Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Bielefeld Population* 331 605 Retail purchasing power* 5 773 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 258,83 km² Industrial and commercial area* 970 ha Residential building area* 4569 ha Agricultural area* 10 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 480 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 660 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 9,0 % Labour - total* 168 270 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 16 % Labour - specialist* 16 % Labour - skilled worker* 49 % Labour - helper* 19 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 006 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 5 008 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 792 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 841 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 6 km Motorway junction Bielefeld-Zentrum (A33) Nearby motorways A2 A33 Airport Airport (distance)* 45 km Name of airport Flughafen Paderborn/Lippstadt Port Port (distance)* 35 km Name of port Hafen Lübbecke Port type Inland port Modality bimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 47 km Name of freight village GVZ Osnabrück Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website