Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Kreis » Herdecke Population* 22 665 Retail purchasing power* 6 726 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 22,39 km² Industrial and commercial area* 37 ha Residential building area* 404 ha Agricultural area* 1 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 535 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 745 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 7,4 % Labour - total* 109 050 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 11 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 57 % Labour - helper* 19 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 849 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 556 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 590 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 815 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Hagen-West (A1) Nearby motorways A1 A44 A45 A46 Airport Airport (distance)* 18 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 14 km Name of port Dortmunder Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 25 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website