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Darmstadt

Darmstadt is located in the German federal state of Hessen. The city has a population of just under 140,000 and its Mathildenhoehe artists’ colony is well known. The printing and publishing industries used to be the economic drivers of the city. Today, Darmstadt attracts a large number of software companies which are mainly “spin-offs” from Darmstadt’s Technical University. The city markets itself as the ‘City of Sciences’ with a very good representation of R&D organisations, such as ESOC and EUMETSAT, the Heavy Ion Research Association (GSI), the four Fraunhofer Research Centres, the GMD Research Centre and commercial firms of international reputation. The city is part of a Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) of 425,000 inhabitants, as defined by the Urban Audit, covering an area of 781 km2.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2004	140,078						342	2004	430,993	1:3.08
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	0%						247
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2004	38%						152	2004	33%	1:0.86
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2004	7%						118	2004	7%	1:1.02
Average size of households	2004	1.93						173	2004	2.26	1:1.17
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment	2004	€2,300						150
Average price per m2 for a house	2004	€2,670						157
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	28%						305	2001	42%	1:1.47
Percentage of households living in social housing	2004	7%						92
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	43						229	2001	43	1:0.99
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2004	117.58						223
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2004	8%						159	2004	7%	1:0.87
Unemployment rate - female	2004	7%						147	2004	7%	1:0.93
Employment rate	2004	67%						157
Activity rate	2004	73%						182	2004	72%	1:0.99
GDP per head (€)	2004	€51,164						148	2004	€29,347	1:0.57
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2004	€20,300						118	2004	€24,900	1:1.23
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2004	10%						71	2004	10%	1:0.92
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2004	50%						193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	402						234	2001	450	1:1.12
% of working age population with only primary education	2004	0%						155	2004	0%	1:0.96
% of working age population with tertiary education	2004	0%						136	2004	0%	1:0.79
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	34						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	12						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2004	0.28						237
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2001	0%						177
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)	2004	21						185
Population density (residents per km2)	2004	1,148						265	2004	552	1:0.48
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2004	59%						108	2004	72%	1:1.21
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2004	24						107	2004	26	1:1.07

SUB CITY LEVEL

5 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 27691		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	4%	5%	5%	1:1.21
Percentage of households that are 1-person households		2001	40%	39%	40%	1:1
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households		2001	6%	6%	6%	1:1
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households		2001	14%	14%	14%	1:1
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate		2001	4%	5%	6%	1:1.45
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25		2001	11%	14%	16%	1:1.41
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)		2001	746	1,133	2,341	1:3.14