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Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach is located in the middle of the Düsseldorf - Cologne - Aachen triangle in the German federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North-Rhine Westphalia). The city has a population of 263,000. The economy of the city was traditionally based on the textile industry. New industries are now focusing on fashion, electrical engineering, biomedicine, automobile component supplies, media and communications. Business services are also an important area of the economy, and are characterised by a pre-dominance of small and medium-size companies. Due to the dominance of the big centres in the surrounding area, the city could not be assigned its own Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined in the Urban Audit. Nevertheless, there is an intensive exchange with the surrounding area containing about 600,000 inhabitants.

CITY LEVEL
CITYQUINTILES
Comparison with UA cities
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INDICATORSYEARSCORE5th4th3rd2nd1stCASES
DEMOGRAPHY  
 
Total resident population2004261,966
342
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.20040%
247
Percentage of households that are 1-person households200441%
152
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households20016%
273
Average size of households20042.06
173
SOCIAL ASPECTS  
 
Average price per m2 for an apartment2004€1,700
150
Average price per m2 for a house2004€2,330
157
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings200135%
305
Percentage of households living in social housing200411%
92
Average living area in m2 per person200140
229
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population200494.78
223
ECONOMIC ASPECTS  
 
Unemployment rate200412%
159
Unemployment rate - female200410%
147
Employment rate200461%
157
Activity rate200470%
182
GDP per head (€)2004€24,611
148
Median disposable annual household income(€)2004€19,000
118
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income200413%
71
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT  
 
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections200445%
193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION  
 
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-42001421
234
% of working age population with only primary education20040%
155
% of working age population with tertiary education20040%
136
ENVIRONMENT  
 
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3200415
212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3200418
235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum20040.89
237
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill200421%
213
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)200429
185
Population density (residents per km2)20041,541
265
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL  
 
Percentage of journeys to work by car200470%
108
Average time of journey to work (mins.)200424
107

SUB CITY LEVEL
11 SUB-CITY DISTRICTSAverage Population: 23906Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORSYEARLOWESTCITY SCOREHIGHESTRATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY     
Percentage of total population aged 0-420014%5%6%1:1.27
Percentage of households that are 1-person households200125%38%47%1:1.90
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households     
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households20016%13%17%1:2.65
Average size of households     
SOCIAL ASPECTS     
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities     
ECONOMIC ASPECTS     
Unemployment rate20015%7%9%1:1.87
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25200110%13%19%1:1.91
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)20016621,5434,1711:6.30