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Duisburg

Europe's largest inland port at the meeting of Rhine and Ruhr, still a steel city (Thyssenkrupp) and a logistics hub for goods arriving from China by rail. Among the lowest housing costs of any German big city, with a labour market that has struggled for decades.

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The place

State
North Rhine-Westphalia
Population
500,810as of December 2025 ·
Area
232.8 km²
Density
2,151 people per km²
Public holidays a year
11as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
13.4%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,393 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6.5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
845%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
505%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€1,447 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€8.17 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-20.8%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€101,290
Closing costs on top+ €11,972
To rent, cold€572 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€8 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€5.84 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.2%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
26.6%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€1,789 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€4,800 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate13.4%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,393

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

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