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Bonn

The former federal capital, now a UN city and home to Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Post DHL and several ministries that stayed behind. Prosperous, leafy and expensive for its size, with the Rhine and the Siebengebirge on its doorstep.

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The place

State
North Rhine-Westphalia
Population
323,587as of December 2025 ·
Area
141.1 km²
Density
2,294 people per km²
Public holidays a year
11as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
7.5%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€5,082 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6.5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
680%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
537%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€3,856 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€13.50 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-0.6%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€269,920
Closing costs on top+ €31,905
To rent, cold€945 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€12 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€9.09 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
2.8%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
29.6%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€3,220 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€6,295 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate7.5%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€5,082

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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