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Living in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber

In Rottenburg a.d.Laaber, rents across existing tenancies average €6.22 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.1% (2024).

Rottenburg a.d.Laaber had 8,486 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. In May 2022, the foreign population was 1,150. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €10 per m² per month in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2327 sources

Population8,486people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)4,150EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent6.22EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 7% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate3.1%country median 5.1% — 39% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime2,369incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Neustadt a.d. Donau/Eining)

Pricier rent than 62% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 92% 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 Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

Average net cold rent is 6.22 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): 6.22 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Rottenburg a.d.Laaber recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesRottenburg a.d.Laaber highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Rottenburg a.d.Laaber highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Rottenburg a.d.Laaber€6.22
Dortmund€6.00
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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 M20Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.22 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate10 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)12Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Rottenburg a.d.Laaber a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–63%
Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%
Student54%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 43–65%
Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 52–74%
Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 373 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.22 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 Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber is 3.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability66.36 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability75.19 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)4,150 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.1 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

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 (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,983of €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€10.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €6.22/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €600
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€1,983
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Rottenburg a.d.Laaber. 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 citiesRottenburg a.d.Laaber highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Rottenburg a.d.Laaber 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 residents2,369 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was MUC, 42.6 km away, with 191 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 75.2% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport191 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportMUC13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport42.6 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Rottenburg a.d.Laaber. 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 Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 Neustadt a.d. Donau/Eining)11

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

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 Rottenburg a.d.Laaber is 7.0 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 mean17 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Landshut/Podewilsstraße)9Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Landshut/Podewilsstraße)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean7 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Neustadt a.d. Donau/Eining)11Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.4 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land

Population and city profile

The city covered 90.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 94.2 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The published population was 8,486 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area90.11 km²31 Dec 2024Official German municipality area in the 31.12.2024 municipal directory.14Official
Foreign residents1,150 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities22Official
Population density94.17 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.14Official
Population8,486 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents5,394 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share64.7 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other2,418 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share29 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents529 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share6.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber

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 groupPeopleShare
Total8,340100.0%
Germany6,94783.3%
Poland2773.3%
Romania2753.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina790.9%
Croatia770.9%
Czech Republic700.8%
Turkey640.8%
Hungary460.6%
Austria400.5%
Ukraine390.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Italy370.4%
Kosovo360.4%
Serbia350.4%
Russian Federation330.4%
Kazakhstan290.3%
Not stated290.3%
Syrian Arab Republic230.3%
Afghanistan180.2%
Albania160.2%
Nigeria140.2%
Sierra Leone130.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of120.1%
Portugal120.1%
Spain110.1%
Switzerland90.1%
Slovenia70.1%
Latvia70.1%
Thailand60.1%
Netherlands50.1%
France40.0%
Lithuania40.0%
Slovakia40.0%
Mexico40.0%
United States40.0%
Iraq40.0%
Bulgaria30.0%
Greece30.0%
Eritrea30.0%
Mozambique30.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of30.0%
Argentina30.0%
Brazil30.0%
Cuba30.0%
Paraguay30.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of30.0%
Georgia30.0%
Viet Nam30.0%
Pakistan30.0%
Philippines30.0%
Turkmenistan30.0%
China30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total8,340100.0%
Germany7,18986.2%
Romania2362.8%
Poland2172.6%
Croatia1351.6%
Turkey670.8%
Hungary510.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina500.6%
Italy410.5%
Kosovo410.5%
Ukraine380.5%
Show 33 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Nigeria270.3%
Austria240.3%
Syrian Arab Republic220.3%
Afghanistan210.3%
Albania160.2%
Portugal160.2%
Serbia160.2%
Sierra Leone150.2%
Czech Republic140.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of90.1%
Russian Federation80.1%
Latvia70.1%
Netherlands70.1%
Slovakia50.1%
Iraq50.1%
Bulgaria40.0%
Lithuania40.0%
France30.0%
Slovenia30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Spain30.0%
Eritrea30.0%
Mozambique30.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of30.0%
Brazil30.0%
Mexico30.0%
United States30.0%
Azerbaijan30.0%
Pakistan30.0%
Thailand30.0%
China30.0%
Stateless30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier380 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de21Official
Local property-tax multiplier390 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de21Official

Alternatives for people set on Rottenburg a.d.Laaber

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

Cities near Rottenburg a.d.Laaber

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

Abensberg 18.2 km away
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7.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Mainburg 18.8 km away
Rent
7.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Landshut 20.2 km away
Rent
8.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Neustadt a.d.Donau 22.0 km away
Rent
7.46 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Rottenburg a.d.Laaber, nearest in population first.

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Ottobeuren8,486 residentsRottenburg an der Laaber8,487 residentsNonnweiler8,484 residentsErgoldsbach8,491 residentsGarching an der Alz8,491 residentsNordheim8,480 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber 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; Rottenburg a.d.Laaber's school authority applies it locally.

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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 Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The published population was 8,486 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

Average net cold rent is 6.22 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 435 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 Neustadt a.d. Donau/Eining).

What is the unemployment rate in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The median gross salary is 4,150 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Rottenburg a.d.Laaber a good place to live?

Rottenburg a.d.Laaber 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 Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

Abensberg, Mainburg, Landshut, Neustadt a.d.Donau are near Rottenburg a.d.Laaber. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Rottenburg a.d.Laaber?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,947 people (83.3%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Rottenburg a.d.Laaber, Germany: population, rent, salary [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b49f7023936ead83e2024bea375ee812]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/rottenburg-a-d-laaber/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Rottenburg a.d.Laaber, Germany: population, rent, salary},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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