Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Hildesheim, Landkreis » Alfeld Population* 17 956 Retail purchasing power* 5 374 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 72,88 km² Industrial and commercial area* 135 ha Residential building area* 477 ha Agricultural area* 0 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 430 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 530 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 7,3 % Labour - total* 95 470 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 13 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 56 % Labour - helper* 17 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 085 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 666 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 585 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 802 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 22 km Motorway junction Rhüden (Harz) (A7) Nearby motorways A7 Airport Airport (distance)* 53 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 22 km Name of port Hafen Hildesheim Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Zweigkanal Hildesheim Freight village Freight village (distance)* 44 km Name of freight village GVZ Hannover-Lehrte Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website