The Mayor City of Cologne Cologne Facts & Figures Cologne Facts & Figures
Population Inhabitants 1,081,701 1,084,795 On the left bank of the Rhine 681,559 684,445 On the right bank of the Rhine 400,142 400,350 Female 552,284 554,015 Average age (Years) 41.8 41.9 Under 3 years of age 33,797 34,061 03 05 years old 29,491 30,049 06 14 years old 83,060 83,407 15 17 years old 27,754 27,400 18 34 years old 271,138 271,256 35 59 years old 391,581 392,281 60 64 years old 55,292 56,469 65 79 years old 137,287 135,448 80 years and older 52,301 54,424 Catholic 376,280 371,932 Protestant 164,325 162,636 Singles 519,826 524,573 Married persons 403,060 402,687 Legal partners 5,595 5,335 Divorced persons 84,440 83,954 Widowed persons 58,362 57,886 Migration background 408,860 414,789 thereof Foreign citizens 208,403 209,520 EU-citizens 73,462 74,466 Turks 55,567 54,575 Italians 19,048 19,151 Number of nations 183 182 Births 11,810 11,784 Average age mother 31.1 31.2 Deaths 9,200 9,473 Average death age men 74.5 75.2 Average death age women 80.0 80.3 Average death age 77.3 77.7 Removals within Cologne 78,500 72,144 Persons moving to Cologne 65,005 57,849 Persons moving out of Cologne 55,260 57,225 Marriages/Divorces Marriages 8,029 7,739 Divorces 2,060 1,909
Education / Culture / Leisure Places for child care For children under 3 years of age 13,158 13,311 For children 3 5 years of age 30,824 31,096 In full-time day schools 27,183 28,246 Pupils 148,697 149,539 Primary school 37,466 37,920 General secondary school 5,183 5,025 Intermediate school 12,275 12,099 Grammar school 30,774 31,178 Comprehensive school 13,499 13,912 Special school 4,517 4,471 Further education college 2,728 2,719 Rudolf Steiner School 746 741 Vocational colleges 41,509 41,528 Apprentices 18,701 18,906 Female 9,042 9,074 Foreign citizens 2,268 2,562 Manufacturing industry 2,622 2,183 Trade, transport, hotel and restaurant 3,720 4,189 Service industry 12,359 12,534 Students 98,580 99,770 University of Cologne 52,357 51,686 German Sport University Cologne 5,272 5,318 Cologne University of Music 1,215 1,164 Academy of Media Arts Cologne 353 378 Cologne University of Applied Sciences 19,358 19,951 Private University of Applied Sciences (Cologne) 6,163 6,126 Catholic University of Applied Sciences 2,033 2,002 University of Applied Sciences (public administration) 2,158 2,618 Culture/Leisure Visits to municipal library 2,341,496 2,376,890 Visits to municipal museums 906,119 1,008,047 Visits to municipal theatres 255,092 287,552 Visits to cinemas 2,257,347 2,298,878 Participants of Adult education centre 77,941 89,620 Visits to the zoological garden 1,160,464 1,223,004 Visits to municipal swimming pools 2,486,129 2,453,542 Members of sport clubs 261,672 273,683
Economy / Labour market Tourists 3,346,329 3,591,996 Average stay (days) 1.7 1.7 Visitors to trade fairs (Koelnmesse) (Centre trade fairs: yearly changing) 2,315,222 2,175,023 Congress participants (KoelnTourismus) 3,823,057 4,003,426 Gastronomy (business register, IT.NRW) Restaurants 1,175. Pubs 796. Ice Cream Parlors 109. Budget (million ) 4,241.9 4,416.9 Total tax revenue (million ) 2,263.6 2,319.4 Transhipment at Cologne ports (1,000 t) 11,413 11,344 Cologne Bonn Airport Passengers (1,000) 11,911 12,385 Air freight (1,000 t) 786 839 Industry turnover (Billion ) 27.5 28.9 Export turnover (Billion ) 16.8 17.3 Spending power index (Germany = 100) 108.5 108.1 Business registrations 11,835 10,839 Insolvencies (private/industrial) 1,973 1,777 Employees with compulsory social insurance (total) 538,112 553,442 Manufacturing industry 79,821 80,429 Service industry 458,291 473,013 thereof Education & instruction 24,609 25,328 Financial and insurance services 38,054 37,788 Hotel & restaurant trade 19,968 20,621 Human health and social welfare 66,648 68,688 Business & trade 65,681 66,899 Information & communication services 41,754 43,279 Logistics 34,374 35,702 Business-related services 103,058 108,987 Commuters to Cologne 261,608 270,118 Part-time employees 144,464 153,481 Unemployed persons (december) 46,411 46,310 Unemployment rate 8.1 8.1
Housing / Social security scheme / Transport Residential houses 137,426 137,773 One family houses / duplexes 81,674 81,878 Real-estate price per sq.m ( ) 440 500 Flats 556,009 558,038 Council dwellings 37,608 38,103 Living space per inhabitant (sq.m) 39.1 39.2 Living space per dwellings (sq.m) 76.1 76.2 Building permits (dwellings) 3,767 2,607 New dwellings 2,387 2,138 Private households 560,298 561,071 Persons per household 1.88 1.88 One-person households 282,868 283,017 Private households with children 103,460 103,564 Single parents 23,835 23,764 Inhabitants receiving income support Basic fnancial security for job-seekers 83,692 83,217 Basic fnancial security for persons unable to work 32,538 33,421 Basic social security reduction of working capacity 7,612 7,930 Basic social security for seniors 14,342 14,645 Social benefts livelihood 3,292 3,381 Benefts for asylum-seekers 13,167 13,293 Basic social security rate 14.4 14.5 Social benefts in nursing and care homes 3,829 3,617 Advance of child support 6,168 6,107 Doctors surgeries (business register, IT.NRW) General practitioners 439. Medical specialists 1,016. Dentists 647. Pharmacies 243 240 Hospitals 22 22 Permanent care places (full stationary) 8,080 7,959 Registered motor vehicles 532,241 550,569 Registered passenger cars 458,706 474,619 New registrations of passenger cars 46,620 50,655 Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants 424 438 Traffc accidents 42,893 42,627 Casualties 5,773 5,600
Municipal area Contact / Imprint 2017 Total area (ha) 40,489 Coverage 13,108 Public thoroughfare 6,632 Public parks, sports grounds 4,454 Cemeteries 502 Agricultural and garden areas 6,666 Forest areas 6,915 Water areas 1,964 Other areas 248 Greatest extension East/West 27.6 North/South 28.1 Highest elevation (Königsforst) Highest buildings Colonius Telecommunication Tower Cologne Cathedral Axa-Building 118 m 268 m 157 m 155 m Municipal districts 9 Districts 86 Contact Amt für Stadtentwicklung und Statistik Willy-Brandt-Platz 2, 50679 Köln Tel. 0221 / 221-21882 statistik@stadt-koeln.de www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/statistik/ The Mayor Amt für Stadtentwicklung und Statistik Amt für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Layout Photo rheinsatz, Köln AGphotographer / Fotolia.com Printing Zentrale Dienste der Stadt Köln 13/15/1.800/10.2018