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Münster

A university and administration city in Westphalia, known for bicycles, a rebuilt old town and one of the lowest unemployment rates among the big cities. Popular and therefore expensive relative to the surrounding region.

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The place

State
North Rhine-Westphalia
Population
306,368as of December 2025 ·
Area
303.3 km²
Density
1,010 people per km²
Public holidays a year
11as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
5%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,491 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6.5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
510%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
460%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€4,644 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€13.22 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.80 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-0.5%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€325,080
Closing costs on top+ €38,424
To rent, cold€925 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€13 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€8.71 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
2%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
29.2%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€3,980 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€6,615 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate5%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,491

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

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