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Potsdam

The City of Potsdam is the capital of the German State of Brandenburg and has a population of 150,000. It is located in the immediate vicinity of Berlin, the German Capital.

The city with a history of more than 1000 years and located on the Havel Lakes has much to offer to its citizens and visitors, palaces, parks and innumerable monuments set in a unique environment of culture and science with a most vibrant cultural life. Many research institutions, the university and two colleges have attracted a great number of modern business companies, in particular of the media and film industries as well as of the sector of information and communication technology. The service sector is well developed while manufacturing plays a less important role.

Potsdam is part of the Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) of Berlin that covers an area of 17385 km² and contains 4.971 million 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
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2004	44%						152	2004	45%	1:1.02
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2004	8%						118	2004	10%	1:1.20
Average size of households	2004	2.06						173	2004	1.90	1:0.92
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment
Average price per m2 for a house	2004	€1,330						157
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	17%						305	2001	19%	1:1.13
Percentage of households living in social housing	2004	2%						92
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	35						229	2001	38	1:1.07
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2004	13%						159	2004	18%	1:1.46
Unemployment rate - female	2004	10%						147	2004	16%	1:1.58
Employment rate	2004	67%						157
Activity rate	2004	77%						182	2004	73%	1:0.95
GDP per head (€)	2004	€29,031						148	2004	€21,870	1:0.75
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2004	€18,500						118	2004	€17,900	1:0.97
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2004	16%						71	2004	18%	1:1.10
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2004	46%						193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	721						234	2001	635	1:0.88
% of working age population with only primary education	2004	0%						155	2004	0%	1:1.39
% of working age population with tertiary education	2004	0%						136	2004	0%	1:0.78
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	19						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	7						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2004	100%						213
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)
Population density (residents per km2)
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2004	65%						108	2004	53%	1:0.81
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2004	29						107	2004	32	1:1.08

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)