Living in Wickede

In Wickede (North Rhine-Westphalia) (9F581), rents across existing tenancies average €5.53 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.9% (2024).

Wickede had a population of 11,637 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,950 per month. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 10 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population11,637people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,950EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.53EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 5% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate5.9%country median 5.1% — 16% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime6,099incidents 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 · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 68% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 96% 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 Wickede?

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 Wickede?

Average net cold rent is 5.53 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): 5.53 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesWickede highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Wickede€5.53

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Leipzig€6.27

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 M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.53 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)³Official

Is Wickede a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–72%

Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–67%

Retirement58%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 332 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.53 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 Wickede?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wickede is 5.9%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Wickede 5.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,950 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.9 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Wickede?

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

Left over each month€2,144of €2,575 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.	€2,575
Rent, 60 m²€5.53/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €332
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	€2,144

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Wickede Salary needed to live in Wickede

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWickede highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424

Frankfurt14,600

Berlin13,900

Cologne12,343

Dortmund12,283

Dusseldorf12,172

Wickede11,839

Leipzig11,129

Essen9,619

Dresden8,853

Stuttgart8,552

Munich6,214

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,099 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Wickede's nearest airport was DTM, 18 km away and offered 28 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	28 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	18 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DTM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

Wickede's monthly mean temperatures were 3.1°C in January and 18.7°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Wickede?

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: European Environment Agency⁴

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

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 Wickede 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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Wickede 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.07 · Feb 16.31 · Mar 19.48 · Apr 25.61 · May 29.3 · Jun 31.89 · Jul 37.99 · Aug 36.69 · Sep 31.47 · Oct 26.36 · Nov 18.9 · Dec 12.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -15.52 · Feb -18.38 · Mar -10.91 · Apr -6.42 · May -2.6 · Jun 3.64 · Jul 6.09 · Aug 5.15 · Sep 2.45 · Oct -5.27 · Nov -7.61 · Dec -15.05 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 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 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Wickede?

The published population was 11,637 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	11,637 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Wickede

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	11,525	100.0%
Germany	9,129	79.2%
Kazakhstan	468	4.1%
Poland	342	3.0%
Russian Federation	288	2.5%
Turkey	169	1.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	106	0.9%
Portugal	95	0.8%
Afghanistan	67	0.6%
Ukraine	60	0.5%
Iraq	59	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	51	0.4%
Lebanon	40	0.3%
Italy	39	0.3%
Somalia	39	0.3%
Sri Lanka	35	0.3%
Greece	34	0.3%
Serbia	29	0.3%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	28	0.2%
Albania	23	0.2%
Kosovo	19	0.2%
Nigeria	18	0.2%
Ghana	18	0.2%
Brazil	17	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	16	0.1%
Georgia	16	0.1%
Not stated	16	0.1%
Spain	15	0.1%
Czech Republic	15	0.1%
Croatia	14	0.1%
Morocco	14	0.1%
Guinea	14	0.1%
United Kingdom	13	0.1%
Eritrea	13	0.1%
Belgium	12	0.1%
Romania	12	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	12	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	11	0.1%
Austria	11	0.1%
Azerbaijan	10	0.1%
Tajikistan	8	0.1%
Netherlands	7	0.1%
Slovakia	6	0.1%
Armenia	6	0.1%
Pakistan	6	0.1%
Angola	5	0.0%
Egypt	5	0.0%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
Belarus	4	0.0%
United States	4	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Kuwait	4	0.0%
Thailand	4	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Niger	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	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 source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	11,525	100.0%
Germany	10,204	88.5%
Turkey	174	1.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	113	1.0%
Portugal	112	1.0%
Afghanistan	82	0.7%
Poland	71	0.6%
Bulgaria	68	0.6%
Iraq	59	0.5%
Ukraine	57	0.5%
Italy	47	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Somalia	43	0.4%
Russian Federation	37	0.3%
Serbia	29	0.3%
Kazakhstan	23	0.2%
Greece	21	0.2%
Ghana	21	0.2%
Albania	20	0.2%
Eritrea	19	0.2%
Nigeria	19	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	17	0.1%
Romania	16	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	15	0.1%
Georgia	15	0.1%
Sri Lanka	15	0.1%
Guinea	14	0.1%
Kosovo	13	0.1%
Spain	13	0.1%
Slovakia	12	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
Morocco	9	0.1%
Azerbaijan	9	0.1%
Uncertain	9	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0.1%
Switzerland	8	0.1%
Croatia	7	0.1%
United Kingdom	7	0.1%
Brazil	7	0.1%
Pakistan	7	0.1%
Austria	5	0.0%
Angola	5	0.0%
Lebanon	5	0.0%
Lithuania	4	0.0%
Kuwait	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
Thailand	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Niger	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Stateless	3	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Wickede

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.

Gummersbach as a Wickede alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 6,099 Wickede−35%
Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €5.53/m² Wickede+7%
Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,950 Wickedesame level

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities

Leingarten11,637 residents Erkner11,641 residents Hildburghausen11,632 residents Wolnzach11,623 residents Neuenrade11,621 residents Mettingen11,654 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wickede 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; Wickede'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 Wickede?

The published population was 11,637 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Wickede?

Average net cold rent is 5.53 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 387 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Wickede?

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: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Wickede?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wickede?

The median gross salary is 3,950 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Wickede a good place to live?

Wickede 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 Wickede?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,129 people (79.2%) 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). Wickede (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany: population, rent [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c858285df34019b8326b66b692161406]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wickede-07-059/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wickede (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany: population, rent},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c858285df34019b8326b66b692161406},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wickede-07-059/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
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

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05

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