Living in Schwaikheim

In Schwaikheim, rents across existing tenancies average €8.20 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.2% (2024).

The population of Schwaikheim totalled 10,028 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €4,500 per month at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population10,028people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,500EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent8.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 41% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.2%country median 5.1% — 18% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,701incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 92% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 69% 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 Schwaikheim?

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 Schwaikheim?

Average net cold rent is 8.2 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): 8.2 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 citiesSchwaikheim 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 M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Schwaikheim a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student53%strong on cost, weak on education · range 42–64%

Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–67%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 492 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.2 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 Schwaikheim?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Schwaikheim is 4.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Schwaikheim 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,500 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.2 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Schwaikheim?

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

Left over each month€2,276of €2,867 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.	€2,867
Rent, 60 m²€8.20/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €492
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	€2,276

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Schwaikheim. 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 Schwaikheim. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSchwaikheim 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	3,701 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Schwaikheim's nearest airport was STR, 23 km away and offered 80 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	80 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	23 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	STR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Schwaikheim. 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 Schwaikheim.

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Climate and air quality

Schwaikheim's monthly mean temperatures were 2.1°C in January and 20°C in July. Schwaikheim's monthly precipitation totalled 39.9 mm in January and 81.3 mm in July. Schwaikheim's average monthly sunshine was 69.3 hours in January and 241.6 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Schwaikheim?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.58WHO 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 Schwaikheim is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Schwaikheim 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.9 · Feb 6.5 · Mar 10.9 · Apr 15.8 · May 19.7 · Jun 23 · Jul 25.2 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 15.1 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 5.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.3 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 5.7 · May 9.7 · Jun 13.1 · Jul 15 · Aug 14.7 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 7.1 · Nov 3 · Dec 0.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 3 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 10.7 · May 14.6 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 20 · Aug 19.7 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 2.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 39.9 · Feb 32.7 · Mar 36.5 · Apr 35.4 · May 76.3 · Jun 75.6 · Jul 81.3 · Aug 72.1 · Sep 47.4 · Oct 51.8 · Nov 49.9 · Dec 49.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 69.3 · Feb 91.2 · Mar 142.5 · Apr 186.7 · May 209.5 · Jun 224.6 · Jul 241.6 · Aug 225.6 · Sep 169.4 · Oct 116.4 · Nov 72 · Dec 60.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±1.0 °C, Metz (France) ±0.3 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.7 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.7 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.7 °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 Schwaikheim?

The published population was 10,028 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,028 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Schwaikheim

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	9,693	100.0%
Germany	7,786	80.3%
Greece	235	2.4%
Turkey	190	2.0%
Romania	145	1.5%
Italy	131	1.4%
Poland	109	1.1%
Kosovo	99	1.0%
Czech Republic	77	0.8%
Ukraine	69	0.7%
Hungary	59	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Russian Federation	52	0.5%
Croatia	47	0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	46	0.5%
Kazakhstan	43	0.4%
Serbia	41	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	41	0.4%
Austria	34	0.4%
Bulgaria	29	0.3%
India	26	0.3%
Gambia	20	0.2%
China	19	0.2%
Slovenia	18	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	17	0.2%
Not stated	17	0.2%
Switzerland	16	0.2%
Nigeria	16	0.2%
United States	14	0.1%
Pakistan	14	0.1%
Viet Nam	13	0.1%
France	12	0.1%
Portugal	12	0.1%
Spain	12	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	12	0.1%
Afghanistan	10	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	10	0.1%
United Kingdom	9	0.1%
Cameroon	9	0.1%
Albania	8	0.1%
Eritrea	8	0.1%
Iraq	8	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	8	0.1%
Sri Lanka	7	0.1%
Palestinian territories	7	0.1%
Libya	6	0.1%
Somalia	6	0.1%
Philippines	6	0.1%
Slovakia	5	0.1%
Argentina	5	0.1%
Thailand	5	0.1%
Lithuania	4	0.0%
Netherlands	4	0.0%
South Africa	4	0.0%
Brazil	4	0.0%
Dominican Republic	4	0.0%
Peru	4	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Zambia	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	9,693	100.0%
Germany	8,071	83.3%
Greece	347	3.6%
Turkey	226	2.3%
Italy	212	2.2%
Kosovo	74	0.8%
Croatia	73	0.8%
Ukraine	65	0.7%
Romania	61	0.6%
Poland	50	0.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	45	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	0.3%
Austria	30	0.3%
Nigeria	28	0.3%
Bulgaria	27	0.3%
Serbia	25	0.3%
Gambia	21	0.2%
Hungary	19	0.2%
India	19	0.2%
Slovenia	14	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	14	0.1%
Portugal	14	0.1%
China	14	0.1%
Pakistan	13	0.1%
Spain	12	0.1%
Eritrea	12	0.1%
Cameroon	12	0.1%
Afghanistan	12	0.1%
Czech Republic	11	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	11	0.1%
Iraq	9	0.1%
France	8	0.1%
Netherlands	8	0.1%
Switzerland	8	0.1%
Palestinian territories	8	0.1%
United States	7	0.1%
Viet Nam	7	0.1%
Somalia	6	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.1%
Thailand	5	0.1%
Russian Federation	4	0.0%
Sri Lanka	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Alternatives for people set on Schwaikheim

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.

Böblingen as a Schwaikheim alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €8.20/m² Schwaikheimno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,500 Schwaikheim+9%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,701 Schwaikheimsame level

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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

Is Schwaikheim part of Stuttgart?

Schwaikheim is in the published commuting zone of Stuttgart; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Stuttgart city profile

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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 Schwaikheim?

The published population was 10,028 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Schwaikheim?

Average net cold rent is 8.2 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 574 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Schwaikheim?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Schwaikheim?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Schwaikheim?

The median gross salary is 4,500 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Schwaikheim a good place to live?

Schwaikheim 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 Schwaikheim part of Stuttgart?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Schwaikheim?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,786 people (80.3%) 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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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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