Living in Thum
In Thum, rents across existing tenancies average €4.61 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.3% (2024).
A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024. The foreign population count was 64 in May 2022. Thum is in Germany; its population was 4,695 at the end of 2024.
Cheaper rent than 93% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Thum?
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 Thum?
Average net cold rent is 4.61 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): 4.61 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps14Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M22Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 4.61 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate | 6 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Is Thum 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 277 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.61 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 Thum?
The unemployment rate is 5.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Thum 5.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 0.17 % | 31 Dec 2025 | data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 26.63 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,150 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 5.3 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Thum?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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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. | €2,136 |
| Rent, 60 m²€6.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.61/m² (official · Destatis · 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 | €1,677 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Thum. 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 Thum. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,420 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise18Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was KLV, 52.1 km away, with 3 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 26.6% at the end of 2025.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Thum. 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
Is the air quality good in Thum?
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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Chemnitz-Leipziger Str.)12
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.
Thum 9.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 12 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Annaberg-Buchholz)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 12 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Annaberg-Buchholz)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Chemnitz-Leipziger Str.)12Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 1.5 · Feb 2.4 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 11.7 · May 15.8 · Jun 19.3 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 21.2 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 11.4 · Nov 5.8 · Dec 2.3 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -3.7 · Feb -3.4 · Mar -1.1 · Apr 2.5 · May 6.4 · Jun 9.7 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 11.5 · Sep 8 · Oct 4.6 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -2.6 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -1.2 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 7.2 · May 11.1 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 16.3 · Aug 16.4 · Sep 12.1 · Oct 7.8 · Nov 3.1 · Dec 0 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 55 · Feb 49.1 · Mar 63.5 · Apr 48.3 · May 76.8 · Jun 88.4 · Jul 100.8 · Aug 100.7 · Sep 77.1 · Oct 69.1 · Nov 57.9 · Dec 62 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 60.7 · Feb 80 · Mar 119.6 · Apr 180.1 · May 193.5 · Jun 201.8 · Jul 211.1 · Aug 205.2 · Sep 155.2 · Oct 108.7 · Nov 66.1 · Dec 57.1 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Marienberg23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Annual mean temperature | 8.5 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land |
Similar climate. In Germany: Balingen ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.2 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.8 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.8 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.8 °C, Drammen (Norway) ±1.0 °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
The city covered 18.9 km² in 2024. Population density was 248.4 people per km² in 2024.
How many people live in Thum?
The published population was 4,695 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7
By nationality
National passport98.6%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 18.9 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official |
| Foreign residents | 64 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities25Official |
| Population density | 248.4 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official |
| Population | 4,695 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 53 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Catholic share | 1.1 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other | 2,956 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other, share | 61.1 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant residents | 1,827 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant share | 37.8 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
International community in Thum
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 | 4,835 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 4,721 | 97.6% |
| Ukraine | 18 | 0.4% |
| Czech Republic | 13 | 0.3% |
| Poland | 12 | 0.2% |
| Not stated | 12 | 0.2% |
| Greece | 8 | 0.2% |
| Russian Federation | 8 | 0.2% |
| Turkey | 7 | 0.1% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 7 | 0.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4 | 0.1% |
Show 5 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 3 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,835 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 4,774 | 98.7% |
| Ukraine | 21 | 0.4% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 10 | 0.2% |
| Greece | 6 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 6 | 0.1% |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 0.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 3 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Thum
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.
Ehrenfriedersdorf as a Thum alternative in the same region
3 km away, better on 1 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Residents: 4,343 Ehrenfriedersdorf vs 4,695 Thum−7%
- Nearest airport: 49.4 km Ehrenfriedersdorf vs 52.1 km Thum−5%
- Rent: €4.58/m² Ehrenfriedersdorf vs €4.61/m² Thumsame level
- Median gross pay, region: €3,150 Ehrenfriedersdorf vs €3,150 Thumsame level
- Unemployment: 5.3% Ehrenfriedersdorf vs 5.3% Thumsame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,420 Ehrenfriedersdorf vs 3,420 Thumsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Ehrenfriedersdorf vs 9.0 µg/m³ Thumsame level
Cities near Thum
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 4.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Alternative cities in Germany
Other cities in Germany to compare with Thum, nearest in population first.
How does Thum compare?
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Thum 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 guideSchool 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; Thum's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Thum part of Chemnitz?
Thum is in the published commuting zone of Chemnitz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Chemnitz city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source15
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Thum?
The published population was 4,695 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.
How much does it cost to rent in Thum?
Average net cold rent is 4.61 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 323 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Thum?
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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Chemnitz-Leipziger Str.).
What is the unemployment rate in Thum?
The unemployment rate is 5.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Thum?
The median gross salary is 3,150 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Thum a good place to live?
Thum 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 Thum part of Chemnitz?
Thum is in the published commuting zone of Chemnitz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Thum?
Chemnitz, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Geyer, Thalheim/Erzgeb., Wolkenstein are near Thum. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Thum?
The official country of birth distribution records 4,721 people (97.6%) 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). Thum, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 75a7c25e6a9fe83107fb866458e35c20]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/thum/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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