Relocating to Augsburg from another country? This is what a newcomer is moving into, on the official figures: income, jobs, housing, connectivity, taxes and who lives here, all drawn from German Regionalstatistik, the Zensus 2022 and the Breitbandatlas.
As one of Bavaria’s cities, Augsburg concentrates people, work and cost into a small area. Pricey ground stands out: the 13th priciest for building land of Bavaria’s 96 districts.
How Augsburg compares
Augsburg measured against all 400 German districts (Kreise); building-land prices are recorded for 394 of them. The longer the bar, the higher the percentile; hover for the figure behind it.
Why expats end up in Augsburg
Augsburg is one of the oldest cities in Germany, founded by the Romans around 15 BC, and for a stretch of the sixteenth century it was one of the richest places in Europe on the back of the Fugger banking family. The Fuggerei, the social housing settlement they endowed in 1521, is still occupied and still charges its residents the original nominal annual rent — the oldest social housing complex in the world in continuous use.
The modern economy is engineering and aerospace: KUKA, the industrial robotics company, is headquartered here, MT Aerospace builds rocket structures, and there is a substantial machine-building and environmental technology cluster around the university. The city’s centuries-old water management system — canals, water towers and fountains — was added to the UNESCO list in 2019.
The single most useful fact about Augsburg is that Munich is roughly half an hour away by regional express. That makes it a genuine alternative for people working in Munich who cannot or will not pay Munich rents, and a large number of residents do exactly that. Munich Airport is reachable, though not quickly.
Neighbourhoods: the Bismarckviertel and Antonsviertel are the handsome, expensive end. Lechhausen and Oberhausen are cheaper and more mixed. Göggingen and Haunstetten are suburban. The honest caveat: living in Munich’s shadow cuts both ways. Augsburg’s own job market is narrower than its size suggests, and its rents have been pulled upwards by the commuters rather than by local wages.
Jobs and the economy
6% above DE avg
Augsburg roughly balances jobs and residents: 152,547 jobs at local workplaces in 2025, 507 per 1,000 residents. Those jobs are spread across 13,778 registered businesses (2024), a rough measure of how varied the local employers are. Out of work: 6.7% of the labour force in 2025 (German average 6.3%), roughly one in 15 of the local workforce.
The median full-time worker here earns €4,000 a month gross (about the national median), before tax and social contributions. This is a different measure from the disposable income per resident above: it is what people in work earn, not what each resident has left to spend. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024.
Cost of living and housing
16% above DE avg
10% below DE avg
The average net cold rent (Nettokaltmiete) is €8.48 per m², about 16% above the German average of €7.28. Sitting tenants pay this 2022 census rate, and newcomers on the open market generally pay a step up. Residents are left with €25,528 a year to spend (330th highest of 400 German districts, 95th in Bavaria). That sits roughly 10% below the national average of €28,453. It is a headline figure, not adjusted for local prices, so read it next to the rent above. Building plots go for around €524 per m², the 31st highest of 394 districts with a recorded price, the raw land cost that ultimately works its way into what you pay in rent. The national midpoint is roughly €132 per m². For a 70 m² flat that is around €594 a month in cold rent at €8.48/m² — an existing tenancy in 2022; budget above it for a new lease. Against local incomes, that ranks 94th most affordable of Bavaria’s 96 districts. By comparison, rent here is roughly 66% of Munich’s (€12.89/m²).
The local housing market
The 2022 census sketches the local stock: 67.5% of homes are rented rather than owner-occupied; the vacancy rate is 3.9% (neither tight nor slack); the average home measures 76 m². The stock is 164,669 homes in 38,966 buildings, about 4.2 per building, so this is dominated by apartment blocks. In the latest year 192 new dwellings were completed against 185 permits, which hints at how much new housing is actually coming through.
Who lives in Augsburg
The 2022 census picture: age bands and how households are made up.
Age distribution
This is a young, working-age place. 30.7% of residents are aged 25 to 45, the age group most newcomers belong to, with 13.2% under 15 and 19.6% at 65 or older. The 2022 census fills in the rest: 37.9% of residents have a migration history (23.1% are foreign nationals); 51.0% of households are single-person; 36.2% of adults hold an Abitur / university-entrance qualification. As a newcomer from abroad you would blend straight in; this is a properly international place. School rolls come to 30,105 pupils. Daycare coverage rises with age: about 0.9% of under-1s, 28.1% of 1 to 2 year olds and 51.7% of 2 to 3 year olds have a place, so finding care for an infant is harder than for a toddler.
Internet & connectivity
The share of homes able to get each speed (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Gigabit may come via fibre or upgraded cable; true fibre (FTTB/H) is listed on its own.
A fixed line of 100 Mbit/s or better is available to 99% of households, and 85% can reach gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s) speeds (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Fibre all the way to the building (FTTB/H) covers 35% of households, with upgraded cable making up the balance of the gigabit figure. On mobile, 5G reaches 100% of households. If you are keeping a job abroad, a home office works at most addresses here.
Where Augsburg is in Germany
Recorded crime
How much crime the police registered locally, per 100,000 residents.
Police recorded 6,464 offences per 100,000 residents in 2025 (the Häufigkeitszahl), 27% above the German district median of about 5,096. It records reported offences rather than convictions, and runs high in places with lots of through-traffic (stations, motorways, airports, busy centres) where many cases involve non-residents. Treat it as a measure of recorded activity, not of personal risk for residents. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik, BKA 2025.
Local taxes
Unless you start a business, local tax is a footnote here. The municipality applies a trade-tax multiplier (Gewerbesteuer) of 470% to the base amount the tax office sets, which matters only if you trade under your own name here. Tenants meet the property tax (Grundsteuer B) indirectly, via the monthly Nebenkosten. We quote no figure: the 2025 reform reset every rate and the new ones are still settling.
Moving in and out
growing
Augsburg is gaining people. In 2024, 24,357 moved in and 21,841 moved out, a net of +2,516. More arrive than leave, which keeps steady pressure on the rental market. It granted 1,709 citizenships in 2024, a naturalisation rate of 2.3%. Around 16,820 residents hold or are seeking protection status, about 55.9 per 1,000 residents, the combined asylum, refugee and humanitarian total, with Ukrainians counted here since 2022. At the last election, 79.4% turned out to vote.
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FAQ: relocating to Augsburg
How expensive is Augsburg to live in?
Net cold rent averages €8.48 per m², 16% above the German average of €7.28. That is the 2022 census level for sitting tenants; a new contract costs more. Disposable income per resident stands at €25,528 (330th highest of 400 German districts, 95th in Bavaria). That sits roughly 10% below the national average of €28,453. Remember it is a nominal figure and ignores what life actually costs here.
How are job prospects in Augsburg?
Augsburg has 152,547 jobs (507 per 1,000 residents, including commuters) and 6.7% unemployment, roughly one in 15 of the local workforce, against 6.3% across Germany.
Is Augsburg a city or more rural?
With about 2,050 residents per km², Augsburg is a dense, urban place.
Will broadband in Augsburg support remote work?
99% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, 85% gigabit of which 35% true fibre (FTTB/H); 5G mobile reaches 100% (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025), so remote work is fine at most addresses.
What are local taxes like in Augsburg?
The trade-tax multiplier (Gewerbesteuer) is 470%, which only matters if you run a business locally. The property tax (Grundsteuer B) was reset in the 2025 reform, so no current rate is quoted.
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Source: Regionaldatenbank Deutschland (regionalstatistik.de), Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder; supplementary data via Destatis GENESIS-Online. Housing, household, education and migration figures from the Zensus 2022. Broadband coverage from the Breitbandatlas (© MIG, BMDV). Recorded crime from the Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (BKA, 2025). Median full-time gross wages from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (2024). Years per field: population 2024, jobs and unemployment 2025, income 2023, businesses, building activity and land 2024, naturalisations 2024, childcare 2025; rent, vacancy, ownership, dwelling size, single-person households, education and migration 2022 (Zensus); broadband end of 2025 (Breitbandatlas). · How we built this ›