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Living in Wilkau-Haßlau

Wilkau-Haßlau had 9,418 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. In May 2022, the foreign population was 378. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024.

Cheaper rent than 83% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than 71% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Wilkau-Haßlau?

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 Wilkau-Haßlau.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Wilkau-Haßlau?

Average net cold rent is 5.11 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): 5.11 EUR/m²/month · Destatis6

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

Net rent across major citiesWilkau-Haßlau highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Wilkau-Haßlau 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)5.11 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate6 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 307 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.11 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 Wilkau-Haßlau?

The unemployment rate is 5.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wilkau-Haßlau is 5.4%. 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%12904–6Wilkau-Haßlau 5.4%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 availability16.04 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de5Official
Gigabit broadband availability36.52 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,400 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)2Official · regional context
Unemployment rate5.4 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wilkau-Haßlau. 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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Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was KLV, 58.8 km away, with 3 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 36.5% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport3 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat14Official
Nearest airportKLV13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv15Official
Distance to nearest airport58.8 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv15Official

Language courses and integration

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

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Wilkau-Haßlau?

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 Greiz Mollbergstr.)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
Wilkau-Haßlau annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5259.0PM2.5154014.0PM10104015.0NO₂µg/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 Wilkau-Haßlau is 9.0 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/m³909–10Wilkau-Haßlau 9.030 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 mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Zwickau-Werdauer Str.)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Zwickau-Werdauer Str.)11Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Greiz Mollbergstr.)12Official · nearest-station reading
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 10.52 · Feb 13.87 · Mar 19.45 · Apr 26.87 · May 29.06 · Jun 35.07 · Jul 35.49 · Aug 35.92 · Sep 29.89 · Oct 24.56 · Nov 17.18 · Dec 10.41 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -25.28 · Feb -21.65 · Mar -16.06 · Apr -9.47 · May -4.55 · Jun 0.59 · Jul 5.82 · Aug 3.59 · Sep -0.17 · Oct -8.82 · Nov -12.18 · Dec -18.63 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Average temperature by monthJan -2.53 · Feb -1.7 · Mar 2.11 · Apr 7.24 · May 11.74 · Jun 15.64 · Jul 17.82 · Aug 17.57 · Sep 12.88 · Oct 7.84 · Nov 2.88 · Dec -0.99 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Annual mean temperature8.5 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Cities of a similar size in Germany

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

All Germany cities
Wölfersheim9,417 residentsSebnitz9,421 residentsHöhr-Grenzhausen9,415 residentsIlsenburg (Harz)9,414 residentsHemau9,408 residentsOberzent9,429 residents

Population and city profile

Population density was 744.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Wilkau-Haßlau?

The published population was 9,418 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Wilkau-Haßlau residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport96%Foreign residents 4%

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area12.65 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)18Official
City area12.65 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)8Official
Foreign residents378 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official
Population density744.5 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.18Official
Population9,418 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents188 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Catholic share2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other7,877 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other, share81.9 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant residents1,554 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant share16.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official

International community in Wilkau-Haßlau

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
Total9,619100.0%
Germany9,07494.3%
Poland880.9%
Russian Federation620.6%
Ukraine590.6%
Czech Republic310.3%
Iraq250.3%
Syrian Arab Republic230.2%
Not stated190.2%
Kazakhstan180.2%
Afghanistan150.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Hungary140.1%
Viet Nam130.1%
Turkey120.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina110.1%
Libya110.1%
Georgia100.1%
Moldova, Republic of90.1%
Pakistan80.1%
Dominican Republic70.1%
India70.1%
Slovenia60.1%
Italy60.1%
Romania60.1%
Bulgaria50.1%
Lithuania50.1%
Serbia50.1%
Palestinian territories50.1%
Albania40.0%
Croatia40.0%
Austria40.0%
Slovakia40.0%
Tunisia40.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of40.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of40.0%
Lebanon40.0%
Belgium30.0%
Greece30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of30.0%
Kosovo30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Algeria30.0%
Eritrea30.0%
Cameroon30.0%
Somalia30.0%
Brazil30.0%
United States30.0%
Armenia30.0%
Kyrgyzstan30.0%
China30.0%

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
Total9,619100.0%
Germany9,24396.1%
Ukraine560.6%
Poland370.4%
Syrian Arab Republic310.3%
Russian Federation230.2%
Iraq210.2%
Afghanistan170.2%
Georgia160.2%
Viet Nam150.2%
Croatia130.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Romania110.1%
Pakistan110.1%
Eritrea90.1%
India90.1%
Czech Republic80.1%
Libya70.1%
Dominican Republic70.1%
Bulgaria60.1%
Turkey60.1%
Lebanon60.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina50.1%
Italy50.1%
Hungary50.1%
Serbia50.1%
Tunisia50.1%
Albania40.0%
Cameroon40.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of40.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of40.0%
Belgium30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of30.0%
Kosovo30.0%
Slovakia30.0%
Algeria30.0%
Somalia30.0%
Armenia30.0%
Kazakhstan30.0%
Palestinian territories30.0%
China30.0%
Uncertain30.0%

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

Is Wilkau-Haßlau 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 worker46%strong on work, weak on safety · range 35–57%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–63%
Student52%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 40–64%
Family52%strong on family, weak on safety · range 40–64%
Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–67%
Foreign residents378 people15 May 2022Official source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Population9,418 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.11 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Destatis
Fibre-to-the-building availability16.04 %31 Dec 2025Official source · data.bundesnetzagentur.de
Gigabit broadband availability36.52 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Median gross salary (regional)3,400 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier420 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official
Local property-tax multiplier425 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wilkau-Haßlau 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.

Common questions

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

How many people live in Wilkau-Haßlau?

The published population was 9,418 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Wilkau-Haßlau?

Average net cold rent is 5.11 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 358 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Wilkau-Haßlau?

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 Greiz Mollbergstr.).

What is the unemployment rate in Wilkau-Haßlau?

The unemployment rate is 5.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wilkau-Haßlau?

The median gross salary is 3,400 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Wilkau-Haßlau?

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

Is Wilkau-Haßlau a good place to live?

Wilkau-Haßlau 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 Wilkau-Haßlau?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,619 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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