Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Kreisfreie Stadt » Braunschweig Population 252 811 Urbanization densely populated Area information Municipal area 192,70 km² Average land price (in district) 474,92 €/m² Industrial and commercial area 730 ha Residential building area 2 783 ha Agricultural area 4 ha Retail purchasing power Retail purchasing power (per person) 6 564 €/year Retail purchasing power index (per person) n.a. Retail purchasing power (per household) n.a. Retail purchasing power index (per household) n.a. Excise tax Level of business tax 450 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 750 % (municipal rate) Labour market Labour market Unemployment rate (in district) 6,7 % Labour - total 136 719 persons employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert 21 % Labour - specialist 15 % Labour - skilled worker 50 % Labour - helper 14 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert 6 098 €/month Gross salary - specialist 5 106 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker 3 781 €/month Gross salary - helper 2 650 €/month Commuter In-commuters rate 50,0 % Out-commuters rate 36,2 % Commuter balance 29 657 employee Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 2 km Motorway junction Braunschweig-Weststadt (A391) Nearby motorways A2 A36 A39 A391 A392 Airport Airport (distance) 60 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance) 6 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 9 km Name of freight village GVZ Salzgitter Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website
