Westerwaldkreis

The Westerwaldkreis had 206,541 residents at the 2022 census, in 192 municipalities. Average net rent of €5.73/m² was 16% below the state average. 63.6% of homes were owner-occupied, and the average age was 44.4.

District · Code 07143 · Zensus 2022 · Updated 24 October 2026

206,541residentscensus, 15 May 2022

€5.73/m²net rentaverage

63.6%owner-occupiedof homes

25%green within 500 maverage

Westerwaldkreis 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 192 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
Ailertchen	654	€5.15/m²	82%	4.0%	43.0	52%	7
Alpenrod	1,599	€5.40/m²	71%	3.6%	43.7	42%	14
Alsbach	643	€4.69/m²	72%	2.5%	44.8	39%	2
Arnshöfen	176	€5.37/m²	76%	7.5%	42.3	68%	3
Astert	285	€4.25/m²	73%	7.3%	43.3	76%	10
Atzelgift	613	€5.06/m²	76%	4.2%	44.5	54%	9
Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)	6,123	€5.83/m²	42%	3.6%	45.5	12%	78
Bannberscheid	693	€5.52/m²	69%	3.1%	45.6	43%	16
Bellingen	620	€4.79/m²	74%	5.0%	43.3	52%	13
Berod bei Wallmerod	553	€5.30/m²	76%	4.0%	44.4	54%	12
Berzhahn	479	€4.79/m²	80%	2.2%	44.1	26%	2
Bilkheim	464	€5.32/m²	73%	2.4%	45.5	26%	4
Boden	591	€5.78/m²	72%	4.3%	44.7	21%	11
Borod	525	€5.16/m²	75%	3.4%	45.3	57%	3
Brandscheid	478	€5.94/m²	80%	5.5%	44.8	32%	7
Breitenau	675	€4.79/m²	69%	5.0%	43.0	56%	9
Bretthausen	213	–	79%	9.8%	39.1	2%	2
Bölsberg	223	€4.81/m²	74%	6.7%	51.1	39%	3
Caan	684	€4.51/m²	76%	2.1%	45.3	60%	27
Daubach	474	€5.21/m²	84%	1.8%	45.1	65%	23
Deesen	752	€4.90/m²	62%	2.8%	40.7	52%	7
Dernbach (Westerwald)	2,564	€5.76/m²	63%	4.2%	48.9	21%	26
Dreifelden	272	€5.44/m²	60%	12.6%	46.6	49%	4
Dreikirchen	980	€5.31/m²	76%	3.8%	44.5	25%	9
Dreisbach	553	€4.69/m²	82%	4.7%	44.7	16%	4
Ebernhahn	1,216	€5.43/m²	75%	4.4%	44.7	26%	11
Eitelborn	2,502	€5.57/m²	69%	4.4%	45.6	29%	81
Elbingen	368	€4.91/m²	78%	3.9%	48.8	23%	4
Ellenhausen	283	€4.46/m²	73%	2.1%	46.2	59%	13
Elsoff (Westerwald)	935	€4.44/m²	77%	4.3%	45.2	9%	5
Enspel	294	€5.24/m²	76%	6.3%	46.4	52%	5
Ettinghausen	341	€5.39/m²	75%	–	42.9	65%	5
Ewighausen	240	–	87%	–	44.6	51%	3
Fehl-Ritzhausen	763	€4.77/m²	85%	3.1%	44.4	38%	6
Freilingen	677	€5.15/m²	71%	4.8%	44.7	21%	12
Freirachdorf	704	€4.88/m²	73%	4.2%	44.7	48%	1
Gackenbach	548	€4.46/m²	79%	7.2%	44.8	64%	13
Gehlert	629	€5.37/m²	65%	4.7%	44.1	8%	1
Gemünden	1,018	€4.61/m²	76%	6.1%	44.1	31%	6
Giesenhausen	386	€4.73/m²	70%	9.0%	44.3	21%	2
Girkenroth	601	€4.38/m²	82%	5.3%	43.1	60%	16
Girod	1,230	€5.13/m²	73%	4.8%	44.4	24%	14
Goddert	435	€5.36/m²	66%	5.3%	41.2	42%	4
Großholbach	956	€5.63/m²	77%	6.2%	42.6	24%	12
Großseifen	630	€6.43/m²	73%	4.5%	42.8	23%	2
Guckheim	963	€5.42/m²	84%	5.5%	43.6	13%	7
Görgeshausen	921	€5.53/m²	75%	6.0%	42.3	48%	14
Hachenburg	6,320	€6.10/m²	43%	4.6%	45.0	24%	104
Hahn am See	418	€5.40/m²	80%	6.6%	46.5	58%	3
Hahn bei Marienberg	485	€6.47/m²	71%	2.6%	45.9	48%	6
Halbs	368	€5.30/m²	74%	2.2%	43.2	32%	3
Hardt	459	€4.90/m²	73%	2.9%	44.0	39%	3
Hartenfels	763	€4.38/m²	76%	5.3%	45.9	36%	7
Hattert	1,784	€5.14/m²	69%	5.8%	43.3	29%	11
Heilberscheid	671	€5.48/m²	74%	4.4%	43.6	33%	7
Heiligenroth	1,471	€5.57/m²	72%	2.6%	44.7	32%	29
Heimborn	331	€4.56/m²	76%	5.9%	51.6	73%	4
Helferskirchen	1,227	€5.33/m²	71%	5.7%	44.0	47%	8
Hellenhahn-Schellenberg	1,255	€4.79/m²	79%	3.9%	43.9	3%	9
Hergenroth	451	€5.92/m²	64%	5.1%	45.1	37%	3
Herschbach	2,842	€5.53/m²	63%	4.1%	45.0	8%	33
Herschbach (Oberwesterwald)	916	€4.94/m²	70%	5.3%	43.3	24%	16
Heuzert	113	–	66%	13.9%	49.4	54%	2
Hilgert	1,537	€4.96/m²	72%	3.3%	44.7	26%	8
Hillscheid	2,446	€5.25/m²	68%	4.3%	46.7	28%	10
Hof	1,298	€5.48/m²	74%	5.2%	42.8	1%	14
Holler	1,049	€5.53/m²	67%	6.4%	45.6	57%	10
Homberg	193	–	76%	–	44.3	66%	11
Horbach	715	€5.87/m²	79%	3.8%	48.7	58%	9
Hundsangen	1,978	€5.31/m²	71%	4.0%	44.0	13%	9
Hundsdorf	492	€4.68/m²	74%	5.8%	42.7	61%	4
Härtlingen	372	€5.19/m²	87%	6.6%	43.6	44%	6
Höchstenbach	723	€4.97/m²	59%	4.8%	44.5	32%	7
Höhn	3,136	€5.34/m²	71%	3.7%	44.6	3%	31
Höhr-Grenzhausen	9,246	€5.82/m²	47%	5.2%	44.6	10%	84
Hübingen	541	€5.06/m²	87%	4.8%	46.1	68%	14
Hüblingen	290	€4.36/m²	83%	7.0%	47.9	2%	2
Irmtraut	765	€4.74/m²	66%	4.3%	47.3	16%	8
Kaden	574	€4.78/m²	78%	2.9%	44.6	25%	11
Kadenbach	1,332	€5.43/m²	70%	6.1%	46.6	54%	33
Kammerforst	242	€4.74/m²	76%	3.1%	45.3	73%	7
Kirburg	587	€5.13/m²	75%	7.8%	44.1	9%	3
Kroppach	722	€4.93/m²	60%	5.8%	45.4	27%	12
Krümmel	298	€4.54/m²	77%	2.9%	43.5	71%	1
Kuhnhöfen	155	€4.79/m²	64%	5.3%	46.2	71%	2
Kundert	257	–	82%	5.9%	47.0	60%	1
Kölbingen	987	€4.95/m²	76%	5.6%	44.4	29%	9
Langenbach bei Kirburg	1,067	€5.35/m²	59%	2.3%	47.4	12%	7
Langenhahn	1,392	€5.17/m²	67%	4.7%	44.3	48%	20
Lautzenbrücken	450	€5.15/m²	67%	11.3%	39.7	8%	5
Leuterod	855	€5.65/m²	77%	3.6%	44.9	40%	5
Liebenscheid	840	€4.45/m²	76%	7.7%	42.3	9%	3
Limbach	411	€5.22/m²	74%	4.5%	46.5	52%	6
Linden	129	€6.32/m²	82%	4.5%	48.1	72%	2
Lochum	327	€4.92/m²	66%	–	45.0	70%	5
Luckenbach	684	€4.97/m²	69%	5.5%	42.0	35%	5
Marienrachdorf	1,036	€4.85/m²	67%	4.8%	42.9	37%	5
Maroth	252	€5.27/m²	72%	5.7%	44.2	50%	4
Marzhausen	267	€4.80/m²	77%	3.6%	43.2	40%	6
Maxsain	1,049	€4.80/m²	67%	2.5%	46.1	47%	7
Merkelbach	417	€4.52/m²	75%	3.7%	48.4	1%	3
Meudt	1,897	€5.15/m²	71%	4.5%	43.2	28%	15
Mogendorf	1,374	€5.12/m²	69%	4.6%	43.5	33%	26
Molsberg	442	€5.44/m²	71%	4.8%	45.2	54%	23
Montabaur	14,624	€6.94/m²	42%	3.7%	43.5	13%	176
Moschheim	745	€6.18/m²	74%	5.2%	43.6	38%	10
Mudenbach	734	€4.20/m²	79%	5.7%	44.2	11%	5
Mähren	164	–	90%	16.9%	46.0	9%	2
Mörlen	482	€4.28/m²	71%	3.9%	43.1	1%	7
Mörsbach	413	€5.01/m²	81%	6.5%	47.4	5%	5
Mündersbach	804	€4.96/m²	65%	4.1%	43.2	40%	13
Müschenbach	970	€4.81/m²	68%	3.8%	45.7	16%	15
Nauort	2,328	€5.03/m²	68%	3.2%	44.8	17%	29
Nentershausen	2,078	€5.84/m²	70%	6.4%	42.2	17%	25
Neuhäusel	2,074	€5.92/m²	69%	3.3%	47.7	25%	88
Neunkhausen	1,028	€4.38/m²	76%	2.6%	43.9	4%	9
Neunkirchen	558	€5.48/m²	70%	8.5%	45.9	3%	4
Neustadt/Westerwald	587	€4.59/m²	89%	2.6%	49.5	23%	10
Niederahr	821	€5.73/m²	72%	3.8%	43.8	34%	9
Niederelbert	1,752	€5.78/m²	72%	5.9%	44.7	33%	23
Niedererbach	1,037	€5.46/m²	75%	6.1%	44.0	65%	11
Niederroßbach	674	€4.55/m²	83%	6.0%	43.7	16%	6
Niedersayn	180	–	74%	15.7%	44.1	88%	5
Nister	1,076	€5.23/m²	69%	4.1%	45.2	37%	8
Nister-Möhrendorf	289	€4.09/m²	86%	8.8%	46.5	49%	6
Nisterau	829	€5.34/m²	79%	7.5%	44.3	14%	4
Nistertal	1,207	€5.07/m²	64%	4.5%	46.6	26%	24
Nomborn	724	€5.77/m²	80%	1.4%	44.5	35%	6
Nordhofen	558	€5.05/m²	73%	2.0%	46.5	56%	3
Norken	959	€5.25/m²	68%	4.0%	45.7	0%	8
Oberahr	570	€4.38/m²	65%	8.0%	43.7	40%	2
Oberelbert	1,176	€5.88/m²	71%	3.8%	42.8	40%	7
Obererbach	527	€4.86/m²	72%	5.9%	45.7	64%	4
Oberhaid	404	€4.69/m²	83%	3.5%	43.0	62%	9
Oberrod	627	€4.67/m²	82%	10.5%	46.1	10%	3
Oberroßbach	352	€4.38/m²	80%	–	45.6	9%	4
Pottum	1,041	€5.74/m²	65%	6.3%	44.4	34%	11
Quirnbach	480	€4.92/m²	71%	2.5%	46.9	52%	0
Ransbach-Baumbach	8,078	€6.19/m²	55%	3.9%	43.4	6%	71
Rehe	1,012	€4.93/m²	73%	4.1%	40.0	0%	13
Rennerod	4,477	€5.28/m²	57%	3.3%	41.9	5%	40
Rotenhain	501	€5.94/m²	68%	5.2%	45.3	57%	6
Rothenbach	910	€4.86/m²	80%	7.2%	44.3	43%	4
Roßbach	847	€4.39/m²	73%	4.5%	43.6	7%	16
Ruppach-Goldhausen	1,233	€5.54/m²	74%	6.0%	43.9	35%	8
Rückeroth	495	€5.03/m²	66%	3.1%	45.0	37%	4
Salz	889	€4.65/m²	76%	7.1%	43.8	27%	9
Salzburg	231	€4.66/m²	81%	7.6%	43.6	22%	2
Schenkelberg	647	€5.05/m²	68%	5.7%	44.2	62%	6
Seck	1,221	€4.73/m²	69%	5.5%	44.4	3%	7
Selters (Westerwald)	2,863	€5.62/m²	50%	3.4%	43.1	22%	48
Sessenbach	512	€5.33/m²	78%	6.0%	42.9	44%	4
Sessenhausen	852	€4.33/m²	74%	3.8%	45.8	44%	4
Siershahn	2,887	€6.43/m²	66%	3.9%	44.4	14%	41
Simmern	1,535	€6.80/m²	62%	3.7%	47.1	36%	12
Stahlhofen	767	€5.69/m²	81%	4.5%	42.9	46%	19
Stahlhofen am Wiesensee	334	€5.59/m²	49%	4.0%	47.4	60%	15
Staudt	1,266	€5.67/m²	72%	3.0%	44.2	35%	16
Stein-Neukirch	451	€9.96/m²	79%	3.9%	42.6	11%	2
Stein-Wingert	163	–	81%	–	50.4	59%	2
Steinebach an der Wied	850	€4.59/m²	64%	7.4%	42.2	60%	5
Steinefrenz	807	€5.59/m²	76%	2.9%	43.7	43%	12
Steinen	227	€4.74/m²	81%	–	44.8	69%	6
Stockhausen-Illfurth	414	€5.11/m²	80%	3.1%	43.6	0%	5
Stockum-Püschen	671	€4.90/m²	71%	4.7%	45.7	34%	11
Streithausen	498	€5.19/m²	71%	4.1%	47.8	54%	8
Unnau	1,998	€4.98/m²	66%	4.7%	44.0	0%	9
Untershausen	540	€5.56/m²	64%	3.5%	42.3	68%	30
Vielbach	576	€4.86/m²	79%	2.1%	45.2	53%	1
Wahlrod	928	€4.79/m²	63%	4.0%	41.9	46%	7
Waigandshain	212	–	85%	–	41.2	80%	2
Waldmühlen	320	€5.72/m²	76%	6.3%	43.8	4%	2
Wallmerod	1,556	€5.74/m²	64%	3.0%	44.6	25%	30
Weidenhahn	559	€5.21/m²	77%	1.8%	44.4	23%	5
Welkenbach	153	–	71%	7.4%	46.6	64%	4
Welschneudorf	981	€5.59/m²	69%	5.0%	45.9	47%	19
Weltersburg	299	–	80%	6.1%	46.0	42%	14
Weroth	570	€5.17/m²	74%	2.8%	45.1	46%	12
Westerburg	6,025	€5.66/m²	46%	3.7%	44.6	18%	51
Westernohe	930	€4.80/m²	76%	6.0%	43.6	18%	12
Wied	512	€5.02/m²	77%	4.0%	43.8	24%	5
Willingen	283	€4.39/m²	75%	5.6%	44.6	19%	2
Willmenrod	663	€4.67/m²	76%	5.9%	43.5	14%	4
Winkelbach	261	€4.61/m²	57%	7.6%	38.8	53%	9
Winnen	509	€5.20/m²	81%	7.7%	43.2	15%	7
Wirges	5,457	€6.02/m²	50%	4.1%	43.3	4%	77
Wirscheid	346	€4.28/m²	85%	7.0%	45.3	63%	1
Wittgert	695	€4.83/m²	73%	4.9%	44.6	56%	9
Wölferlingen	478	€4.24/m²	67%	5.5%	45.1	51%	4
Zehnhausen bei Rennerod	412	€5.24/m²	86%	15.8%	44.3	21%	4
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod	185	–	93%	9.0%	43.7	57%	5
Ötzingen	1,359	€5.22/m²	72%	4.1%	42.7	25%	3

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.

17%

aged under 18

12%

aged 18–29

24%

aged 30–49

22%

aged 65 and over

44.4

years, average age

2.2

people per household

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

Homes.

66,986 residential buildings.

€5.73/m²

average net rent

63.6%

of homes owner-occupied

4.5%

of homes empty

64.8 m²

living space per resident

When residential buildings were built

before 19199%

1919–19497%

1950–19597%

1960–196912%

1970–197911%

1980–19899%

1990–199911%

2000–20097%

2010–20152%

2016 or later3%

Main type of heating

Central heating86%

District heating2%

Single-storey heating5%

Block heating1%

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.

40 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk, for the average resident; 25% green space within 500 metres.

111schoolsOpenStreetMap

120nurseries and kindergartensOpenStreetMap

209residents per km²density

990.2km²area

Crime.

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

4,322offences per 100,000 residentsstate: 5,196

8,981recorded offences2025

66%clearance ratestate: 64%

Offence	Cases	per 100,000	state, per 100,000
Violent crime	294	142	208
Common assault	920	443	502
Robbery	26	13	27
Domestic burglary	150	72	71
All theft	1,931	929	1,426
Bicycle theft	73	35	121
Car theft	26	13	24
Theft from vehicles	258	124	188
Shoplifting	337	162	301
Pickpocketing	49	24	67
Fraud	1,100	529	559
Criminal damage	830	399	548
Street crime	1,099	529	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 Westerwaldkreis, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.