.3%
Afghanistan	18	0.3%
Uncertain	17	0.3%
Austria	15	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	14	0.2%
Italy	11	0.2%
Bulgaria	9	0.1%
Romania	9	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Croatia	7	0.1%
United States	7	0.1%
Russian Federation	6	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Spain	4	0.1%
Ghana	4	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	4	0.1%
Albania	3	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Kosovo	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%
Stateless	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Alternatives for people set on Rheurdt

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.

Wesel as a Rheurdt alternative in the same region

24 km away, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.98/m² Wesel vs €6.29/m² Rheurdtno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,628 Wesel vs 6,501 Rheurdt−13%
Median gross pay, region: €4,150 Wesel vs €3,800 Rheurdt+9%

Full comparison More about Wesel

Böblingen as a Rheurdt alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 358 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 6,501 Rheurdt−42%
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,800 Rheurdt+29%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.29/m² Rheurdtno percentage

Full comparison More about Böblingen

Cities near Rheurdt

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Moers Commuting Zone · 10.6 km away

Rent: 6.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Duisburg Commuting Zone · 20.8 km away

Rent: 6.66 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-02-01
Salary: 4,151 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Dinslaken Commuting Zone · 21.5 km away

Rent: 6.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Kamp-Lintfort 5.9 km away

Rent: 6.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Neukirchen-Vluyn 6.9 km away

Rent: 6.39 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Issum 8.6 km away

Rent: 6.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Geldern 11.0 km away

Rent: 6.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Kempen 11.7 km away

Rent: 7.01 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

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

Is Rheurdt part of Duisburg?

Rheurdt is in the published commuting zone of Duisburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Duisburg 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 Rheurdt?

The published population was 6,450 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Rheurdt?

Average net cold rent is 6.29 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 440 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Rheurdt?

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.

What is the unemployment rate in Rheurdt?

The unemployment rate is 6.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Rheurdt?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Rheurdt a good place to live?

Rheurdt 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 Rheurdt part of Duisburg?

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

Which cities are near Rheurdt?

Moers, Duisburg, Dinslaken, Kamp-Lintfort, Neukirchen-Vluyn are near Rheurdt. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Rheurdt?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,843 people (91.3%) 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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  title = {Rheurdt, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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