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Living in Viechtach

In Viechtach, rents across existing tenancies average €5.36 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.7% (2024).

Viechtach, a city in Germany, had a population of 8,361 at the end of 2024. For Viechtach, a regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €8 per m² per month in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2327 sources

Population8,361people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent5.36EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 8% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate3.7%country median 5.1% — 27% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime2,625incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than 66% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 82% 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 Viechtach?

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 Viechtach?

Average net cold rent is 5.36 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): 5.36 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)8
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Viechtach recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesViechtach highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Viechtach highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Viechtach€5.36
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps12Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M18Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.36 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)8Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate8 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)11Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Viechtach a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–64%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–71%
Student58%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 48–68%
Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 54–74%
Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 322 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.36 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 Viechtach?

The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Viechtach is 3.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability3.64 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de5Official
Gigabit broadband availability41.74 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,800 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.7 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Viechtach?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,800 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,915of €2,494 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.€2,494
Rent, 60 m²€8.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.36/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €480
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€1,915
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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,918 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Viechtach 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 residents1,918 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesViechtach highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Viechtach highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,625 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise14Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was JCL, 113.5 km away in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 41.7% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportJCL13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official
Distance to nearest airport113.5 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Viechtach. 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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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -1.5 · Feb -1.6 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 6 · May 11 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 16.1 · Aug 16.1 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 7.6 · Nov 3 · Dec -0.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gro�er Arber19Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -6.2 · Feb -6.4 · Mar -4 · Apr -0.2 · May 4 · Jun 7.3 · Jul 9.2 · Aug 9.5 · Sep 5.8 · Oct 2.3 · Nov -1.9 · Dec -5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gro�er Arber19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -3.8 · Feb -4.1 · Mar -1.6 · Apr 2.7 · May 7.1 · Jun 10.5 · Jul 12.3 · Aug 12.4 · Sep 8.3 · Oct 4.7 · Nov 0.5 · Dec -2.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gro�er Arber19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 127.7 · Feb 111.5 · Mar 116.7 · Apr 75.5 · May 107.6 · Jun 133.3 · Jul 143.6 · Aug 139.3 · Sep 114.6 · Oct 120.2 · Nov 115.1 · Dec 149.6 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gro�er Arber19Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 75 · Feb 88.4 · Mar 119.7 · Apr 159.5 · May 178.5 · Jun 179.4 · Jul 190.4 · Aug 195.2 · Sep 146.4 · Oct 124.2 · Nov 86.9 · Dec 69 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gro�er Arber19Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.4 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)10Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Titisee-Neustadt ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±2.2 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±4.1 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±5.0 °C, Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±5.1 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±5.2 °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

Population density was 133.8 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Viechtach?

The published population was 8,361 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area62.47 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)17Official
City area62.47 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis6Official
Foreign residents923 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official
Population density133.8 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.17Official
Population8,361 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis9Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents5,783 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Catholic share69.4 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other1,979 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other, share23.8 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant residents571 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant share6.9 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official

International community in Viechtach

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
Total8,332100.0%
Germany6,91383.0%
Poland1822.2%
Romania1551.9%
Kazakhstan1471.8%
Czech Republic1401.7%
Ukraine1041.2%
Syrian Arab Republic861.0%
Russian Federation841.0%
Hungary640.8%
Austria370.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bulgaria320.4%
Italy280.3%
Not stated250.3%
Slovakia210.3%
Iraq210.3%
Afghanistan170.2%
Kyrgyzstan160.2%
Croatia150.2%
Serbia140.2%
Eritrea140.2%
Greece130.2%
Nigeria110.1%
Sierra Leone100.1%
Kosovo90.1%
Belarus90.1%
Pakistan90.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of80.1%
Palestinian territories80.1%
Saudi Arabia70.1%
Thailand70.1%
Netherlands60.1%
Turkey60.1%
Senegal60.1%
Uzbekistan60.1%
Albania50.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the50.1%
Australia50.1%
Denmark40.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of40.0%
Switzerland40.0%
Benin40.0%
Côte D'Ivoire40.0%
Libya40.0%
United States40.0%
Azerbaijan40.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.0%
Estonia30.0%
France30.0%
Moldova, Republic of30.0%
Portugal30.0%
Gambia30.0%
Madagascar30.0%
Mali30.0%
Somalia30.0%
El Salvador30.0%
Cuba30.0%
Yemen30.0%
Israel30.0%
Jordan30.0%
Philippines30.0%
Tajikistan30.0%
Turkmenistan30.0%
Malaysia30.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total8,332100.0%
Germany7,41289.0%
Romania1171.4%
Poland981.2%
Ukraine961.2%
Syrian Arab Republic911.1%
Czech Republic811.0%
Hungary700.8%
Bulgaria420.5%
Italy290.3%
Slovakia190.2%
Show 38 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Iraq190.2%
Nigeria180.2%
Croatia170.2%
Afghanistan170.2%
Uncertain170.2%
Eritrea140.2%
Kosovo130.2%
Sierra Leone100.1%
Austria90.1%
Pakistan90.1%
Greece80.1%
Russian Federation70.1%
Turkey70.1%
Serbia70.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the70.1%
Thailand70.1%
Albania60.1%
Netherlands60.1%
Senegal60.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of50.1%
Mali50.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of50.1%
Benin40.0%
Côte D'Ivoire40.0%
Denmark30.0%
Estonia30.0%
France30.0%
Spain30.0%
Belarus30.0%
Gambia30.0%
Madagascar30.0%
Somalia30.0%
El Salvador30.0%
Cuba30.0%
United States30.0%
Yemen30.0%
Kazakhstan30.0%
Malaysia30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier390 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official
Local property-tax multiplier390 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official

Alternatives for people set on Viechtach

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.

Bogen as a Viechtach alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €5.98/m² Bogen vs €5.36/m² Viechtach+12%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,102 Bogen vs 2,625 Viechtach−20%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Bogen vs €3,800 Viechtachno percentage
  • Residents: 10,453 Bogen vs 8,361 Viechtach+25%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,193.2 Bogen vs 1,918.4 Viechtach+14%
  • Nearest airport: 90.9 km Bogen vs 113.5 km Viechtach−20%
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Cities near Viechtach

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Bad Kötzting 11.1 km away
Rent
5.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Regen 21.4 km away
Rent
5.27 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Cham 22.2 km away
Rent
5.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Bogen 23.3 km away
Rent
5.98 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities
Reichenbach an der Fils8,362 residentsKleinostheim8,360 residentsGroßräschen/Rań8,355 residentsHeikendorf8,372 residentsBad Rothenfelde8,385 residentsWoltersdorf8,386 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; Viechtach'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 Viechtach?

The published population was 8,361 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Viechtach?

Average net cold rent is 5.36 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 375 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

What is the unemployment rate in Viechtach?

The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Viechtach?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Viechtach?

923 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Viechtach a good place to live?

Viechtach 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.

Which cities are near Viechtach?

Kötzting, Bad Kötzting, Regen, Cham, Bogen are near Viechtach. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Viechtach?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,913 people (83.0%) 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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