The Mayor City of Cologne Cologne Facts & Figures Cologne Facts & Figures
Population Inhabitants 1,053,528 1,069,192 On the left bank of the Rhine 663,888 673,224 On the right bank of the Rhine 389,640 395,968 Female 539,772 546,498 Average age (Years) 42.0 41.9 Under 3 years of age 30,782 32,150 3 5 years old 28,314 29,209 6 14 years old 79,492 80,945 15 17 years old 27,075 27,407 18 34 years old 263,262 268,001 35 59 years old 384,101 389,405 60 64 years old 53,606 53,918 65 79 years old 139,023 138,388 80 years and older 47,873 49,769 Catholic 382,823 379,632 Protestant 167,825 166,195 Singles 503,008 512,556 Married persons 402,587 402,555 Legal par tners 4,785 5,146 Divorced persons 83,763 84,563 Widowed persons 58,767 58,535 Migration background 376,220 393,793 thereof Foreign citizens 186,995 198,819 EU-citizens 68,258 70,821 Turks 57,131 56,615 Italians 18,245 18,745 Number of nations 182 182 Births 10,934 11,337 Average age mother 31.0 31.2 Deaths 9,357 9,629 Average death age - men 74.2 74.4 Average death age - women 80.7 80.1 Removals within Cologne 72,516 74,855 Persons moving to Cologne 61,260 66,687 Persons moving out of Cologne 53,615 52,949 Marriages/Divorces Marriages 7,559 7,704 Divorces 2,334 2,203
Education / Culture / Leisure Places for child care For children under 3 years of age 11,829 12,276 For children 3 5 years of age 30,213 30,653 In full-time day schools 25,817 26,646 Pupils 147,732 147,690 Primary school 35,999 36,311 General secondary school 5,555 5,197 Intermediate school 12,286 12,213 Grammar school 30,214 30,368 Comprehensive school 12,405 13,021 Special school 4,826 4,590 Further education college 3,024 3,009 Rudolf Steiner School 732 725 Vocational colleges 42,691 42,408 Apprentice 18,994 18,044 Female 9,103 8,750 Foreign citizens 2,156 2,024 Manufacturing industr y 3,439 3,216 Trade, transport, hotel and restaurant 4,783 4,335 Ser vice industr y 10,614 10,349 Students 94,045 97,364 University of Cologne 52,353 52,254 German Sport University Cologne 5,023 5,175 Cologne University of Music 1,240 1,206 Academy of Media Arts Cologne 322 338 Cologne University of Applied Sciences 18,049 18,772 Private University of Applied Sciences (Cologne) 5,632 5,880 Catholic University of Applied Sciences 1,641 1,925 University of Applied Sciences (public administration) 2,124 2,164 Culture/Leisure Visits to municipal library 2,142,361 2,229,651 Visits to municipal museums 913,722 897,576 Visits to municipal theatres 307,732 330,671 Visits to cinemas 2,304,816 2,457,565 Visits to municipal swimming pools 2,465,975 2,572,332 Participants of Adult education centre 79,133 65,321 Visits to the zoological garden 1,729,030 1,167,323
Economy / Labour market Tourists 3,330,546 3,447,209 Average stay (days) 1.7 1.7 Visitors to trade fairs 2,112,451 2,177,713 (Centre trade fairs: yearly changing) Restaurants 1,168 1,141 Pubs 868 815 Ice Cream Parlors 83 97 Transhipment at Cologne ports (1,000 T) 12,431 11,570 Cologne Bonn Airport Passengers (1,000) 9,451 10,339 Air freight (1,000 T) 754 758 Budget (million ) 3,916 3,900 Total tax revenue (million ) 1,817 1,804 Cologne workforce 519,064 533,018 (micro census, IT.NRW) by occupational status (%) Self-employed worker/ assisting family members 13 13 Public ser vants 6 6 Employees 67 65 Workers 12 13 Apprentice 3 3 Industry turnover (Billion ) 27.8 26.8 Export turnover (Billion ) 16.1 16.1 Spending power index (Germany=100) 109.7 106.9 Business registrations 12,036 12,114 Insolvencies (private/industrial) 2,255 2,153 Employees with compulsor y social insurance 512,144 522,142 Manufacturing industr y 79,959 79,547 Ser vice industr y 432,185 442,595 Commuters to Cologne 245,936 251,076 thereof Part-time employees 130,279 136,615 Unemployed persons (december) 50,421 49,850 Unemployment rate 9.1 8.8
Housing / Social security scheme / Transport Residential houses 136,012 136,771 One family houses / duplexes 81,529 82,099 Real-estate price per sq.m ( ) 400 440 Flats 550,428 553,804 Council dwellings 38,988 37,464 Living space per inhabitant (sq.m) 37.9 37.7 Living space per dwellings (sq.m) 72.5 72.7 Building permits (dwellings) 4,689 3,333 New dwellings 3,679 3,957 Private households 551,024 557,090 Persons per household 1.88 1.87 One-person households 277,619 282,103 Households with more than one person 273,405 274,987 Private households with children 101,278 102,220 Single parents 24,008 23,982 Inhabitants receiving income support Basic financial securit y for job-seekers 82,290 83,929 Basic financial securit y for persons unable to work 31,355 32,381 Basic social security reduction of working capacity 6,839 7,359 Basic social security for seniors 13,731 14,320 Social benefits livelihood 3,005 3,047 Benefits for asylum-seekers 6,634 9,738 Basic social security rate 13.8 14.2 Social benefits in nursing and care homes 3,902 3,762 Advance of child support 6,266 6,443 Doctors 2,562 2,592 General practitioners 550 554 Dentists 702 696 Pharmacies 256 247 Hospitals 22 22 Permanent care places (full stationar y) 8,197 8,190 Registered motor vehicles 520,268 526,083 Registered passenger cars 449,512 454,429 New registrations of passenger cars 41,319 46,746 Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants 427 425 Traffic accidents 39,815 40,791 Casualties 5,332 5,143
Municipal area Contact / Imprint 2015 Total area (ha) 40,489 Coverage 13,116 Public thoroughfare 6,604 Public parks, sports grounds 4,443 Cemeteries 502 Agricultural and garden areas 6,728 Forest areas 6,869 Water areas 1,984 Other areas 243 Greatest extension East/West North/South Highest elevation (Königsforst) Highest buildings Colonius Telecommunication Tower Cologne Cathedral Axa-Building 27.6 km 28.1 km 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 rheinsatz, Köln Photo AGphotographer / Fotolia.com Printing Zentrale Dienste der Stadt Köln 13/15/1.500/10.2016