Living in Zetel

In Zetel, rents across existing tenancies average €5.58 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.7% (2024).

Residents of Zetel numbered 12,293 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €3,900 per month at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2313 sources

Population12,293people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,900EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.58EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 4% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.7%country median 5.1% — 8% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,524incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Zetel?

Average net cold rent is 5.58 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): 5.58 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesZetel highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Brunswick€6.79

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

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)	5.58 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Zetel a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–69%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–71%

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

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 48–70%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 335 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.58 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 Zetel?

The unemployment rate is 4.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Zetel is 4.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Zetel 4.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,900 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.7 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Zetel?

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

Left over each month€2,114of €2,548 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.	€2,548
Rent, 60 m²€5.58/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €335
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	€2,114

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

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesZetel 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	4,524 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Zetel was 41 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	41 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	AGE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 1.9°C in January to 17.9°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Zetel?

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 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

PM2.58WHO 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 Zetel is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Zetel 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 11.92 · Feb 14.19 · Mar 18.8 · Apr 23.41 · May 26.51 · Jun 30.31 · Jul 32.95 · Aug 33.18 · Sep 28.07 · Oct 24.54 · Nov 18.4 · Dec 12.92 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -13.64 · Feb -14.51 · Mar -10.67 · Apr -2.69 · May 1.01 · Jun 5.93 · Jul 9.57 · Aug 8.05 · Sep 4.82 · Oct -1.08 · Nov -4.85 · Dec -14.32 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.86 · Feb 2.11 · Mar 4.34 · Apr 8.42 · May 12.25 · Jun 15.63 · Jul 17.93 · Aug 17.96 · Sep 14.86 · Oct 10.56 · Nov 6.33 · Dec 3.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Zetel?

The published population was 12,293 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	12,293 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Zetel

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	12,046	100.0%
Germany	11,191	92.9%
Poland	146	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	124	1.0%
Turkey	78	0.6%
Russian Federation	67	0.6%
Ukraine	55	0.5%
Netherlands	37	0.3%
Kazakhstan	30	0.2%
Not stated	30	0.2%
Lebanon	26	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	17	0.1%
Serbia	15	0.1%
Romania	14	0.1%
United States	13	0.1%
Philippines	12	0.1%
Austria	11	0.1%
Kosovo	10	0.1%
Hungary	10	0.1%
Iraq	10	0.1%
Afghanistan	9	0.1%
France	8	0.1%
Czech Republic	8	0.1%
Viet Nam	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Portugal	7	0.1%
India	7	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.0%
Albania	5	0.0%
Croatia	5	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	5	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0.0%
Bulgaria	4	0.0%
Italy	4	0.0%
Latvia	4	0.0%
Guinea	4	0.0%
Chile	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Suriname	3	0.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
Malaysia	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	12,046	100.0%
Germany	11,498	95.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	155	1.3%
Turkey	53	0.4%
Ukraine	52	0.4%
Poland	47	0.4%
Netherlands	40	0.3%
Serbia	26	0.2%
Kosovo	19	0.2%
Afghanistan	16	0.1%
Romania	14	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	12	0.1%
Uncertain	11	0.1%
Russian Federation	9	0.1%
Guinea	9	0.1%
Spain	8	0.1%
Albania	5	0.0%
Austria	5	0.0%
Hungary	5	0.0%
India	5	0.0%
Iraq	5	0.0%
Bulgaria	4	0.0%
Croatia	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Italy	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Thailand	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 Zetel

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.

Böblingen as a Zetel alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,900 Zetel+26%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.58/m² Zetelno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,524 Zetel−16%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Heddesheim12,294 residents St. Georgen im Schwarzwald12,301 residents Tamm12,305 residents Osterhofen12,280 residents Meitingen12,307 residents Oftersheim12,272 residents

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

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

Is Zetel part of Wilhelmshaven?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁷

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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 Zetel?

The published population was 12,293 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Zetel?

Average net cold rent is 5.58 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 391 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Zetel?

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 Zetel?

The unemployment rate is 4.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Zetel?

The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Zetel a good place to live?

Zetel 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 Zetel part of Wilhelmshaven?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Zetel?

The official country of birth distribution records 11,191 people (92.9%) 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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  title = {Zetel, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b7ba6dab20388dd7836332df8a32d09a},
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}

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Sources

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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 destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
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
oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
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

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