Living in Sögel

In Sögel, rents across existing tenancies average €5.69 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.4% (2024).

Sögel numbered 7,718 residents at the end of 2024. For Sögel, the regional median gross salary was €3,650 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2312 sources

Population7,718people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,650EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.69EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.4%country median 5.1% — 33% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,979incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Lower unemployment than 88% 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 Sögel?

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 Sögel?

Average net cold rent is 5.69 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): 5.69 EUR/m²/month · Destatis⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesSögel 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis⁴Official

Is Sögel a good place to live?

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Remote worker66%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 57–75%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–79%

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

Family66%strong on family, weak on education · range 56–76%

Retirement61%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 49–73%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 341 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.69 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 Sögel?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Sögel is 3.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Sögel 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,650 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.4 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Sögel?

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

Left over each month€1,972of €2,412 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.	€2,412
Rent, 60 m²€5.69/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €341
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	€1,972

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Public employment offices in Sögel

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Sögel — Verified local office

Prinzenkamp 3, 49751 Sögel, 49751

+49-5952-9300-0

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Healthcare

At the end of 2024, hospital bed capacity in Sögel was 2,608.1 beds per 100,000 residents.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	2,608 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)³Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Sögel 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 residents2,608 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSögel 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	4,979 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Sögel was 64 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	64 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	EME	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 1.6°C in January and 18°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.88 · Feb 16.22 · Mar 21.01 · Apr 26.03 · May 28 · Jun 31.4 · Jul 35.45 · Aug 32.74 · Sep 29.15 · Oct 25.06 · Nov 19.35 · Dec 13.41 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -17.72 · Feb -17.3 · Mar -11.51 · Apr -4.12 · May -0.45 · Jun 4.23 · Jul 8.41 · Aug 6.94 · Sep 3.96 · Oct -3.72 · Nov -6.99 · Dec -15.82 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.64 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 8.97 · May 12.75 · Jun 16.02 · Jul 18.04 · Aug 17.8 · Sep 14.53 · Oct 10.25 · Nov 6.02 · Dec 2.8 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Sögel?

The published population was 7,718 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,718 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Sögel

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	7,612	100.0%
Germany	4,871	64.0%
Romania	835	11.0%
Russian Federation	368	4.8%
Kazakhstan	319	4.2%
Poland	231	3.0%
Moldova, Republic of	222	2.9%
Hungary	222	2.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	61	0.8%
Ukraine	53	0.7%
Netherlands	46	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Iraq	38	0.5%
Afghanistan	37	0.5%
Bulgaria	35	0.5%
Kyrgyzstan	33	0.4%
Latvia	16	0.2%
Viet Nam	16	0.2%
Not stated	14	0.2%
Albania	11	0.1%
Greece	9	0.1%
Lithuania	9	0.1%
Kosovo	9	0.1%
Serbia	9	0.1%
India	8	0.1%
Tajikistan	7	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0.1%
Spain	6	0.1%
Turkey	6	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6	0.1%
Italy	5	0.1%
Austria	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	5	0.1%
United States	5	0.1%
Sri Lanka	5	0.1%
Lebanon	5	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	5	0.1%
Slovakia	4	0.1%
Czech Republic	4	0.1%
Indonesia	4	0.1%
Uzbekistan	4	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,612	100.0%
Germany	5,436	71.4%
Romania	1,108	14.6%
Poland	242	3.2%
Hungary	236	3.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	73	1.0%
Moldova, Republic of	72	0.9%
Netherlands	48	0.6%
Afghanistan	46	0.6%
Iraq	36	0.5%
Bulgaria	35	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Russian Federation	34	0.4%
Serbia	27	0.4%
Ukraine	26	0.3%
Kosovo	25	0.3%
Latvia	17	0.2%
Viet Nam	15	0.2%
Kazakhstan	12	0.2%
Lithuania	10	0.1%
Albania	9	0.1%
Turkey	7	0.1%
India	7	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.1%
Greece	5	0.1%
Lebanon	5	0.1%
Slovakia	4	0.1%
Italy	3	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Austria	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Sögel

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 Sögel alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,650 Sögel+34%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 723.8 Böblingen vs 2,608.1 Sögel−72%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.69/m² Sögelno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,979 Sögel−24%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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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; Sögel'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 Sögel?

The published population was 7,718 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Sögel?

Average net cold rent is 5.69 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 398 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Sögel?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Sögel?

The median gross salary is 3,650 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Sögel a good place to live?

Sögel 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 Sögel?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,871 people (64.0%) 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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  title = {Sögel, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
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 destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
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

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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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