Information about the municipality city Bochum:

Population numbers per year
The number of inhabitants in the municipality city Bochum

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Population numbers in the municipality city Bochum for the years 2009 thru 2019.

The number of inhabitants is the number of persons as registered in the population register on January 1st.

Population at the map of Bochum
Map of State North Rhine-Westphalia with the population per district.Municipality (also district) Bochum is highlighted with a red edge.. This page shows a lot of information about residents (such as the distribution by age groups, family composition, gender, native or German with an immigration background, ...), homes (numbers, types, price development, use, type of property, ...) and more (car ownership, energy consumption, ...) based on open data from the German Federal Agency for Cartography, the Federal Statistical Office (DESTATIS), the Regional Statistical Offices and various other sources!

Map of State North Rhine-Westphalia with the population per district.Municipality (also district) Bochum is highlighted with a red edge. The numbers at the map represent the following municipalities: 1: district Minden-Lübbecke, 2: district Steinfurt, 3: district Herford, 4: independent city district Bielefeld, 5: district Lyppe ...Show more... Map of State North Rhine-Westphalia with the population per district.Municipality (also district) Bochum is highlighted with a red edge. The numbers at the map represent the following municipalities: 1: district Minden-Lübbecke, 2: district Steinfurt, 3: district Herford, 4: independent city district Bielefeld, 5: district Lyppe, 6: district Borken, 7: independent city district Münster, 8: district Gütersloh, 9: district Warendorf, 10: district Coesfeld, 11: district Höxter, 12: district Recklinghausen, 13: independent city district Hamm, 14: district Paderborn, 15: district Cleves, 16: district Wesel, 17: district Unna, 18: independent city district Bottrop, 19: district Soest, 20: independent city district Gelsenkirchen, 21: independent city district Herne, 22: independent city district Dortmund, 23: independent city district Oberhausen, 24: independent city district Bochum, 25: independent city district Duisburg, 26: independent city district Essen, 27: independent city district Mülheim an der Ruhr, 28: independent city district Hagen, 29: district Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 30: independent city district Krefeld, 31: district Hochsauerlandkreis, 32: district Viersen, 33: district Märkischer Kreis, 34: district Mettmann, 35: independent city district Wuppertal, 36: independent city district Düsseldorf, 37: independent city district Remscheid, 38: independent city district Mönchengladbach, 39: independent city district Solingen, 40: district Rhein-Kreis Neuss, 41: district Olpe, 42: independent city district Leverkusen, 43: district Heinsberg, 44: district Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, 45: district Oberbergischer Kreis, 46: independent city district Cologne, 47: district Siegen-Wittgenstein, 48: district Rhein-Erft-Kreis, 49: district Düren, 50: district Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, 51: district Städteregion Aachen, 52: independent city district Bonn, 53: district Euskirchen ...Show less...

Population per age group
The percentage of inhabitants per age group in the municipality city Bochum

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Municipality city Bochum, 2019, age groups.

Population, age groups: percentage of inhabitants per age category.

The number of rooms per house (dwelling)
The number of rooms of the houses in the municipality city Bochum

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Municipality city Bochum, 2019, number of rooms per house.

The percentage shows the relative share of houses per category based on the numer of rooms: 1 to 2 rooms, 3 to 4 rooms or 5 rooms or more. This is based on the total number of rooms as identified for all dwellings in the municipality city Bochum.

Data about more than 100 topics!

The table below shows data for more than 100 topics as most recently available for the municipality city Bochum. Select a category to display the related topics:

BusinessValueUnitYear
Businesses129Number2017
Active persons12.814Number2017
Gross wages€597.768Euro2017
DwellingsValueUnitYear
Houses 1 room8.018Number2019
Houses 2 rooms27.790Number2019
Houses 3 rooms59.641Number2019
Houses 4 rooms57.089Number2019
Houses 5 rooms25.199Number2019
Houses 6 rooms11.702Number2019
Houses 7+ rooms 9.410Number2019
Houses 1-2 rooms35.808Number2019
Houses 3-4 rooms116.730Number2019
Houses 5+ rooms46.311Number2019
1-2 rooms18%Percentage2019
3-4 rooms59%Percentage2019
5+ rooms23%Percentage2019
ElectionsValueUnitYear
Voters Bundestag273708,00Number2017
Voter turnout Bundestag75Number2017
Votes valid Bundestag204.348Number2017
Votes Bundestag CDU/CSU50.808Number2017
Votes Bundestag SPD62.661Number2017
Votes Bundestag GRÜNE17.130Number2017
Votes Bundestag FDP21.821Number2017
Votes Bundestag DIE LINKE20.703Number2017
Votes Bundestag AfD21.364Number2017
Votes Bundestag other parties9.861Number2017
Votes Bundestag total204.348Number2017
% Votes Bundestag CDU/CSU19%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag SPD23%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag GRÜNE6%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag FDP8%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag DIE LINKE8%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag AfD8%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag other parties4%Percentage2017
EmploymentValueUnitYear
Employees132.087Number2019
Employees male71.363Number2019
Employees female60.724Number2019
Employees foreigner13.363Number2019
Employees male foreigner8.708Number2019
Employees female foreigner4.655Number2019
Unemployed16.984Number2018
Unemployed foreigners5.076Number2018
Unemployed severely disabled1.526Number2018
Unemployed 15-20248Number2018
Unemployed 15-251.383Number2018
Unemployed 55-653.340Number2018
Unemployed long-term7.197Number2018
% Unemployed5%Percentage2018
% Unemployed foreigners1%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed severely disabled0%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed 15-200%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed 15-250%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed 55-651%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed long-term2%Percentage of the population2018
IncomeValueUnitYear
Income receivers174.874Number2015
Income total€6.207.222Euro2015
Income tax€1.092.900Euro2015
PopulationValueUnitYear
Population364.628Number2019
Men177.699Number2019
Women186.929Number2019
% Men49%Percentage2019
% Women51%Percentage2019
0-1853.378Number2019
18-3059.786Number2019
30-4567.806Number2019
45-6078.613Number2019
18-60206.205Number2019
60-7562.022Number2019
60+105.045Number2019
Average age45Average number2019
Average age male43Average number2019
Average age female46Average number2019
Births3.315Number2018
Births male1.738Number2018
Births female1.577Number2018
1K Births9Number per 1000 inhabitants2018
Deaths4.526Number2018
Deaths male2.149Number2018
Deaths female2.377Number2018
1K Deaths12Number2018
0-39.767Number2019
Girls 0-34.731Number2019
Boys 0-35.036Number2019
3-68.997Number2019
Girls 3-64.401Number2019
Boys 3-64.596Number2019
6-1011.271Number2019
10-1514.299Number2019
15-189.044Number2019
18-207.330Number2019
20-2524.487Number2019
25-3027.969Number2019
30-3525.397Number2019
35-4022.516Number2019
40-4519.893Number2019
45-5023.021Number2019
50-5528.254Number2019
55-6027.338Number2019
60-6524.542Number2019
65-7537.480Number2019
Women 65-7020.250Number2019
Men 65-7017.230Number2019
75+43.023Number2019
Women 75+26.528Number2019
Men 75+16.495Number2019
% 0-108%Percentage2019
% 10-186%Percentage2019
% 18-3016%Percentage2019
% 30-4519%Percentage2019
% 45-6022%Percentage2019
% 60+29%Percentage2019
Real estateValueUnitYear
Property tax A revenueno dataEurono data
Property tax B revenueno dataEurono data
Trade tax actual revenueno dataEurono data
Property tax A basic amountno dataEurono data
Property tax B basic amountno dataEurono data
Trade tax basic amountno dataEurono data
Property tax A rateno dataEurono data
Property tax B rateno dataEurono data
Trade tax rateno dataEurono data
Real tax raising forceno dataEurono data
Trade tax levyno dataEurono data
Trade tax netno dataEurono data
Community share in income taxno dataEurono data
Community share in sales taxno dataEurono data
Tax revenueno dataEurono data
RegionalValueUnitYear
Region code059110000000Code2019
Region code 8 digits05911000Code05911000
Sorting code059110000000Code059110000000
Sorting code 8 digits05911000Code05911000
Region nameBochumName2019
Regional level6Categorical type2019
Region typeMunicipalityCategorical type2019
Region type detailmunicipality cityCategorical type2019
Region name with typemunicipality city BochumName2019
Region name in GermanGemeinde Stadt BochumName2019
Direct subregionsno dataNumber2019
NUTS codeDEA51Code2019
Area146Area in km²2019
ReligionValueUnitYear
Roman Catholic church118.791Number2011
Protestant church118.286Number2011
Other or none125.209Number2011
% Roman Catholic church33%Percentage2011
% Protestant church33%Percentage2011
% Other or none35%Percentage2011
Roman Catholic church German113.576Number2011
Protestant church German117.516Number2011
Other or none German101.906Number2011
% Roman Catholic church German34%Percentage2011
% Protestant church German35%Percentage2011
% Other or none German Foreign31%Percentage2011
Roman Catholic church Foreign5.215Number2011
Protestant church Foreign770Number2011
Other or none Foreign23.303Number2011
% Roman Catholic church Foreign18%Percentage2011
% Protestant church Foreign3%Percentage2011
% Other or none Foreign80%Percentage2011
Open data sources used

Data is used from multiple German open data providers. See this description of the sources with the definitions of all regional topics.

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