Südwestpfalz district

The Südwestpfalz district had 90,076 residents at the 2022 census, in 84 municipalities. Average net rent of €5.04/m² was 26% below the state average. 72.5% of homes were owner-occupied, and the average age was 47.5.

District · Code 07340 · Zensus 2022 · Updated 24 October 2026

90,076residentscensus, 15 May 2022

€5.04/m²net rentaverage

72.5%owner-occupiedof homes

34%green within 500 maverage

Südwestpfalz 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 84 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
Althornbach	642	€4.53/m²	81%	7.3%	46.4	28%	15
Battweiler	610	€4.60/m²	80%	7.2%	48.0	47%	10
Bechhofen	2,078	€5.59/m²	71%	4.8%	46.7	24%	21
Biedershausen	174	€5.12/m²	74%	7.0%	47.1	44%	0
Bobenthal	269	–	82%	9.6%	48.8	83%	5
Bottenbach	738	€4.53/m²	78%	3.5%	46.8	28%	9
Bruchweiler-Bärenbach	1,534	€4.58/m²	80%	4.5%	46.6	57%	27
Bundenthal	1,035	€5.23/m²	86%	4.3%	48.3	64%	19
Busenberg	1,154	€4.81/m²	79%	6.8%	48.6	54%	18
Clausen	1,429	€4.75/m²	79%	6.8%	46.7	41%	7
Contwig	4,371	€5.22/m²	69%	5.5%	45.0	8%	31
Dahn	4,255	€5.53/m²	58%	5.7%	50.0	36%	95
Darstein	188	–	86%	14.7%	50.9	87%	5
Dellfeld	1,353	€4.56/m²	76%	5.5%	44.2	44%	6
Dietrichingen	349	€4.97/m²	81%	5.7%	45.2	40%	2
Dimbach	172	–	86%	14.3%	44.4	91%	3
Donsieders	926	€5.07/m²	74%	4.6%	48.3	16%	6
Eppenbrunn	1,263	€4.15/m²	74%	11.2%	50.1	47%	16
Erfweiler	1,151	€5.06/m²	80%	5.3%	46.4	55%	19
Erlenbach bei Dahn	308	€4.67/m²	74%	14.2%	49.3	83%	4
Fischbach bei Dahn	1,405	€4.63/m²	78%	9.6%	50.0	51%	19
Geiselberg	748	€5.03/m²	75%	5.9%	46.7	43%	13
Großbundenbach	358	€4.33/m²	76%	8.9%	47.3	16%	4
Großsteinhausen	594	€4.01/m²	81%	4.5%	47.1	24%	11
Hauenstein	3,468	€5.41/m²	68%	6.3%	48.0	26%	72
Heltersberg	1,903	€4.95/m²	76%	7.0%	47.3	26%	23
Hermersberg	1,655	€5.74/m²	75%	4.3%	46.4	8%	18
Herschberg	788	€5.23/m²	80%	3.6%	49.3	44%	5
Hettenhausen	358	€4.49/m²	76%	7.8%	44.9	61%	0
Hilst	345	€3.98/m²	82%	6.7%	50.1	71%	2
Hinterweidenthal	1,496	€5.37/m²	73%	6.7%	49.0	60%	16
Hirschthal	81	–	75%	23.8%	56.6	93%	1
Horbach	492	€6.51/m²	79%	4.6%	48.3	61%	13
Hornbach	1,385	€5.30/m²	69%	6.3%	48.1	15%	21
Höheinöd	1,177	€4.85/m²	72%	4.9%	47.7	16%	4
Höheischweiler	833	€4.60/m²	74%	9.1%	46.7	20%	3
Höhfröschen	924	€4.96/m²	75%	6.2%	47.1	40%	12
Kleinbundenbach	363	€4.47/m²	83%	8.7%	44.0	6%	6
Kleinsteinhausen	756	€4.24/m²	69%	5.8%	43.8	30%	4
Knopp-Labach	414	€6.44/m²	76%	5.4%	47.2	38%	2
Krähenberg	151	–	79%	5.3%	43.0	33%	12
Kröppen	736	€3.85/m²	76%	4.8%	47.7	18%	7
Käshofen	616	€5.75/m²	76%	7.9%	45.9	8%	3
Leimen	943	€4.77/m²	80%	9.5%	47.8	52%	8
Lemberg	3,453	€4.73/m²	66%	7.5%	48.6	25%	30
Ludwigswinkel	756	€4.17/m²	79%	8.2%	50.8	62%	17
Lug	535	€4.59/m²	81%	5.7%	47.6	74%	6
Mauschbach	297	–	87%	5.0%	43.8	31%	1
Maßweiler	911	€4.56/m²	85%	5.7%	49.0	6%	11
Merzalben	1,149	€4.50/m²	84%	7.6%	49.2	62%	14
Münchweiler an der Rodalb	2,784	€5.15/m²	72%	7.3%	47.2	21%	24
Niederschlettenbach	276	€4.08/m²	83%	11.0%	51.8	83%	3
Nothweiler	125	€3.59/m²	73%	14.3%	53.8	89%	7
Nünschweiler	748	€4.53/m²	81%	11.8%	44.7	41%	1
Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach	1,415	€5.62/m²	77%	4.7%	43.4	58%	3
Obersimten	606	€4.36/m²	82%	5.6%	49.9	13%	7
Petersberg	705	€4.50/m²	75%	4.6%	47.4	16%	12
Reifenberg	769	€4.66/m²	80%	7.4%	44.6	24%	5
Riedelberg	450	€4.19/m²	83%	6.8%	42.9	67%	4
Rieschweiler-Mühlbach	2,041	€4.78/m²	76%	6.1%	46.2	29%	17
Rodalben	6,347	€4.94/m²	61%	5.0%	48.5	20%	46
Rosenkopf	350	€4.60/m²	84%	4.2%	46.3	6%	0
Rumbach	385	€4.24/m²	84%	10.3%	50.0	83%	7
Ruppertsweiler	1,449	€6.14/m²	74%	2.6%	47.0	51%	7
Saalstadt	300	€4.57/m²	78%	5.6%	50.5	57%	2
Schauerberg	169	€6.67/m²	78%	–	47.1	61%	0
Schindhard	527	€4.34/m²	83%	7.0%	46.5	74%	7
Schmalenberg	736	€5.77/m²	83%	6.3%	48.5	50%	6
Schmitshausen	381	€5.73/m²	79%	3.6%	46.2	20%	12
Schwanheim	612	€5.31/m²	80%	6.7%	48.9	73%	9
Schweix	271	€4.32/m²	83%	8.7%	55.4	71%	10
Schönau (Pfalz)	420	€4.39/m²	77%	9.0%	50.6	83%	4
Spirkelbach	667	€5.35/m²	76%	7.7%	47.0	77%	12
Steinalben	335	€6.83/m²	73%	6.2%	49.6	60%	3
Thaleischweiler-Fröschen	2,733	€4.66/m²	66%	7.3%	48.7	7%	34
Trulben	1,133	€3.97/m²	79%	9.0%	50.4	63%	9
Vinningen	1,697	€4.43/m²	73%	6.1%	46.4	15%	21
Waldfischbach-Burgalben	4,203	€4.91/m²	65%	6.5%	47.5	14%	38
Wallhalben	834	€4.98/m²	77%	5.2%	47.5	17%	16
Walshausen	322	€5.26/m²	76%	3.2%	43.5	66%	11
Weselberg	1,326	€6.66/m²	73%	5.8%	46.4	24%	3
Wiesbach	480	€5.17/m²	80%	9.0%	46.0	39%	12
Wilgartswiesen	891	€5.55/m²	74%	9.3%	47.6	67%	8
Winterbach (Pfalz)	500	€4.64/m²	78%	5.8%	45.3	53%	4

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 Rhineland-Palatinate.

15%

aged under 18

10%

aged 18–29

22%

aged 30–49

26%

aged 65 and over

47.5

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.

34,649 residential buildings.

€5.04/m²

average net rent

72.5%

of homes owner-occupied

6.4%

of homes empty

69.3 m²

living space per resident

When residential buildings were built

before 19198%

1919–19498%

1950–195911%

1960–196913%

1970–197910%

1980–19899%

1990–19997%

2000–20096%

2010–20152%

2016 or later2%

Main type of heating

Central heating88%

District heating1%

Single-storey heating3%

Block heating0%

Room stoves5%

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.

24 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk, for the average resident; 34% green space within 500 metres.

42schoolsOpenStreetMap

50nurseries and kindergartensOpenStreetMap

94residents per km²density

954.1km²area

Crime.

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

2,862offences per 100,000 residentsstate: 5,196

2,575recorded offences2025

69%clearance ratestate: 64%

Offence	Cases	per 100,000	state, per 100,000
Violent crime	88	98	208
Common assault	219	243	502
Robbery	8	9	27
Domestic burglary	70	78	71
All theft	524	582	1,426
Bicycle theft	25	28	121
Car theft	13	14	24
Theft from vehicles	76	85	188
Shoplifting	39	43	301
Pickpocketing	9	10	67
Fraud	324	360	559
Criminal damage	309	343	548
Street crime	418	465	935

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 Südwestpfalz district, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.