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Kiel

Schleswig-Holstein's capital on the Baltic, a naval and shipbuilding port with a university, the state administration and the annual Kieler Woche regatta. Housing is cheaper than Hamburg an hour to the south.

The place

State
Schleswig-Holstein
Population
251,842as of December 2025 ·
Area
118.7 km²
Density
2,123 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
8%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,441 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6.5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
500%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
450%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€3,243 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€10.78 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-2.5%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€227,010
Closing costs on top+ €26,833
To rent, cold€755 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€10 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€7.64 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
2.1%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
25.1%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
–
Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate8%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,441

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

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