The Mayor City of Cologne Cologne Facts & Figures Cologne Facts & Figures
Population Inhabitants 1,069,192 1,081,701 On the left bank of the Rhine 673,224 681,559 On the right bank of the Rhine 395,968 400,142 Female 546,498 552,284 Average age (Years) 41.9 41.8 Under 3 years of age 32,150 33,797 3 5 years old 29,209 29,491 6 14 years old 80,945 83,060 15 17 years old 27,407 27,754 18 34 years old 268,001 271,138 35 59 years old 389,405 391,581 60 64 years old 53,918 55,292 65 79 years old 138,388 137,287 80 years and older 49,769 52,301 Catholic 379,632 376,280 Protestant 166,195 164,325 Singles 512,556 519,826 Married persons 402,555 403,060 Legal partners 5,146 5,595 Divorced persons 84,563 84,440 Widowed persons 58,535 58,362 Migration background 393,793 408,860 thereof Foreign citizens 198,819 208,403 EU-citizens 70,821 73,462 Turks 56,615 55,567 Italians 18,745 19,048 Number of nations 182 183 Births 11,337 11,810 Average age mother 31.2 31.1 Deaths 9,629 9,200 Average death age men 74.4 74.5 Average death age women 80.1 80.0 Removals within Cologne 74,855 78,500 Persons moving to Cologne 66,687 65,005 Persons moving out of Cologne 52,949 55,260 Marriages/Divorces Marriages 7,704 8,029 Divorces 2,203 2,060
Education / Culture / Leisure Places for child care For children under 3 years of age 12,276 13,158 For children 3 5 years of age 30,653 30,824 In full-time day schools 26,646 28,242 Pupils 147,842 148,697 Primary school 36,311 37,466 General secondary school 5,197 5,183 Intermediate school 12,213 12,275 Grammar school 30,368 30,774 Comprehensive school 13,021 13,499 Special school 4,590 4,517 Further education college 3,009 2,728 Rudolf Steiner School 725 746 Vocational colleges 42,408 41,509 Apprentices 18,044 18,701 Female 8,750 9,042 Foreign citizens 2,024 2,268 Manufacturing industry 3,216 2,622 Trade, transport, hotel and restaurant 4,335 3,720 Service industry 10,349 12,359 Students 97,364 98,580 University of Cologne 52,254 52,357 German Sport University Cologne 5,175 5,272 Cologne University of Music 1,206 1,215 Academy of Media Arts Cologne 338 353 Cologne University of Applied Sciences 18,772 19,358 Private University of Applied Sciences (Cologne) 5,880 6,163 Catholic University of Applied Sciences 1,925 2,033 University of Applied Sciences (public administration) 2,164 2,158 Culture/Leisure Visits to municipal library 2,229,651 2,341,496 Visits to municipal museums 974,967 906,119 Visits to municipal theatres 330,671 255,092 Visits to cinemas 2,457,565 2,257,347 Participants of Adult education centre 65,321 77,941 Visits to the zoological garden 1,167,323 1,160,464 Visits to municipal swimming pools 2,572,332 2,486,129 Members of sport clubs 252,624 261,672
Economy / Labour market Tourists 3,447,209 3,346,329 Average stay (days) 1.7 1.7 Visitors to trade fairs 2,177,713 2,315,222 (Centre trade fairs: yearly changing) Restaurants 1,141 1,193 Pubs 815 834 Ice Cream Parlors 97 103 Budget (million ) 4,017.4 4,241.9 Total tax revenue (million ) 1,810.5 2,263.6 Transhipment at Cologne ports (1,000 t) 11,570 11,413 Cologne Bonn Airport Passengers (1,000) 10,339 11,911 Air freight (1,000 t) 758 786 Industry turnover (Billion ) 26.8 27.5 Export turnover (Billion ) 16.1 16.8 Spending power index (Germany = 100) 106.9 108.5 Business registrations 12,114 11,835 Insolvencies (private/industrial) 2,153 1,973 Employees with compulsory social insurance (total) 522,249 536,811 Manufacturing industry 80,487 80,428 Service industry 441,762 456,383 thereof Education & instruction 23,563 24,596 Financial and insurance services 38,829 37,785 Hotel & restaurant trade 19,073 19,945 Human health and social welfare 63,561 66,534 Business & trade 64,677 65,522 Information & communication services 42,022 41,636 Logistics 33,243 34,332 Business-related services 96,947 103,011 Commuters to Cologne 251,076 260,888 Part-time employees 136,682 144,104 Unemployed persons (december) 49,850 46,411 Unemployment rate 8.8 8.1
Housing / Social security scheme / Transport Residential houses 136,771 137,322 One family houses / duplexes 82,099 82,510 Real-estate price per sq.m ( ) 400 440 Flats 553,804 555,786 Council dwellings 37,464 37,608 Living space per inhabitant (sq.m) 37.7 37.4 Living space per dwellings (sq.m) 72.7 72.8 Building permits (dwellings) 3,333 3,767 New dwellings 3,957 2,387 Private households 557,090 560,298 Persons per household 1.87 1.88 One-person households 282,103 282,868 Private households with children 102,220 103,460 Single parents 23,982 23,835 Inhabitants receiving income support Basic financial security for job-seekers 83,929 83,692 Basic financial security for persons unable to work 32,381 32,538 Basic social security reduction of working capacity 7,359 7,612 Basic social security for seniors 14,320 14,342 Social benefits livelihood 3,047 3,292 Benefits for asylum-seekers 9,738 13,167 Basic social security rate 14.2 14.4 Social benefits in nursing and care homes 3,762 3,829 Advance of child support 6,443 6,168 Doctors surgeries (business register, IT.NRW) General practitioners 439. Medical specialists 1,016. Dentists 647. Pharmacies 247 243 Hospitals 22 22 Permanent care places (full stationary) 8,190 8,080 Registered motor vehicles 526,083 532,241 Registered passenger cars 454,429 458,706 New registrations of passenger cars 46,746 46,620 Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants 425 424 Traffic accidents 40,859 42,880 Casualties 5,212 5,772
Municipal area Contact / Imprint 2016 Total area (ha) 40,489 Coverage 13,135 Public thoroughfare 6,623 Public parks, sports grounds 4,458 Cemeteries 503 Agricultural and garden areas 6,669 Forest areas 6,879 Water areas 1,965 Other areas 258 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 Photo rheinsatz, Köln AGphotographer / Fotolia.com Printing Zentrale Dienste der Stadt Köln 13/15/1.500/10.2017