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Living in Unna

For Unna, the foreign population count was 6,046 in May 2022. The population of Unna, in Germany, was 58,333 at the end of 2024. The city covered 88.6 km² in 2024. Population density was 658.7 people per km² in 2024.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Unna.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €9.02 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Unna?

Average net cold rent is 9.02 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), 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): 9.02 EUR/m²/month · miet-check Mietspiegel Unna22

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Unna yet.

Net rent across major citiesUnna highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Unna highlighted€9.94Hamburg€9.72Stuttgart€9.10Augsburg€9.09Mannheim€7.71Berlin€7.20Dresden€6.79Braunschweig€6.72Bielefeld€6.66Duisburg€6.27Leipzig€6.00Dortmund€5.99Halle (Saale)net rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.02 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026miet-check Mietspiegel Unna22Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 541 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.02 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: June 2026

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 4.58% in May 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Unna?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (May 2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.58 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21
Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Unna is 4.6%. Of 2,973 cities with data, 1,290 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Germany per band801 cities: 2% to under 4%8012–41290 cities: 4% to under 6%12904–6Unna 4.6%624 cities: 6% to under 8%6246–8228 cities: 8% to under 10%2288–1024 cities: 10% to under 12%2410–124 cities: 12% to under 14%412–142 cities: 14% to under 16%214–16

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability53.38 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability89.81 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,900 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate4.58 %country median 5.1%15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Unna. 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

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Unna. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital Beds Per 100k617.4 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)2Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Unna 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 100k617.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport28 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat14Official
Nearest airportDTM13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv15Official
Distance to nearest airport5.6 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv15Official

Language courses and integration

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

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 9.88 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 12.5 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Unna?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 9.88 µg/m³ · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.13
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Unna annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5259.9PM2.5154014.0PM10104012.5NO₂µg/m³

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 Unna is 9.9 µg/m³. Of 444 cities with data, 155 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Germany per band1 city: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³13–410 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³104–54 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³45–643 cities: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³436–7102 cities: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³1027–8155 cities: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³1558–990 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³909–10Unna 9.930 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³3010–115 cities: 11 µg/m³ to under 12 µg/m³511–122 cities: 12 µg/m³ to under 13 µg/m³212–132 cities: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³213–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean12.47 µg/m³country median 13.62024Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.13Official
NO₂ — latest reading6.58 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.13Official
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Lünen-Niederaden)8Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean9.88 µg/m³country median 8.02024Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.13Official
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 12.26 · Feb 16.7 · Mar 20.58 · Apr 25.86 · May 30.57 · Jun 33.88 · Jul 39.18 · Aug 36.94 · Sep 32.01 · Oct 26.64 · Nov 19.4 · Dec 13.65 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center11Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -14.92 · Feb -17.53 · Mar -9.95 · Apr -5.38 · May -1.59 · Jun 3.54 · Jul 6.56 · Aug 5.42 · Sep 3.32 · Oct -5.01 · Nov -7.27 · Dec -13.93 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center11Official
Average temperature by monthJan 3.1 · Feb 3.4 · Mar 6 · Apr 10.3 · May 13.3 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 4.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Werl18Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9.8 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)7Official · land
Annual PM2.5 over time8 published observations, 2014–2024
Annual PM2.5 in Unna by year, µg/m³7.59.812.214.520142017202020249.9µg/m³

Annual PM2.5 fell 29.5% between 2014 and 2024, from 14.0 to 9.9.

Cities of a similar size in Germany

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Germany cities
Hameln58,244 residentsGoeppingen58,937 residentsEschweiler57,534 residentsWaiblingen57,313 residentsMeerbusch57,078 residentsNordhorn56,973 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Unna?

The published population was 58,333 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Unna residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport89.6%Foreign residents 10.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents638 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality10Official
City area88.56 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official
Foreign-resident share12.1 %31 Dec 2024Eurostat9Official
Foreign residents6,046 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official
Population density658.7 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.12Official
Population58,333 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents16,500 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share27.7 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other22,719 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share38.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents20,292 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share34.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Unna

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 groupPeopleShare
Total59,515100.0%
Germany47,27279.4%
Poland3,9816.7%
Russian Federation1,0581.8%
Kazakhstan1,0441.8%
Turkey6771.1%
Ukraine6141.0%
Romania5500.9%
Syrian Arab Republic4580.8%
Afghanistan2380.4%
Italy2280.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Serbia1690.3%
Portugal1520.3%
Viet Nam1330.2%
Iraq1330.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1300.2%
Kosovo1250.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of1110.2%
Greece1100.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of1000.2%
Moldova, Republic of970.2%
Croatia880.1%
Kyrgyzstan810.1%
Czech Republic790.1%
United Kingdom790.1%
India770.1%
Bulgaria690.1%
Albania620.1%
Hungary590.1%
Netherlands580.1%
Austria570.1%
Morocco550.1%
Lebanon550.1%
Guinea520.1%
Not stated520.1%
Egypt510.1%
Latvia500.1%
Spain500.1%
Tunisia500.1%
Nigeria460.1%
Lithuania440.1%
Tajikistan410.1%
Eritrea400.1%
Belgium380.1%
Georgia380.1%
Brazil360.1%
France350.1%
Uzbekistan350.1%
Sri Lanka330.1%
Belarus320.1%
Algeria310.1%
Slovenia300.1%
Azerbaijan300.1%
Armenia290.0%
Thailand250.0%
United States240.0%
Slovakia230.0%
Somalia220.0%
Jordan220.0%
China210.0%
Ghana170.0%
Pakistan170.0%
Philippines160.0%
Switzerland150.0%
Saudi Arabia140.0%
Gambia130.0%
Bangladesh110.0%
Canada90.0%
Peru90.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of90.0%
Sweden80.0%
Mali80.0%
South Africa80.0%
Colombia80.0%
Indonesia80.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic80.0%
Angola70.0%
South Sudan70.0%
Mexico70.0%
Israel70.0%
Kuwait70.0%
Estonia60.0%
Montenegro60.0%
Korea, Republic of60.0%
Denmark50.0%
Togo50.0%
Japan50.0%
Australia50.0%
Kenya40.0%
Senegal40.0%
Cuba40.0%
Paraguay40.0%
Taiwan, Province of China40.0%
Turkmenistan40.0%
Cyprus30.0%
Côte D'Ivoire30.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the30.0%
Libya30.0%
Guinea-Bissau30.0%
Cameroon30.0%
Sudan30.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of30.0%
Uganda30.0%
Argentina30.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of30.0%
Chile30.0%
Dominican Republic30.0%
Guatemala30.0%
Nepal30.0%
Palestinian territories30.0%
United Arab Emirates30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source17

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total59,515100.0%
Germany53,47189.8%
Turkey6951.2%
Poland5971.0%
Romania5020.8%
Ukraine4750.8%
Syrian Arab Republic4730.8%
Italy2720.5%
Afghanistan2200.4%
Portugal2100.4%
Serbia1890.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Russian Federation1740.3%
Iraq1250.2%
Croatia1210.2%
Greece1150.2%
Kosovo1050.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina960.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of860.1%
Bulgaria840.1%
Uncertain640.1%
Viet Nam580.1%
Albania550.1%
Netherlands550.1%
Nigeria540.1%
Eritrea530.1%
Spain500.1%
Hungary480.1%
Guinea480.1%
Kazakhstan480.1%
India440.1%
Georgia430.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of420.1%
Egypt400.1%
Morocco380.1%
Austria370.1%
Latvia350.1%
United Kingdom350.1%
Lebanon310.1%
Lithuania300.1%
Moldova, Republic of300.1%
Armenia300.1%
Sri Lanka280.0%
Somalia260.0%
Azerbaijan260.0%
Ghana250.0%
Belgium240.0%
France240.0%
Algeria210.0%
Tunisia210.0%
Thailand210.0%
Tajikistan200.0%
Switzerland190.0%
Brazil150.0%
Belarus140.0%
China140.0%
Slovakia130.0%
Kyrgyzstan130.0%
Pakistan130.0%
United States120.0%
Jordan120.0%
Bangladesh120.0%
Czech Republic110.0%
Slovenia100.0%
Gambia100.0%
Stateless100.0%
Israel90.0%
Uzbekistan90.0%
Colombia80.0%
South Sudan70.0%
Angola40.0%
Senegal40.0%
Cuba40.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic40.0%
Philippines40.0%
Denmark30.0%
Montenegro30.0%
Cyprus30.0%
Côte D'Ivoire30.0%
Mali30.0%
Niger30.0%
South Africa30.0%
Togo30.0%
Canada30.0%
Mexico30.0%
Peru30.0%
Indonesia30.0%
Japan30.0%
Kuwait30.0%
Nepal30.0%
Taiwan, Province of China30.0%
Turkmenistan30.0%
Australia30.0%
Not stated30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source16

Is Unna 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.

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–65%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–68%
Student59%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 49–69%
Family58%strong on family, weak on safety · range 48–68%
Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–66%
Foreign residents6,046 people15 May 2022Official source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Population58,333 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
NO₂ — latest reading6.58 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Official source · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.02 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026Commercial source · miet-check Mietspiegel Unna
Fibre-to-the-building availability53.38 %31 Dec 2025Official source · data.bundesnetzagentur.de
Gigabit broadband availability89.81 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier481 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official
Local property-tax multiplier843 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Unna?

The published population was 58,333 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Unna?

Average net cold rent is 9.02 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 631 EUR a month before utilities. Source: miet-check Mietspiegel Unna.

Is the air quality good in Unna?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted..

What is the unemployment rate in Unna?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Unna?

The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Unna?

6,046 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Unna a good place to live?

Unna 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 Total live in Unna?

The official country of birth distribution records 59,515 people (100.0%) 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 = {Unna, Germany: rent, salary, jobs, climate},
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  1. Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
  2. Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
  3. Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV · gigabitgrundbuch.bund.de · checked 2026-07-14
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  9. Eurostat ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-02
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