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Hannover

Capital of Lower Saxony, a trade-fair city (Hannover Messe) with Volkswagen's commercial-vehicle plant, Continental, insurance and a medical school. Unspectacular and practical, with housing costs in the middle of the big-city range.

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The place

State
Lower Saxony
Population
522,803as of December 2025 ·
Area
204.2 km²
Density
2,561 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
9.8%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,420 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
700%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
480%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€3,276 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€11.55 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-2%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€229,320
Closing costs on top+ €23,666
To rent, cold€809 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€10 per m² a monthas of July 2024 · District: Region Hannover ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€7.61 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.3%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
23.4%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€3,000 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€6,710 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate9.8%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,420

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

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