Living in Schönebeck
In Schönebeck, rent averages €5.14 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 8.3% (2024).
At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 9 µg/m³.
Cheaper rent than 73% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 93% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 92% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Schönebeck?
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 Schönebeck?
Average net cold rent is 5.14 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): 5.14 EUR/m²/month · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)8
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps16Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M27Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 5.14 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)8Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate | 6 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)14Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Is Schönebeck 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 308 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.14 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 Schönebeck?
The unemployment rate is 8.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Schönebeck 8.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 42.19 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 42.23 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official |
| Disposable income per resident | 24,552 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts28Official · district-level figure |
| GDP per capita | 34,014 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts28Official · district-level figure |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,350 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure |
| Unemployment rate | 8.3 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Schönebeck?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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€6.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.14/m² (official · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE) · 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 | €1,788 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Schönebeck. 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 Schönebeck. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
At the end of 2024, hospital bed capacity in Schönebeck was 555.6 beds per 100,000 residents.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 555.6 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official |
Yes — migrants receive medical care in Schönebeck 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 | 6,727 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise25Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Schönebeck's nearest airport was LEJ, 75 km away and offered 28 direct destinations.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct destinations from the nearest major airport | 28 count | 3 Aug 2026 | OpenFlights23Official |
| Destinations from nearest airport | 28 count | 13 Jun 2026 | OpenFlights — routes.dat23Official |
| Nearest airport | LEJ | 13 Jun 2026 | OurAirports — airports.csv24Official |
| Distance to nearest airport | 74.1 km | 13 Jun 2026 | OurAirports — airports.csv24Official |
| Distance to the nearest major airport | 75 km | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports24Official |
| Nearest major airport (IATA code) | LEJ | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports24Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Schönebeck. 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
Monthly mean temperature moved from 1.4°C in January to 19.3°C in July. Schönebeck's monthly precipitation totalled 38.3 mm in January and 60.9 mm in July. Schönebeck's average monthly sunshine was 59.7 hours in January and 230.6 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Schönebeck?
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 (EEA)11
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
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.
Schönebeck 9.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 21 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Magdeburg Schleinufer)9Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 16 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Magdeburg Schleinufer)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency (EEA)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 4 · Feb 5.4 · Mar 9.6 · Apr 15.4 · May 19.6 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 25 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 14.4 · Nov 8.3 · Dec 4.8 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO17Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.4 · Feb -1.1 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 4.3 · May 8.3 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 10 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 2.5 · Dec -0.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 1.4 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 5.2 · Apr 9.9 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 19 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 10 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 2.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 38.3 · Feb 26.1 · Mar 34.9 · Apr 27.8 · May 56.1 · Jun 51.8 · Jul 60.9 · Aug 59.4 · Sep 43.3 · Oct 40 · Nov 36.8 · Dec 39.5 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO20Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 59.7 · Feb 80.8 · Mar 126.9 · Apr 189.5 · May 228.8 · Jun 235.4 · Jul 230.6 · Aug 215.7 · Sep 162.7 · Oct 116 · Nov 59.7 · Dec 49.1 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO21Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Germany: Cottbus ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °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
How many people live in Schönebeck?
The published population was 30,250 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 202513
By nationality
National passport94%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 529 cars/1000 residents | 1 Jan 2026 | Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality15Official |
| City area | 86.52 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,812 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities30Official |
| Population density | 351.6 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.22Official |
| Population | 30,250 people | 31 Dec 2025 | GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 202513Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 779 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit29Official |
| Catholic share | 2.6 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit29Official |
| No religion or other | 27,701 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit29Official |
| No religion or other, share | 91 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit29Official |
| Protestant residents | 1,950 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit29Official |
| Protestant share | 6.4 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit29Official |
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100) | 100.6 % | 1 Mar 2025 | Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure |
| Childcare coverage, under 3 | 63.3 % | 1 Mar 2025 | Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure |
| Local business-tax multiplier | 400 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official |
| Local property-tax multiplier | 420 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official |
Alternatives for people set on Schönebeck
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.
Calbe (Saale) as a Schönebeck alternative in the same region
13 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 953.9 Calbe (Saale) vs 555.6 Schönebeck+72%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,350 Calbe (Saale) vs €3,350 Schönebeckno percentage
- Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Calbe (Saale) vs 9.0 µg/m³ Schönebeck−11%
- Nearest airport: 62.4 km Calbe (Saale) vs 74.1 km Schönebeck−16%
- Rent: €6.00/m² Calbe (Saale) vs €6.00/m² Schönebecksame level
- Unemployment: 8.3% Calbe (Saale) vs 8.3% Schönebecksame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,727 Calbe (Saale) vs 6,727 Schönebecksame level
Frechen as a Schönebeck alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 361 km, better on 5 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Median gross pay, region: €4,250 Frechen vs €3,350 Schönebeck+27%
- Rent: €7.83/m² Frechen vs €5.14/m² Schönebeckno percentage
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 827.8 Frechen vs 555.6 Schönebeck+49%
- Nearest airport: 23.6 km Frechen vs 74.1 km Schönebeck−68%
- Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Frechen vs 9.0 µg/m³ Schönebeck−11%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,476 Frechen vs 6,727 Schönebeck−4%
Cities near Schönebeck
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 5.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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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; Schönebeck's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Schönebeck part of Magdeburg?
Schönebeck is in the published commuting zone of Magdeburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Magdeburg city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source12
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Schönebeck?
The published population was 30,250 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025.
How much does it cost to rent in Schönebeck?
Average net cold rent is 5.14 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 360 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE).
Is the air quality good in Schönebeck?
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 (EEA).
What is the unemployment rate in Schönebeck?
The unemployment rate is 8.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Schönebeck?
The median gross salary is 3,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).
Is Schönebeck a good place to live?
Schönebeck 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 Schönebeck part of Magdeburg?
Schönebeck is in the published commuting zone of Magdeburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Schönebeck?
Magdeburg, Gommern, Barby, Calbe (Saale), Nienburg (Saale) are near Schönebeck. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
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