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Living in Wilthen

In Wilthen, rents across existing tenancies average €4.39 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.2% (2024).

Wilthen is a city in Germany, with a population of 4,642 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 154 in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 55.1% at the end of 2025. The city covered 17 km² in 2024. Population density was 272.4 people per km² in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2333 sources

Population4,642people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent4.39EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 24% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate6.2%country median 5.1% — 22% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime4,502incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 97% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 74% 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 Wilthen?

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

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Wilthen?

Average net cold rent is 4.39 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): 4.39 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Wilthen recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Wilthen€4.39
Show the other 6 cities
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 Mbps14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M21Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.39 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate6 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Wilthen 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–63%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%
Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 49–71%
Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–68%
Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 263 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.39 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 Wilthen?

The unemployment rate is 6.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wilthen is 6.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability55.12 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability55.12 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,350 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6.2 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Wilthen?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,350 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,788of €2,247 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.€2,247
Rent, 60 m²€6.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.39/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €360
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€1,788
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Wilthen Salary needed to live in Wilthen

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wilthen. 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

Job Search

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWilthen highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Wilthen 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 residents4,502 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise18Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was DRS, 43.8 km away, with 18 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport18 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat16Official
Nearest airportDRS13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv17Official
Distance to nearest airport43.8 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv17Official

Language courses and integration

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

GermanIn Person

BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

GermanIn Person
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Wilthen.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Wilthen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency12

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

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
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Wilthen is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean11 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Bautzen)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Bautzen)11Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the same31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency12Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 1.8 · Feb 3.4 · Mar 7.7 · Apr 13.8 · May 18.3 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 23.8 · Aug 23.6 · Sep 18.4 · Oct 12.5 · Nov 6.4 · Dec 2.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lichtenhain-Mittelndorf22Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.8 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 4 · May 8 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 13 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 5.8 · Nov 1.9 · Dec -1.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lichtenhain-Mittelndorf22Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -0.5 · Feb 0.5 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 8.9 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 13.7 · Oct 8.9 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 0.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lichtenhain-Mittelndorf22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 62.5 · Feb 44.8 · Mar 54.4 · Apr 38.2 · May 66.3 · Jun 86.7 · Jul 94.6 · Aug 92.9 · Sep 60.9 · Oct 60.7 · Nov 58.5 · Dec 61.4 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lichtenhain-Mittelndorf22Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 46.3 · Feb 72.6 · Mar 124 · Apr 187.4 · May 214.5 · Jun 209 · Jul 221.6 · Aug 218.2 · Sep 157.6 · Oct 101.1 · Nov 47 · Dec 39.6 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lichtenhain-Mittelndorf22Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.5 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land
Annual PM2.5 over time4 published observations, 2020–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 11.1% between 2020 and 2024, from 9.0 to 8.0.

Similar climate. In Germany: Traunreut ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Bytom (Poland) ±0.8 °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

How many people live in Wilthen?

The published population was 4,642 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area17.04 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official
Foreign residents154 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities24Official
Population density272.4 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official
Population4,642 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents206 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share4.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other3,480 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share73.4 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents1,056 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share22.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Wilthen

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
Total4,741100.0%
Germany4,45894.0%
Ukraine1242.6%
Czech Republic430.9%
Poland230.5%
Russian Federation170.4%
Kazakhstan160.3%
Not stated150.3%
Hungary120.3%
Italy30.1%
Lithuania30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Netherlands30.1%
Austria30.1%
Switzerland30.1%
United Kingdom30.1%
Brazil30.1%
United States30.1%
Sri Lanka30.1%
Viet Nam30.1%
Philippines30.1%
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total4,741100.0%
Germany4,58996.8%
Ukraine1212.6%
Czech Republic80.2%
Poland40.1%
Italy30.1%
Lithuania30.1%
Netherlands30.1%
Romania30.1%
Sri Lanka30.1%
Viet Nam30.1%
Show 2 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Philippines30.1%
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier400 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de23Official
Local property-tax multiplier380 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de23Official

Alternatives for people set on Wilthen

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.

Tallinn as a Wilthen alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 1133 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 8.0 µg/m³ Wilthen−63%
  • Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €4.39/m² (2022) Wilthenno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 43.8 km Wilthen−87%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €3,350 (2024) Wilthenno percentage

Cities near Wilthen

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

Neukirch/Lausitz 5.9 km away
Rent
4.98 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Bautzen 9.6 km away
Rent
5.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Šluknov Czechia · 11.2 km away
Rent
7.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31
Neusalza-Spremberg 11.6 km away
Rent
4.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Bischofswerda 15.3 km away
Rent
5.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Sebnitz 16.4 km away
Rent
4.71 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wilthen 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; Wilthen's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Wilthen?

The published population was 4,642 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Wilthen?

Average net cold rent is 4.39 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 307 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Wilthen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Wilthen?

The unemployment rate is 6.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wilthen?

The median gross salary is 3,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Wilthen a good place to live?

Wilthen 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 Wilthen?

Schirgiswalde-Kirschau, Neukirch/Lausitz, Bautzen, Šluknov, Neusalza-Spremberg are near Wilthen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Wilthen?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,458 people (94.0%) 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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