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Kiel

Kiel is the capital of the German State of Schleswig-Holstein and has a population of 230,000. It is the most important service and educational centre of this state and for this region between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Almost three out of four employed people work in these industries. Kiel is also a financial centre. It has a university, a polytechnic and a training college with around 27,000 students. Kiel engages in new technologies like healthcare and bio-technology and in maritime economy. More than half the ICT companies of the state are located in the Kiel region.

The Baltic Sea stretches right to the city centre. Here, on Kieler Förde, one of the world’s greatest sailing events takes place every year. Kiel is Germany’s biggest port for boat cruises with daily arrivals and departures also of gigantic ferry boats from and to Norway and Sweden. The Kiel Canal connecting the North Sea with the Baltic Sea is the world’s busiest artificial waterway.

Kiel is part of a Larger Urban Zone (LUZ), as defined by the Urban Audit, that covers an area of 3387 km² and contains 642,000 inhabitants.

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	233,329						342	2004	641,905	1:2.75
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2004	49%						152	2004	40%	1:0.82
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2004	6%						118	2004	8%	1:1.37
Average size of households	2004	1.73						173	2004	2.01	1:1.16
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment	2004	€1,330						150
Average price per m2 for a house	2004	€1,630						157
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	21%						305	2001	41%	1:1.93
Percentage of households living in social housing	2004	10%						92
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	40						229	2001	43	1:1.05
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2004	162.14						223
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2004	14%						159	2004	11%	1:0.74
Unemployment rate - female	2004	11%						147	2004	9%	1:0.80
Employment rate	2004	60%						157
Activity rate	2004	69%						182	2004	70%	1:1.01
GDP per head (€)	2004	€35,745						148	2004	€25,118	1:0.70
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2004	€15,900						118	2004	€19,600	1:1.23
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2004	17%						71	2004	14%	1:0.85
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2004	47%						193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	386						234	2001	386	1:1
% of working age population with only primary education	2004	0%						155	2004	0%	1:1
% of working age population with tertiary education	2004	0%						136	2004	0%	1:1
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	2						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	6						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2004	0.43						237
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2004	0%						213
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)	2004	18						185
Population density (residents per km2)	2004	1,977						265	2004	190	1:0.10
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2004	63%						108	2004	66%	1:1.05
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2004	22						107	2004	22	1:0.97

SUB CITY LEVEL

0 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS	YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4
Percentage of households that are 1-person households
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25
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)