Hamburg

Hamburg had 1,808,776 residents at the 2022 census. Average net rent was €9.16/m². 21.7% of homes were lived in by their owners.

City state · Code 02 · Zensus 2022 · Updated 24 October 2026

1,808,776residentscensus, 15 May 2022

€9.16/m²net rentaverage

21.7%owner-occupiedof homes

16%green within 500 maverage

Hamburg · one-kilometre grid

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)

People.

Age and households at the 2022 census.

17%

aged under 18

15%

aged 18–29

30%

aged 30–49

18%

aged 65 and over

41.8

years, average age

1.8

people per household

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

Homes.

257,395 residential buildings.

€9.16/m²

average net rent

21.7%

of homes owner-occupied

1.9%

of homes empty

50.2 m²

living space per resident

When residential buildings were built

before 19199%

1919–194913%

1950–195916%

1960–196916%

1970–19798%

1980–19898%

1990–19997%

2000–20097%

2010–20154%

2016 or later3%

Main type of heating

Central heating53%

District heating35%

Single-storey heating8%

Block heating3%

Room stoves2%

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.

267 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk, for the average resident; 16% green space within 500 metres.

Supermarkets and convenience shops25

Bakeries54

Pharmacies16

Doctors29

Dentists17

Cafés and bars174

Restaurants305

Parks26

Playgrounds15

Sports pitches4

Gyms and sports centres15

Libraries16

Day nurseries4

Bus stops83

Tram and light-rail stops2

Railway stations13

561schoolsOpenStreetMap

1,069nurseries and kindergartensOpenStreetMap

2,436residents per km²density

742.5km²area

Crime.

Offences recorded by the police in 2025 (Hamburg), next to the national average.

10,567offences per 100,000 residentsGermany: 6,240

196,809recorded offences2025

47%clearance rateGermany: 57%

Offence	Cases	per 100,000	Germany, per 100,000
Violent crime	8,507	457	253
Common assault	16,139	867	516
Robbery	2,152	116	48
Domestic burglary	2,837	152	99
All theft	83,195	4,467	2,156
Bicycle theft	9,957	535	256
Car theft	1,120	60	33
Theft from vehicles	11,947	641	283
Shoplifting	17,144	921	458
Pickpocketing	11,552	620	113
Fraud	25,342	1,361	770
Criminal damage	17,019	914	650
Street crime	47,374	2,544	1,215

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 Hamburg, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.