Living in Wermelskirchen

In Wermelskirchen, rents across existing tenancies average €6.36 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.9% (2022).

Wermelskirchen had 34,375 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. In Wermelskirchen, the foreign population count was 3,198 in May 2022. A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €9.66 per m² per month in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2337 sources

Population34,375people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,400EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent6.36EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 9% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate4.92%country median 5.1% — 3% belowOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime5,207incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Wuppertal Gathe)

Pricier rent than 66% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than 91% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Wermelskirchen?

Average net cold rent is 6.36 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): 6.36 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesWermelskirchen highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Wermelskirchen€6.36

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Augsburg€9.10

Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.36 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	9.66 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Wermelskirchen³⁷Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Wermelskirchen 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 worker45%strong on work, weak on safety · range 36–54%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 43–61%

Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–61%

Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–63%

Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 382 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.36 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

The unemployment rate was 4.92% in May 2022. The regional median gross salary was €4,400 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €32,592 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Wermelskirchen?

The unemployment rate is about 4.9 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.92 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁷

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wermelskirchen is 4.9%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	10.77 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Gigabit broadband availability	49.35 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Disposable income per resident	32,592 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²⁵Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	31,632 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²⁵Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	4,400 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	4.92 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Wermelskirchen?

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

Left over each month€2,136of €2,814 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.	€2,814
Rent, 60 m²€9.66/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Wermelskirchen · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €6.36/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €580
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	€2,136

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	480.8 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	138.2 per 100,000	2024	BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)¹⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wermelskirchen 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 residents480.8 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWermelskirchen 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	5,207 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise²¹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	92 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁹Official
Nearest airport	CGN	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	30.7 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

Is the air quality good in Wermelskirchen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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 Wuppertal Gathe)¹²

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

PM2.510WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1012WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂13WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Wermelskirchen is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Wermelskirchen 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Solingen-Wald)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Solingen-Wald)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Wuppertal Gathe)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.1 · Feb 16.84 · Mar 19.41 · Apr 24.95 · May 29.97 · Jun 33.03 · Jul 38.52 · Aug 36.87 · Sep 31.57 · Oct 25.48 · Nov 18.67 · Dec 12.94 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.54 · Feb -18.02 · Mar -10.83 · Apr -5.47 · May -1.94 · Jun 4.02 · Jul 6.4 · Aug 4.84 · Sep 2.34 · Oct -4.96 · Nov -6.95 · Dec -15.31 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.37 · Feb 1.01 · Mar 4.22 · Apr 8.66 · May 12.59 · Jun 16.25 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18.13 · Sep 14.13 · Oct 9.54 · Nov 4.97 · Dec 1.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Annual mean temperature	9.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁹Official · land

Population and city profile

The city covered 74.8 km² in 2024.

How many people live in Wermelskirchen?

The published population was 34,375 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	726 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹⁵Official
City area	74.8 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign residents	3,198 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁶Official
Population density	459.6 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁸Official
Population	34,375 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	6,931 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Catholic share	20.1 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other	15,615 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other, share	45.2 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant residents	11,985 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant share	34.7 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official

International community in Wermelskirchen

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	34,532	100.0%
Germany	29,669	85.9%
Poland	1,003	2.9%
Turkey	399	1.2%
Ukraine	377	1.1%
Russian Federation	354	1.0%
Italy	318	0.9%
Kazakhstan	202	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	186	0.5%
Iraq	138	0.4%
Romania	129	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Portugal	98	0.3%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	85	0.2%
Serbia	84	0.2%
Spain	81	0.2%
Greece	69	0.2%
Morocco	63	0.2%
Afghanistan	63	0.2%
Not stated	58	0.2%
Croatia	56	0.2%
Netherlands	53	0.2%
Czech Republic	51	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	50	0.1%
Austria	48	0.1%
Kosovo	40	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	36	0.1%
United States	36	0.1%
Nigeria	34	0.1%
France	33	0.1%
Slovenia	33	0.1%
Lithuania	31	0.1%
United Kingdom	31	0.1%
Bulgaria	28	0.1%
Philippines	27	0.1%
Azerbaijan	24	0.1%
China	24	0.1%
Tajikistan	22	0.1%
Thailand	21	0.1%
Hungary	20	0.1%
India	20	0.1%
Guinea	19	0.1%
Brazil	19	0.1%
Slovakia	18	0.1%
Belgium	17	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	17	0.0%
Albania	16	0.0%
Switzerland	16	0.0%
Somalia	16	0.0%
Lebanon	16	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	12	0.0%
Algeria	12	0.0%
Eritrea	10	0.0%
Armenia	10	0.0%
Pakistan	10	0.0%
Angola	9	0.0%
Ghana	9	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	9	0.0%
Egypt	9	0.0%
Colombia	8	0.0%
Georgia	8	0.0%
Japan	8	0.0%
Montenegro	7	0.0%
Belarus	7	0.0%
Kuwait	7	0.0%
Uzbekistan	7	0.0%
Mexico	6	0.0%
Indonesia	6	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	6	0.0%
Ireland	5	0.0%
Latvia	5	0.0%
Cameroon	5	0.0%
Finland	4	0.0%
Nicaragua	4	0.0%
Peru	4	0.0%
Sri Lanka	4	0.0%
Viet Nam	4	0.0%
Mongolia	4	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Equatorial Guinea	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²³

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	34,532	100.0%
Germany	31,334	90.7%
Italy	464	1.3%
Ukraine	356	1.0%
Turkey	351	1.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	211	0.6%
Poland	172	0.5%
Iraq	137	0.4%
Portugal	134	0.4%
Spain	81	0.2%
Afghanistan	77	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	76	0.2%
Romania	71	0.2%
Kosovo	67	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	63	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	61	0.2%
Russian Federation	60	0.2%
Croatia	54	0.2%
Nigeria	52	0.2%
Netherlands	50	0.1%
Morocco	43	0.1%
Serbia	38	0.1%
Azerbaijan	34	0.1%
Austria	32	0.1%
Bulgaria	31	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29	0.1%
Guinea	24	0.1%
Tajikistan	23	0.1%
Albania	21	0.1%
France	21	0.1%
Slovenia	21	0.1%
China	19	0.1%
Somalia	18	0.1%
United States	16	0.0%
Thailand	15	0.0%
Uncertain	15	0.0%
Slovakia	13	0.0%
Hungary	13	0.0%
India	12	0.0%
Kazakhstan	11	0.0%
Switzerland	10	0.0%
Eritrea	10	0.0%
Ghana	10	0.0%
Pakistan	10	0.0%
Stateless	10	0.0%
United Kingdom	9	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	9	0.0%
Colombia	9	0.0%
Armenia	9	0.0%
Philippines	8	0.0%
Lithuania	6	0.0%
Egypt	6	0.0%
Belgium	5	0.0%
Montenegro	5	0.0%
Viet Nam	5	0.0%
Denmark	4	0.0%
Czech Republic	4	0.0%
Mexico	4	0.0%
Japan	4	0.0%
Lebanon	4	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	94.6 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	36.2 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	480 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official
Local property-tax multiplier	670 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Wermelskirchen

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.

Wipperfürth as a Wermelskirchen alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Unemployment: 6.2% Wipperfürth vs 4.9% Wermelskirchen+25%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Wipperfürth vs 5,207 Wermelskirchen−24%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 636.5 Wipperfürth vs 480.8 Wermelskirchen+32%
Rent: €5.93/m² Wipperfürth vs €6.36/m² Wermelskirchen−7%
Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Wipperfürth vs €4,400 Wermelskirchen−10%
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Wipperfürth vs 10.0 µg/m³ Wermelskirchen−20%
Residents: 21,604 Wipperfürth vs 34,375 Wermelskirchen−37%

Full comparison More about Wipperfürth

Ibbenbueren as a Wermelskirchen alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 131 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 852.2 Ibbenbueren vs 480.8 Wermelskirchen+77%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Ibbenbueren vs €4,400 Wermelskirchenno percentage
Residents: 51,803 Ibbenbueren vs 34,375 Wermelskirchen+51%
Rent: €5.88/m² Ibbenbueren vs €6.36/m² Wermelskirchen−8%
Nearest airport: 16.7 km Ibbenbueren vs 30.7 km Wermelskirchen−46%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,722 Ibbenbueren vs 5,207 Wermelskirchen+10%
Unemployment: 4.6% Ibbenbueren vs 4.9% Wermelskirchen−6%

Full comparison More about Ibbenbueren

Cities near Wermelskirchen

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

Remscheid Commuting Zone · 4.6 km away

Rent: 5.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Burscheid 8.7 km away

Rent: 6.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Solingen 9.2 km away

Rent: 6.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hückeswagen 9.5 km away

Rent: 5.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Kürten 10.8 km away

Rent: 6.81 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Radevormwald 12.2 km away

Rent: 5.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Leichlingen (Rheinland) 13.4 km away

Rent: 7.08 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Wipperfürth 13.8 km away

Rent: 5.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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; Wermelskirchen's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Wermelskirchen part of Remscheid?

Wermelskirchen is in the published commuting zone of Remscheid; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Remscheid city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹³

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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 Wermelskirchen?

The published population was 34,375 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Wermelskirchen?

Average net cold rent is 6.36 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 445 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Wermelskirchen?

What is the unemployment rate in Wermelskirchen?

The unemployment rate is about 4.9 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Wermelskirchen?

The median gross salary is 4,400 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Wermelskirchen a good place to live?

Wermelskirchen 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 Wermelskirchen part of Remscheid?

Wermelskirchen is in the published commuting zone of Remscheid; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Wermelskirchen?

Remscheid, Burscheid, Solingen, Hückeswagen, Kürten are near Wermelskirchen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Wermelskirchen?

The official country of birth distribution records 29,669 people (85.9%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Wermelskirchen, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 053c2916b784f5f03d8cf859b79fef86]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wermelskirchen/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_wermelskirchen-germany-population-rent-salary-jobs_f2575ce26143,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wermelskirchen, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {053c2916b784f5f03d8cf859b79fef86},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wermelskirchen/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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[Wermelskirchen, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wermelskirchen/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 053c2916b784f5f03d8cf859b79fef86; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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