Esslingen district

The Esslingen district had 529,251 residents at the 2022 census, in 44 municipalities. Average net rent of €8.91/m² was 9% above the state average. 52.5% of homes were owner-occupied, and the average age was 43.6.

District · Code 08116 · Zensus 2022 · Updated 24 October 2026

529,251residentscensus, 15 May 2022

€8.91/m²net rentaverage

52.5%owner-occupiedof homes

9%green within 500 maverage

Esslingen district by municipality

0%30%+

Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: Federal and State Statistical Offices of Germany, 2022 census grid results (open data, with attribution) · © GeoBasis-DE / BKG (2023), administrative areas VG250 as of 15 May 2022, dl-de/by-2-0 · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 44 municipalities.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Municipality	Residents	Rent	Owner-occupied	Vacant	Avg. age	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Aichtal	9,561	€8.55/m²	62%	4.8%	44.1	41%	29
Aichwald	7,230	€8.22/m²	69%	4.3%	47.5	23%	36
Altbach	6,070	€8.97/m²	52%	3.3%	43.2	8%	57
Altdorf	1,684	€8.21/m²	70%	3.9%	41.0	4%	13
Altenriet	1,958	€8.34/m²	71%	2.9%	43.7	15%	64
Baltmannsweiler	5,540	€7.71/m²	66%	3.4%	44.9	0%	40
Bempflingen	3,355	€8.13/m²	69%	4.1%	44.4	15%	29
Beuren	3,598	€8.48/m²	60%	4.8%	46.0	4%	48
Bissingen an der Teck	3,375	€7.79/m²	67%	4.3%	44.9	7%	33
Deizisau	6,640	€8.71/m²	58%	4.1%	44.4	4%	54
Denkendorf	11,025	€8.67/m²	52%	3.4%	43.2	26%	119
Dettingen unter Teck	6,068	€8.42/m²	62%	3.5%	44.7	6%	40
Erkenbrechtsweiler	2,123	€7.37/m²	76%	3.7%	42.8	26%	22
Esslingen am Neckar	94,429	€9.13/m²	40%	4.3%	42.8	14%	159
Filderstadt	46,294	€9.36/m²	47%	3.3%	43.0	1%	136
Frickenhausen	9,155	€7.90/m²	62%	4.2%	44.1	6%	41
Großbettlingen	4,232	€11.03/m²	65%	2.9%	44.9	8%	46
Hochdorf	4,409	€8.67/m²	65%	6.4%	45.0	3%	47
Holzmaden	2,194	€7.94/m²	64%	3.8%	42.4	14%	25
Kirchheim unter Teck	41,635	€8.56/m²	53%	3.4%	44.4	6%	256
Kohlberg	2,352	€7.56/m²	73%	3.9%	43.7	12%	31
Köngen	9,549	€8.27/m²	60%	3.7%	43.8	5%	81
Leinfelden-Echterdingen	39,852	€10.04/m²	46%	3.0%	43.4	13%	139
Lenningen	7,901	€6.94/m²	69%	6.7%	44.9	9%	27
Lichtenwald	2,535	€7.71/m²	73%	5.6%	44.1	38%	18
Neckartailfingen	3,800	€8.13/m²	60%	4.7%	42.6	23%	35
Neckartenzlingen	6,095	€8.07/m²	60%	3.8%	44.7	31%	85
Neidlingen	1,765	€6.90/m²	65%	5.8%	44.0	21%	17
Neuffen	6,038	€8.29/m²	63%	4.9%	44.7	2%	51
Neuhausen auf den Fildern	12,043	€9.03/m²	54%	3.1%	43.2	8%	98
Notzingen	3,572	€7.91/m²	73%	4.4%	47.3	30%	38
Nürtingen	40,279	€8.47/m²	56%	3.7%	43.9	5%	247
Oberboihingen	5,529	€8.66/m²	66%	4.2%	43.5	3%	53
Ohmden	1,725	€7.63/m²	74%	4.7%	44.4	27%	20
Ostfildern	39,506	€9.33/m²	50%	3.1%	42.8	2%	116
Owen	3,367	€7.42/m²	63%	5.8%	44.4	1%	39
Plochingen	14,162	€8.74/m²	49%	4.0%	43.1	3%	132
Reichenbach an der Fils	8,081	€8.22/m²	55%	4.3%	45.0	5%	69
Schlaitdorf	1,857	€8.78/m²	67%	5.5%	43.0	7%	21
Unterensingen	4,910	€8.22/m²	61%	3.9%	42.8	3%	54
Weilheim an der Teck	9,836	€7.70/m²	60%	4.6%	44.0	1%	74
Wendlingen am Neckar	15,750	€8.47/m²	56%	4.1%	44.2	2%	121
Wernau (Neckar)	12,024	€8.50/m²	54%	3.5%	44.3	7%	112
Wolfschlugen	6,148	€8.50/m²	60%	4.0%	44.7	1%	56

Sources: Federal and State Statistical Offices of Germany, 2022 census grid results (open data, with attribution) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Age and households at the 2022 census, next to the figure for Baden-Württemberg.

17%

aged under 18

13%

aged 18–29

26%

aged 30–49

21%

aged 65 and over

43.6

years, average age

2.1

people per household

Source: Federal and State Statistical Offices of Germany, 2022 census grid results (open data, with attribution)

Homes.

115,890 residential buildings.

€8.91/m²

average net rent

52.5%

of homes owner-occupied

3.9%

of homes empty

54.0 m²

living space per resident

When residential buildings were built

before 19197%

1919–19497%

1950–195912%

1960–196916%

1970–197915%

1980–198910%

1990–19999%

2000–20098%

2010–20154%

2016 or later3%

Main type of heating

Central heating76%

District heating8%

Single-storey heating6%

Block heating2%

Room stoves7%

Net rent comes from the 2022 census (reference date 15 May 2022) and covers every rented home, including long-standing tenancies, so it is usually lower than the asking rents in new listings.

Figures for municipalities, districts and states are built up from the census 100-metre grid cells, with rents weighted by the number of homes. Vacancy and owner-occupation rates come from the one-kilometre grid, as they are mostly withheld in the 100-metre cells.

Source: Federal and State Statistical Offices of Germany, 2022 census grid results (open data, with attribution)

Everyday life.

127 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk, for the average resident; 9% green space within 500 metres.

228schoolsOpenStreetMap

422nurseries and kindergartensOpenStreetMap

827residents per km²density

639.8km²area

Crime.

Offences recorded by the police in 2025 (Esslingen district), next to the state average.

3,716offences per 100,000 residentsstate: 4,584

19,938recorded offences2025

61%clearance ratestate: 61%

Offence	Cases	per 100,000	state, per 100,000
Violent crime	822	153	175
Common assault	1,918	357	402
Robbery	126	24	29
Domestic burglary	201	38	52
All theft	5,475	1,020	1,389
Bicycle theft	455	85	162
Car theft	58	11	14
Theft from vehicles	575	107	159
Shoplifting	1,323	247	357
Pickpocketing	81	15	41
Fraud	2,153	401	661
Criminal damage	2,887	538	518
Street crime	2,999	559	731

Police crime statistics count offences that became known to the police and were fully processed by them, by place of offence. The rate relates them to the resident population, so cities with many commuters, visitors and shops show higher rates. Offences against residence and asylum law and drug offences are not shown here; drug offences mostly reflect how actively the police carry out checks.

Source: PKS Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Police Office), reporting year 2025, version 1.1 (Data licence Germany – attribution 2.0)

Around here.

Photographs taken near Esslingen district, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.