Find your area in Essen

Set your monthly budget and what matters to you. We keep the areas whose typical rent fits and rank them by who lives there, using census figures for all 50 areas.

What matters to you

Best matches (48 fit your budget)

#DistrictTypical rent
1Vogelheim€443
2Horst€449
3Stoppenberg€450
4Kray€451
5Karnap€454
6Bochold€454
7Altenessen-Süd€457
8Margarethenhöhe€459
9Dellwig€461
10Freisenbruch€461
11Altenessen-Nord€461
12Überruhr-Holthausen€463
13Altendorf€467
14Katernberg€470
15Frintrop€473

Typical rent = official median or average rent per m² for the area × flat size; real listings vary. Matches are ranked by how high each area scores on the chosen census shares compared with the rest of the city. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) – Zensus 2022, Gitterzellen (2022) · Destatis – Zensus 2022, 100 m grid (2022).

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