NUTS 3 areas of Germany by median age

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by median age, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest median age of 400 areas in 2022, at 55.4 years. Heidelberg, Stadtkreis had the lowest, at 37.3 years. The median was 47 years and the figure for Germany was 45.8 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest55.4Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest37.3Heidelberg, Stadtkreis

Median47400 areas

Germany45.8History

Top 40 areas, 2022

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years. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2022 years	Change on 2021
1	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	55.4	0
2	Spree-Neiße	54.8	+0.4
3	Greiz	54.7	+0.2
3	Mansfeld-Südharz	54.7	+0.2
5	Altenburger Land	54.6	+0.1
5	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt	54.6	0
7	Prignitz	54.2	+0.2
7	Uckermark	54.2	+0.3
9	Elbe-Elster	54	+0.1
9	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	54	+0.1
9	Wittenberg	54	+0.2
12	Görlitz	53.8	+0.2
12	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	53.8	+0.2
14	Vogtlandkreis	53.6	+0.1
15	Harz	53.4	+0.3
16	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	53.3	+0.1
17	Kyffhäuserkreis	53.2	+0.1
17	Sonneberg	53.2	+0.1
19	Salzlandkreis	53.1	+0.1
20	Burgenlandkreis	53	+0.1
20	Erzgebirgskreis	53	+0.1
20	Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt	53	+0.1
23	Zwickau	52.7	+0.1
24	Lüchow-Dannenberg	52.6	+0.2
24	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	52.6	+0.2
24	Saale-Orla-Kreis	52.6	+0.1
24	Stendal	52.6	+0.2
28	Jerichower Land	52.5	+0.2
28	Ostholstein	52.5	+0.3
28	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	52.5	+0.1
28	Vorpommern-Rügen	52.5	+0.2
32	Oder-Spree	52.4	+0.1
33	Bautzen	52.1	0
33	Mittelsachsen	52.1	+0.1
35	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	52	+0.4
35	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	52	+0.1
37	Meißen	51.9	+0.2
38	Südwestpfalz	51.8	+0.2
39	Saale-Holzland-Kreis	51.7	+0.1
40	Goslar	51.6	+0.1
40	Nordhausen	51.6	+0.2
40	St. Wendel	51.6	+0.1
43	Leipzig	51.5	0
43	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	51.5	+0.2
45	Hof, Landkreis	51.4	+0.1
45	Ludwigslust-Parchim	51.4	+0.1
45	Plön	51.4	+0.2
45	Saalekreis	51.4	+0.1
49	Hildburghausen	51.3	+0.1
49	Nordsachsen	51.3	+0.1
49	Wartburgkreis	51.3	+0.2
52	Friesland (DE)	51.1	+0.3
52	Kronach	51.1	+0.2
52	Landkreis Rostock	51.1	+0.1
52	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	51.1	+0.2
52	Vorpommern-Greifswald	51.1	0
57	Börde	51	+0.2
57	Holzminden	51	+0.1
57	Sömmerda	51	+0.1
60	Märkisch-Oderland	50.9	0
60	Northeim	50.9	0
62	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	50.8	0
63	Bad Dürkheim	50.7	+0.1
63	Cochem-Zell	50.7	+0.1
63	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	50.7	0
63	Saarpfalz-Kreis	50.7	+0.1
63	Uelzen	50.7	+0.1
63	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	50.7	0
69	Kusel	50.6	+0.2
70	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	50.5	-0.2
70	Gotha	50.5	+0.1
70	Kulmbach	50.5	+0.1
70	Vogelsbergkreis	50.5	0
74	Cuxhaven	50.4	+0.1
74	Vulkaneifel	50.4	-0.1
76	Neunkirchen	50.3	0
76	Wittmund	50.3	+0.3
78	Bad Kissingen	50.2	+0.1
78	Dithmarschen	50.2	+0.1
78	Ilm-Kreis	50.2	-0.1
78	Nordwestmecklenburg	50.2	+0.1
78	Weimarer Land	50.2	+0.1
83	Potsdam-Mittelmark	50.1	+0.1
83	Schaumburg	50.1	+0.1
85	Ahrweiler	50	0
85	Hameln-Pyrmont	50	-0.1
85	Kassel, Landkreis	50	0
85	Saarlouis	50	0
85	Südliche Weinstraße	50	+0.2
90	Oberhavel	49.9	0
91	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	49.8	+0.1
91	Wolfenbüttel	49.8	+0.2
93	Barnim	49.7	-0.1
93	Nordfriesland	49.7	+0.2
95	Coburg, Landkreis	49.5	+0.2
95	Havelland	49.5	+0.1
95	Main-Spessart	49.5	0
95	Merzig-Wadern	49.5	+0.1
95	Steinburg	49.5	+0.1
95	Wesermarsch	49.5	+0.2
101	Dahme-Spreewald	49.4	-0.4
101	Osterholz	49.4	+0.1
101	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	49.4	-0.2
101	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	49.4	+0.2
101	Wesel	49.4	+0.1
106	Birkenfeld	49.3	-0.1
106	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	49.3	+0.2
106	Schleswig-Flensburg	49.3	+0.1
109	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	49.2	-0.1
109	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	49.2	0
109	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	49.2	-0.1
109	Odenwaldkreis	49.2	+0.1
109	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	49.2	+0.1
114	Aurich	49.1	+0.4
114	Bayreuth, Landkreis	49.1	+0.2
114	Viersen	49.1	+0.1
117	Eichsfeld	49	+0.1
117	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	49	0
117	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	49	+0.3
117	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	49	0
117	Tirschenreuth	49	+0.1
122	Freyung-Grafenau	48.9	+0.1
122	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	48.9	+0.1
122	Lichtenfels	48.9	+0.1
122	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	48.9	+0.1
122	Waldeck-Frankenberg	48.9	0
127	Helmstedt	48.8	0
128	Bad Kreuznach	48.7	0
128	Donnersbergkreis	48.7	+0.1
128	Höxter	48.7	0
131	Bernkastel-Wittlich	48.6	0
131	Mettmann	48.6	-0.1
131	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	48.6	-0.1
134	Rhön-Grabfeld	48.5	+0.1
135	Regen	48.4	+0.2
135	Stormarn	48.4	+0.2
137	Teltow-Fläming	48.3	-0.2
138	Diepholz	48.2	0
138	Hildesheim	48.2	+0.1
138	Hochsauerlandkreis	48.2	+0.1
138	Recklinghausen	48.2	0
138	Unna	48.2	0
143	Ammerland	48.1	+0.1
143	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	48.1	+0.1
143	Nienburg (Weser)	48.1	0
143	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	48.1	-0.1
143	Starnberg	48.1	+0.2
148	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	48	+0.1
148	Bergstraße	48	0
148	Passau, Landkreis	48	+0.1
151	Amberg-Sulzbach	47.9	+0.1
151	Euskirchen	47.9	0
151	Oldenburg, Landkreis	47.9	+0.1
154	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	47.8	-0.2
154	Haßberge	47.8	0
154	Nürnberger Land	47.8	+0.1
154	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	47.8	-0.1
158	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt	47.7	-0.1
158	Fürth, Landkreis	47.7	-0.2
158	Harburg	47.7	-0.1
158	Herzogtum Lauenburg	47.7	-0.1
158	Hochtaunuskreis	47.7	+0.1
158	Main-Tauber-Kreis	47.7	0
158	Märkischer Kreis	47.7	0
158	Miesbach	47.7	+0.2
158	Miltenberg	47.7	+0.2
158	Oberallgäu	47.7	0
168	Coesfeld	47.6	+0.2
168	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	47.6	-0.1
168	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	47.6	0
168	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	47.6	+0.2
172	Celle	47.5	-0.1
172	Lindau (Bodensee)	47.5	0
172	Mainz-Bingen	47.5	+0.1
175	Cham	47.4	+0.1
175	Mayen-Koblenz	47.4	-0.1
175	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	47.4	-0.1
175	Neuwied	47.4	-0.2
175	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	47.4	-0.2
180	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	47.3	0
180	Traunstein	47.3	0
180	Verden	47.3	-0.1
180	Westerwaldkreis	47.3	0
184	Herford	47.2	0
184	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	47.2	-0.1
184	Limburg-Weilburg	47.2	0
184	Rastatt	47.2	+0.1
188	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	47.1	-0.1
188	Pinneberg	47.1	0
188	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	47.1	0
188	Rotenburg (Wümme)	47.1	0
188	Roth	47.1	+0.1
188	Soest	47.1	0
188	Trier-Saarburg	47.1	+0.1
188	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	47.1	0
196	Forchheim	47	+0.1
196	Heidekreis	47	-0.3
196	Heinsberg	47	-0.1
196	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	47	+0.1
196	Segeberg	47	0
196	Zollernalbkreis	47	-0.1
196	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	47	0
203	Bodenseekreis	46.9	+0.1
203	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.9	-0.3
203	Lippe	46.9	0
203	Minden-Lübbecke	46.9	-0.1
203	Würzburg, Landkreis	46.9	0
208	Alzey-Worms	46.8	0
208	Berchtesgadener Land	46.8	-0.1
208	Oberbergischer Kreis	46.8	0
208	Olpe	46.8	+0.2
208	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	46.8	-0.2
213	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	46.7	0
213	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	46.7	0
213	Peine	46.7	-0.2
213	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	46.7	+0.1
213	Warendorf	46.7	0
213	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.7	-0.2
213	Weilheim-Schongau	46.7	0
220	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.6	-0.5
220	Enzkreis	46.6	0
220	Leer	46.6	+0.2
220	Rosenheim, Landkreis	46.6	0
220	Rottal-Inn	46.6	0
225	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	46.5	-0.2
225	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	46.5	0
225	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.5	-0.2
228	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	46.4	+0.1
228	Darmstadt-Dieburg	46.4	0
228	Düren	46.4	-0.2
228	Emmendingen	46.4	-0.1
228	Göttingen	46.4	-0.1
228	Kleve	46.4	0
228	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	46.4	-0.1
228	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.4	-0.1
228	Wetteraukreis	46.4	0
237	Altötting	46.3	-0.2
237	Bamberg, Landkreis	46.3	+0.2
237	Freudenstadt	46.3	0
237	Kitzingen	46.3	-0.1
237	Landsberg am Lech	46.3	+0.2
237	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.3	-0.1
237	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	46.3	-0.2
237	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.3	0
245	Gifhorn	46.2	-0.1
245	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.2	-0.1
245	Osnabrück, Landkreis	46.2	-0.1
245	Schwandorf	46.2	0
249	Calw	46.1	-0.1
249	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	46.1	+0.1

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About this ranking

Age that divides the resident population into two halves of equal size. Spain and the EU: on 1 January. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which area has the highest median age?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 55.4 years in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest median age?

Heidelberg, Stadtkreis, with 37.3 years in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.