Living in Selters

In Selters, rents across existing tenancies average €5.71 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.2% (2024).

Selters numbered 4,643 residents at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Selters showed €4,050 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population4,643people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,050EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.71EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate5.2%country median 5.1% — 2% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,865incidents 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 (EEA)

Less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Selters?

Average net cold rent is 5.71 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): 5.71 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesSelters highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Selters€5.71

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Leipzig€6.27

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 M¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.71 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁴Official

Is Selters a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–68%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–71%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 51–71%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 48–68%

Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 48–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 343 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.71 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 Selters?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Selters is 5.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Selters 5.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,050 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.2 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Selters?

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

Left over each month€2,187of €2,629 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.	€2,629
Rent, 60 m²€5.71/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €343
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	€2,187

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Selters Salary needed to live in Selters

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

At the end of 2024, Selters offered 1,250.8 beds per 100,000 residents.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,251 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)³Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Selters 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,251 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSelters 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	4,865 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁰Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Selters's nearest airport was FRA, 58 km away and offered 239 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	239 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	58 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FRA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

GermanIn Person

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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 Selters.

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Climate and air quality

Selters's monthly mean temperatures were −0.3°C in January and 18.8°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Selters?

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 (EEA)⁵

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

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 Selters 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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Selters 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 11.86 · Feb 16.32 · Mar 19.51 · Apr 24.86 · May 29.6 · Jun 35.35 · Jul 38.06 · Aug 37.24 · Sep 30.9 · Oct 25.45 · Nov 18.95 · Dec 12.79 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -16.94 · Feb -18.83 · Mar -11.46 · Apr -5.21 · May -1.79 · Jun 3.21 · Jul 6.17 · Aug 4.61 · Sep 1.94 · Oct -5.25 · Nov -6.42 · Dec -14.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.27 · Feb 0.5 · Mar 3.91 · Apr 8.51 · May 12.57 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.77 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14.09 · Oct 9.12 · Nov 4.39 · Dec 0.84 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Selters?

The published population was 4,643 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	4,643 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³Official

International community in Selters

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	4,606	100.0%
Germany	3,817	82.9%
Kazakhstan	119	2.6%
Turkey	97	2.1%
Czech Republic	66	1.4%
Poland	61	1.3%
Russian Federation	57	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	51	1.1%
Ukraine	46	1.0%
Bulgaria	27	0.6%
Romania	24	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Not stated	16	0.3%
Iraq	13	0.3%
Afghanistan	11	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.2%
Austria	10	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	9	0.2%
Switzerland	9	0.2%
Somalia	9	0.2%
Armenia	9	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	8	0.2%
Serbia	7	0.2%
Morocco	7	0.2%
France	6	0.1%
Hungary	6	0.1%
United States	6	0.1%
Kosovo	5	0.1%
Sweden	5	0.1%
Georgia	5	0.1%
India	5	0.1%
Pakistan	5	0.1%
Belgium	4	0.1%
Greece	4	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.1%
Spain	4	0.1%
United Kingdom	4	0.1%
Uzbekistan	4	0.1%
Denmark	3	0.1%
Croatia	3	0.1%
Slovenia	3	0.1%
Italy	3	0.1%
Portugal	3	0.1%
Canada	3	0.1%
Colombia	3	0.1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.1%
Azerbaijan	3	0.1%
Kuwait	3	0.1%
Tajikistan	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	4,606	100.0%
Germany	4,161	90.3%
Turkey	110	2.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	40	0.9%
Ukraine	39	0.8%
Bulgaria	35	0.8%
Romania	27	0.6%
Poland	16	0.3%
Iraq	14	0.3%
Serbia	12	0.3%
Italy	10	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	9	0.2%
Austria	9	0.2%
Somalia	9	0.2%
Armenia	9	0.2%
Afghanistan	9	0.2%
Lithuania	8	0.2%
Russian Federation	8	0.2%
Portugal	6	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.1%
Greece	5	0.1%
Georgia	5	0.1%
Kazakhstan	5	0.1%
Montenegro	4	0.1%
Eritrea	4	0.1%
Morocco	4	0.1%
Ecuador	4	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.1%
France	3	0.1%
Croatia	3	0.1%
Slovenia	3	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%
Spain	3	0.1%
Kenya	3	0.1%
United States	3	0.1%
India	3	0.1%
Kuwait	3	0.1%
Pakistan	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%

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

Alternatives for people set on Selters

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.

Bad Oeynhausen as a Selters alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,654.1 Bad Oeynhausen vs 1,250.8 Selters+32%
Rent: €5.98/m² Bad Oeynhausen vs €5.71/m² Selters+5%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Bad Oeynhausen vs €4,050 Selters−6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,696 Bad Oeynhausen vs 4,865 Selters−3%
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Bad Oeynhausen vs 8.0 µg/m³ Selterssame level

Full comparison More about Bad Oeynhausen

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities

Wilthen4,642 residents Bad Buchau4,651 residents Pausa-Mühltroff4,625 residents Müllrose4,622 residents Königsbrück4,665 residents Callenberg4,669 residents

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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; Selters'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 Selters?

The published population was 4,643 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Selters?

Average net cold rent is 5.71 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 400 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Selters?

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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Selters?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Selters?

The median gross salary is 4,050 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Selters a good place to live?

Selters 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.

How many people born in Germany live in Selters?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,817 people (82.9%) 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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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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