Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Region Hannover, Landkreis » Garbsen Population 59 903 Urbanization medium populated Area information Municipal area 79,49 km² Average land price (in district) 294,71 €/m² Industrial and commercial area 160 ha Residential building area 978 ha Agricultural area 3 ha Retail purchasing power Retail purchasing power (per person) 6 435 €/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 640 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district) 8,0 % Labour - total 548 420 persons employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert 15 % Labour - specialist 15 % Labour - skilled worker 53 % Labour - helper 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert 6 145 €/month Gross salary - specialist 5 040 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker 3 889 €/month Gross salary - helper 2 909 €/month Commuter In-commuters rate n.a. Out-commuters rate n.a. Commuter balance n.a. Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 1 km Motorway junction Garbsen (A2) Nearby motorways A2 A352 Airport Airport (distance) 8 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance) 5 km Name of port Hafen Hannover - Nordhafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 25 km Name of freight village GVZ Hannover-Lehrte Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website