Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Heidekreis, Landkreis » Rethem Population 2 332 Urbanization sparsely populated Area information Municipal area 34,08 km² Average land price (in district) 112,09 €/m² Industrial and commercial area 27 ha Residential building area 97 ha Agricultural area 1 ha Retail purchasing power Retail purchasing power (per person) n.a. 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 500 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district) 6,4 % Labour - total 50 030 persons employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert 7 % Labour - specialist 10 % Labour - skilled worker 60 % Labour - helper 21 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert 5 518 €/month Gross salary - specialist 4 634 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker 3 508 €/month Gross salary - helper 2 848 €/month Commuter In-commuters rate n.a. Out-commuters rate n.a. Commuter balance n.a. Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 13 km Motorway junction Walsrode-West (A27) Nearby motorways A27 A7 Airport Airport (distance) 41 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance) 44 km Name of port Hafen Hannover - Nordhafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 55 km Name of freight village GVZ Bremen Modality bimodal Contact Natalie Leibold Website