Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Krefeld Population* 228 550 Retail purchasing power* 6 015 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 137,78 km² Industrial and commercial area* 1026 ha Residential building area* 2350 ha Agricultural area* 11 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 480 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 533 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 11,2 % Labour - total* 96 280 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 13 % Labour - specialist* 14 % Labour - skilled worker* 58 % Labour - helper* 15 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 197 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 984 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 771 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 727 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 5 km Motorway junction Krefeld-Zentrum (A57) Nearby motorways A44 A524 A57 A59 Airport Airport (distance)* 15 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance)* 7 km Name of port Rheinhafen Krefeld Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance)* 48 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website