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Living in Ruhland

In Ruhland, rents across existing tenancies average €5.22 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 7.2% (2024).

Ruhland is a city in Germany, with a population of 3,728 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 52 in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 87.3% at the end of 2025. The city covered 37.2 km² in 2024. Population density was 100.2 people per km² in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €7 per m² per month in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2331 sources

Population3,728people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent5.22EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 10% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate7.2%country median 5.1% — 41% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime5,226incidents 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 · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsterwerda)

Cheaper rent than 71% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 86% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Ruhland.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ruhland?

Average net cold rent is 5.22 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): 5.22 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Ruhland recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Ruhland€5.22
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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 Mbps14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M20Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.22 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate7 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Ruhland a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–63%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%
Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%
Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%
Retirement58%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 313 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.22 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 Ruhland?

The unemployment rate is 7.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Ruhland is 7.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability87.25 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability87.25 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,350 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate7.2 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Ruhland?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,350 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,728of €2,247 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.€2,247
Rent, 60 m²€7.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.22/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €420
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€1,728
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ruhland. 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

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ruhland. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesRuhland highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Ruhland 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 residents5,226 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was DRS, 36.5 km away, with 18 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport18 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportDRS13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport36.5 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ruhland. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ruhland.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Ruhland?

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsterwerda)12

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 Ruhland is 10.0 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 mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Elsterwerda)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Elsterwerda)11Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsterwerda)12Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9.7 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Population and city profile

How many people live in Ruhland?

The published population was 3,728 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 area37.22 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official
Foreign residents52 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities22Official
Population density100.2 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official
Population3,728 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents79 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share2.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other3,122 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share82.7 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents574 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share15.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Ruhland

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
Total3,775100.0%
Germany3,66897.2%
Poland220.6%
Czech Republic170.5%
Not stated130.3%
Ukraine80.2%
Austria70.2%
Russian Federation70.2%
Viet Nam70.2%
Thailand50.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Slovenia30.1%
Italy30.1%
Romania30.1%
Switzerland30.1%
Turkey30.1%
Hungary30.1%
Armenia30.1%
Afghanistan30.1%
Kazakhstan30.1%
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%

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
Total3,775100.0%
Germany3,72398.6%
Austria80.2%
Ukraine70.2%
Poland60.2%
Viet Nam60.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.1%
Italy30.1%
Romania30.1%
Slovakia30.1%
Switzerland30.1%
Show 5 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Turkey30.1%
Canada30.1%
Afghanistan30.1%
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%
Thailand30.1%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier360 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de21Official
Local property-tax multiplier395 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de21Official

Alternatives for people set on Ruhland

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.

Königsbrück as a Ruhland alternative in the same region

22 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Nearest airport: 17.4 km Königsbrück vs 36.5 km Ruhland−52%
  • Unemployment: 6.2% Königsbrück vs 7.2% Ruhland−14%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,502 Königsbrück vs 5,226 Ruhland−14%
  • Residents: 4,665 Königsbrück vs 3,728 Ruhland+25%
  • Rent: €5.32/m² Königsbrück vs €5.22/m² Ruhlandsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,350 Königsbrück vs €3,350 Ruhlandsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Königsbrück vs 10.0 µg/m³ Ruhlandsame level
Full comparisonMore about Königsbrück

Gummersbach as a Ruhland alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 441 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 3,728 Ruhland+1276%
  • Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €5.22/m² Ruhland+14%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 5,226 Ruhland−24%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,350 Ruhland+18%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gummersbach vs 10.0 µg/m³ Ruhland−20%
  • Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 36.5 km Ruhland−4%
Full comparisonMore about Gummersbach

Cities near Ruhland

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

Schwarzheide 2.4 km away
Rent
4.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Lauchhammer 7.1 km away
Rent
4.97 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Ortrand 11.7 km away
Rent
4.86 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Senftenberg 12.5 km away
Rent
5.35 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Lauta 16.3 km away
Rent
5.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Großräschen/Rań 17.6 km away
Rent
4.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Königsbrück 21.6 km away
Rent
5.32 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Finsterwalde 21.9 km away
Rent
5.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

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Trebsen/Mulde3,744 residentsMirow3,711 residentsWolkenstein3,762 residentsSternberg3,769 residentsSpeicher3,681 residentsMarktbreit3,793 residents

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

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

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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 Ruhland?

The published population was 3,728 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Ruhland?

Average net cold rent is 5.22 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 365 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Ruhland?

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsterwerda).

What is the unemployment rate in Ruhland?

The unemployment rate is 7.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Ruhland?

The median gross salary is 3,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Ruhland a good place to live?

Ruhland 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 Ruhland?

Schwarzheide, Lauchhammer, Ortrand, Senftenberg, Lauta are near Ruhland. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Ruhland?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,668 people (97.2%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Ruhland, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 22c9d3a84e6fe8e11bf109e69d01eb99]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/ruhland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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