Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Bochum Population* 366 385 Retail purchasing power* 5 664 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 145,66 km² Industrial and commercial area* 909 ha Residential building area* 3503 ha Agricultural area* 5 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 495 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 645 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 9,1 % Labour - total* 149 960 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 16 % Labour - specialist* 13 % Labour - skilled worker* 55 % Labour - helper* 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 509 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 531 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 527 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 703 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Bochum-Ruhrstadion (A40) Nearby motorways A40 A42 A43 A44 A448 Airport Airport (distance)* 27 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 8 km Name of port Hafen Herne Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein-Herne-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 8 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website
