Living in Roßwein
In Roßwein, rents across existing tenancies average €4.44 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.5% (2024).
Roßwein had 7,149 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. Regional GDP per person was €33,189 at the end of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 0% in 2025. The regional median gross salary was €3,250 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €26,101 per person per year at the end of 2023. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024.
Cheaper rent than 96% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Roßwein?
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 Roßwein?
Average net cold rent is 4.44 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): 4.44 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 Mbps15Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M25Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 4.44 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 | 6 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Is Roßwein 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 266 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.44 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 Roßwein?
The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Roßwein 5.5%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 0.03 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 0.03 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Disposable income per resident | 26,101 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts26Official · district-level figure |
| GDP per capita | 33,189 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts26Official · district-level figure |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,250 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure |
| Unemployment rate | 5.5 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Roßwein?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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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. | €2,192 |
| Rent, 60 m²€6.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.44/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15). | − €360 |
| 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 | €1,733 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Roßwein. 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 Roßwein. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 132.2 per 100,000 | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Yes — migrants receive medical care in Roßwein 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 guideSafety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,162 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise21Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Roßwein. 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 Roßwein?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency12
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
mm
hours
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.
Roßwein 9.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 17 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Freiberg)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 13 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Freiberg)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9 µg/m³country median 8.0 | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency12Official |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 12.14 · Feb 14.92 · Mar 21.09 · Apr 27.69 · May 29.28 · Jun 36.79 · Jul 35.34 · Aug 36.52 · Sep 30.97 · Oct 25.87 · Nov 18.63 · Dec 12.44 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -22.62 · Feb -20.09 · Mar -14.51 · Apr -6.35 · May -2.71 · Jun 2.88 · Jul 7.99 · Aug 5.29 · Sep 2.07 · Oct -5.36 · Nov -12.63 · Dec -18.8 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -1.42 · Feb -0.44 · Mar 3.26 · Apr 8.48 · May 13.06 · Jun 17.06 · Jul 19.26 · Aug 18.94 · Sep 14.23 · Oct 9.03 · Nov 3.92 · Dec 0.07 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 43.7 · Feb 32.2 · Mar 42.3 · Apr 32 · May 52.8 · Jun 53.4 · Jul 74.4 · Aug 63.9 · Sep 49.2 · Oct 43 · Nov 47.4 · Dec 44.3 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO17Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 60.5 · Feb 81.9 · Mar 126.8 · Apr 186.7 · May 224.4 · Jun 225.3 · Jul 233.2 · Aug 214.5 · Sep 160.2 · Oct 116.4 · Nov 67 · Dec 53.8 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Annual mean temperature | 8.5 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land |
Annual PM2.5 fell 43.8% between 2014 and 2024, from 16.0 to 9.0.
Population and city profile
Population density was 162.1 people per km² in 2024.
How many people live in Roßwein?
The published population was 7,149 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7
By nationality
National passport94.7%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 44.11 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)24Official |
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 595 cars/1000 residents | 1 Jan 2026 | Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality14Official |
| City area | 44.11 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)7Official |
| Foreign residents | 379 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities27Official |
| Population density | 162.1 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.24Official |
| Population | 7,149 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 179 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis4Official |
| Catholic share | 2.5 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis4Official |
| No religion or other | 6,052 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis4Official |
| No religion or other, share | 83.5 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis4Official |
| Protestant residents | 1,016 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis4Official |
| Protestant share | 14 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis4Official |
International community in Roßwein
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 | 7,244 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 6,749 | 93.2% |
| Poland | 264 | 3.6% |
| Hungary | 47 | 0.6% |
| Romania | 42 | 0.6% |
| Czech Republic | 28 | 0.4% |
| Ukraine | 18 | 0.2% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 13 | 0.2% |
| Russian Federation | 12 | 0.2% |
| India | 8 | 0.1% |
| Iraq | 7 | 0.1% |
Show 17 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 4 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 4 | 0.1% |
| Not stated | 4 | 0.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 3 | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.0% |
| United States | 3 | 0.0% |
| Viet Nam | 3 | 0.0% |
| China | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source23
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,244 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 6,865 | 94.8% |
| Poland | 212 | 2.9% |
| Romania | 41 | 0.6% |
| Hungary | 37 | 0.5% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 18 | 0.2% |
| Ukraine | 14 | 0.2% |
| India | 8 | 0.1% |
| Iraq | 8 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 6 | 0.1% |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 0.1% |
Show 10 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0.0% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Italy | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Russian Federation | 3 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 0.0% |
| United States | 3 | 0.0% |
| Viet Nam | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source22
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100) | 96.2 % | 1 Mar 2025 | Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure |
| Childcare coverage, under 3 | 55.3 % | 1 Mar 2025 | Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure |
| Local business-tax multiplier | 390 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Realsteuervergleich8Official |
| Local property-tax multiplier | 400 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Realsteuervergleich8Official |
Alternatives for people set on Roßwein
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.
Tallinn as a Roßwein alternative in another country
A move, not a commute, at 1181 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.
- Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 9.0 µg/m³ Roßwein−67%
- Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €4.44/m² (2022) Roßweinno percentage
- Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 41.5 km Roßwein−87%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €3,250 (2024) Roßweinno percentage
Cities near Roßwein
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Alternative cities in Germany
Other cities in Germany to compare with Roßwein, nearest in population first.
How does Roßwein compare?
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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; Roßwein'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 Roßwein?
The published population was 7,149 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.
How much does it cost to rent in Roßwein?
Average net cold rent is 4.44 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 311 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Roßwein?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Roßwein?
The unemployment rate is 5.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Roßwein?
The median gross salary is 3,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).
Is Roßwein a good place to live?
Roßwein 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 Roßwein?
Döbeln, Nossen, Waldheim, Großschirma, Hartha are near Roßwein. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Roßwein?
The official country of birth distribution records 6,749 people (93.2%) 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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