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Mönchengladbach

A textile city on the left bank of the Rhine, now logistics, services and a Bundesliga club, with the Netherlands close by. Housing is among the most affordable in the west.

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The place

State
North Rhine-Westphalia
Population
267,176as of December 2025 ·
Area
170.5 km²
Density
1,567 people per km²
Public holidays a year
11as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
10.8%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€3,945 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6.5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
620%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
490%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€2,186 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€9.76 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-1.2%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€153,020
Closing costs on top+ €18,087
To rent, cold€683 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€9 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€6.41 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.7%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
37.3%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€1,976 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€4,100 per m²as of July 2023 ·

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Unemployment rate10.8%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€3,945

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

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