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Steinburg district

The Steinburg district had 130,182 residents at the 2022 census, in 111 municipalities. Average net rent of €6.20/m² was 17% below the state average. 53.6% of homes were owner-occupied, and the average age was 45.6.

District · Code 01061 · Zensus 2022 · Updated 24 October 2026
130,182residentscensus, 15 May 2022
€6.20/m²net rentaverage
53.6%owner-occupiedof homes
20%green within 500 maverage
Steinburg district by municipality
Map of Steinburg district: Share of land within 500 m that is green space
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 111 municipalities.

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

MunicipalityResidentsRentOwner-occupiedVacantAvg. ageGreen 500 mServices 15 min
Aasbüttel147–76%5.5%39.566%1
Aebtissinwisch49–91%–47.685%2
Agethorst184€4.59/m²75%–51.864%3
Altenmoor206€5.81/m²78%1.6%48.089%0
Auufer127–71%–42.750%0
Bahrenfleth525€5.13/m²84%2.4%42.553%4
Beidenfleth827€5.41/m²75%5.3%45.444%6
Bekdorf102–77%10.0%44.554%1
Bekmünde146€5.77/m²50%3.4%50.956%0
Besdorf212€5.03/m²77%14.3%45.048%1
Blomesche Wildnis521€6.09/m²73%6.1%48.323%0
Bokelrehm135–72%–44.533%0
Bokhorst149–78%10.9%44.244%2
Borsfleth777€5.42/m²84%3.1%45.144%6
Breitenberg352€5.13/m²81%–48.163%6
Breitenburg1,212€6.01/m²60%2.9%41.232%3
Brokdorf986€5.16/m²65%4.7%44.950%11
Brokstedt2,197€6.09/m²67%2.3%44.918%21
Büttel31–73%–39.645%1
Christinenthal72€3.90/m²65%–41.449%0
Dammfleth293€5.22/m²58%7.0%44.572%3
Drage197–79%6.9%43.951%0
Dägeling997€5.83/m²74%–42.427%7
Ecklak248–83%13.2%44.563%4
Elskop195€5.88/m²80%2.2%45.119%0
Engelbrechtsche Wildnis724€5.65/m²80%4.8%49.624%14
Fitzbek370€5.05/m²70%10.7%45.023%4
Glückstadt11,216€6.26/m²41%4.6%47.616%105
Grevenkop315€5.47/m²77%6.6%44.45%0
Gribbohm385€4.67/m²66%5.5%44.946%0
Hadenfeld141–68%–36.642%0
Heiligenstedten1,786€6.24/m²64%3.1%44.135%17
Heiligenstedtenerkamp749€6.00/m²61%1.8%48.441%10
Hennstedt609€5.26/m²76%8.0%43.622%5
Herzhorn1,179€6.17/m²74%3.3%44.813%9
Hingstheide78–57%–39.633%0
Hodorf199€6.11/m²80%11.7%49.127%1
Hohenaspe1,865€6.15/m²65%3.5%45.521%11
Hohenfelde852€5.97/m²75%3.4%45.331%3
Hohenlockstedt5,942€6.05/m²53%3.3%45.36%52
Holstenniendorf399€5.39/m²81%3.8%44.729%2
Horst (Holstein)5,680€7.33/m²65%1.9%43.614%35
Huje269€6.09/m²74%–45.857%4
Itzehoe32,017€6.34/m²37%3.2%45.66%221
Kaaks444€5.33/m²74%6.1%44.343%8
Kaisborstel57–55%–46.162%0
Kellinghusen8,097€6.00/m²50%2.5%45.413%52
Kiebitzreihe2,093€8.38/m²75%2.8%46.913%10
Kleve531€5.59/m²79%3.6%46.966%4
Kollmar1,513€6.56/m²74%5.2%47.349%5
Kollmoor27–100%–46.985%0
Krempdorf169€5.35/m²67%10.7%45.641%0
Krempe2,388€6.03/m²60%3.0%44.85%25
Kremperheide2,241€6.44/m²69%2.0%48.018%27
Krempermoor564€6.36/m²78%2.1%45.949%26
Kronsmoor177€5.14/m²68%–46.059%0
Krummendiek74–65%10.0%43.168%1
Kudensee98€3.89/m²79%12.9%52.257%2
Landrecht155€5.31/m²69%4.4%45.165%29
Landscheide243€4.40/m²66%14.3%41.469%1
Lockstedt150–83%7.9%44.512%1
Lohbarbek708€5.74/m²51%3.7%42.738%3
Looft387€4.62/m²79%2.3%47.131%4
Lägerdorf2,595€6.07/m²43%3.9%44.321%24
Mehlbek408€5.84/m²67%4.7%44.743%6
Moordiek88–69%–48.240%3
Moorhusen71–79%3.6%39.284%0
Mühlenbarbek251€5.58/m²78%5.1%48.354%3
Münsterdorf1,831€6.17/m²72%2.4%47.937%23
Neuenbrook694€5.96/m²64%5.7%42.861%3
Neuendorf b. Elmshorn768€5.89/m²79%5.4%46.543%8
Neuendorf-Sachsenbande423€4.97/m²78%16.7%45.783%0
Nienbüttel132–83%–41.752%1
Nortorf737€6.13/m²69%7.7%42.884%0
Nutteln261€5.65/m²74%2.9%47.942%2
Oelixdorf1,532€6.25/m²61%4.9%45.536%18
Oeschebüttel173–88%4.3%50.268%1
Oldenborstel90–83%–51.632%0
Oldendorf1,079€6.29/m²76%2.6%45.631%10
Ottenbüttel717€6.17/m²76%–44.437%10
Peissen300€4.72/m²63%–40.251%3
Poyenberg367€4.76/m²75%5.2%45.141%4
Puls550€5.04/m²80%3.2%43.820%4
Pöschendorf293€5.95/m²69%2.6%39.655%26
Quarnstedt411€5.26/m²62%5.4%49.632%2
Rade97–84%11.1%42.159%0
Reher727€5.33/m²71%3.3%46.327%6
Rethwisch566€6.43/m²76%1.5%46.120%4
Rosdorf376€6.35/m²75%7.8%49.238%6
Sankt Margarethen805€5.72/m²59%8.9%46.459%8
Sarlhusen456€5.85/m²68%2.1%46.421%2
Schenefeld2,703€6.32/m²58%2.3%47.114%38
Schlotfeld232€4.85/m²80%6.1%43.148%5
Silzen157€4.61/m²69%6.5%42.538%1
Sommerland748€5.99/m²76%7.2%45.950%0
Stördorf115–69%3.3%47.516%0
Störkathen87€6.09/m²58%–45.477%0
Süderau666€5.71/m²74%3.7%45.927%1
Vaale1,230€6.32/m²76%2.1%45.78%9
Vaalermoor131–91%–46.978%0
Wacken1,919€5.82/m²62%1.8%45.124%34
Warringholz301€4.22/m²77%6.2%44.826%1
Westermoor377€5.95/m²67%–44.637%4
Wewelsfleth1,295€5.97/m²70%4.9%46.731%13
Wiedenborstel6–––38.436%0
Willenscharen161€5.77/m²59%–38.973%2
Wilster4,276€5.77/m²47%4.8%47.09%61
Winseldorf299€5.75/m²68%4.0%44.653%3
Wittenbergen161€5.85/m²54%–46.751%0
Wrist2,362€5.84/m²59%3.3%44.724%20
Wulfsmoor380€5.38/m²64%–42.057%1

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 Schleswig-Holstein.

16%
aged under 18
11%
aged 18–29
22%
aged 30–49
23%
aged 65 and over
45.6
years, average age
2.0
people per household

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

Homes.

40,929 residential buildings.

€6.20/m²
average net rent
53.6%
of homes owner-occupied
3.5%
of homes empty
58.9 m²
living space per resident

When residential buildings were built

before 191912%
1919–19497%
1950–19598%
1960–196914%
1970–197912%
1980–19897%
1990–199910%
2000–20096%
2010–20152%
2016 or later3%

Main type of heating

Central heating82%
District heating8%
Single-storey heating6%
Block heating1%
Room stoves1%

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.

79 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk, for the average resident; 20% green space within 500 metres.

57schoolsOpenStreetMap
63nurseries and kindergartensOpenStreetMap
128residents per km²density
1,018.3km²area

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Crime.

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

5,064offences per 100,000 residentsstate: 5,915
6,722recorded offences2025
58%clearance ratestate: 56%
OffenceCasesper 100,000state, per 100,000
Violent crime296223214
Common assault642484499
Robbery493740
Domestic burglary1148684
All theft2,0061,5112,113
Bicycle theft188142248
Car theft161223
Theft from vehicles208157242
Shoplifting481362540
Pickpocketing534085
Fraud604455600
Criminal damage970731667
Street crime1,2849671,143

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 Steinburg district, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

SAM 0612
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SAM 0612
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Itzehoe, Gasexplosion am 10 März 2014 NIK 4659
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Itzehoe, Gasexplosion am 10 März 2014 NIK 4659
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Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe, Ehrenmal der Eisenbahner NIK 0741
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Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe, Ehrenmal der Eisenbahner NIK 0741
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