Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Bielefeld Industrial and commercial area* 964 ha Municipal area* 258,83 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 338 410 Unemployment rate (in district)* 9,0 % Retail purchasing power* 5 773 €/Einwohner/Jahr 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 Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 480 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 660 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 39,67 €/h Service industry 35,80 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 22 % Vocational training 49 % Without training 18 % Contact City BielefeldMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add