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Hamm

An eastern Ruhr city that grew around one of Europe's largest railway marshalling yards, its economy long tied to coal mining and the freight that moved through it. With the mines gone the surrounding land is more agricultural than industrial, and the city today sits at a quieter, greener edge of the Ruhr than its western neighbours.

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The place

State
North Rhine-Westphalia
Population
179,108as of December 2025 ·
Area
226.4 km²
Density
791 people per km²
Public holidays a year
11as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
8.6%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€3,915 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6.5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
600%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
465%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€2,251 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€7.68 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
+4%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€157,570
Closing costs on top+ €18,625
To rent, cold€538 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€7 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€5.75 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
2.8%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
39.4%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€1,927 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€3,663 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate8.6%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€3,915

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

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