| District of Vechta |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | |
Towns and municipalities in the district (Location profiles) | |
Business sites, real estates | | Business sites: | 36 |
View | | | Real estates: | on request | | |  |
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| Population |
Population² As of:
31.12.2009 | | Total | | Female | | Male | | | | Inhabitants: | 134,838 | | 67,404 |
(50.0 %)
| | 67,434 |
(50.0 %)
| | Age structure: |  |  |
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Population density² As of:
31.12.2009 | | Inhabitants/km²: | 164.3 |  |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 35 | | Secondary schools: | 11 | | Secondary modern schools: | 12 | | Grammar schools: | 5 | | Special schools: | 6 | | Vocational schools: | 5 |  |
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | |
| Living space¹ | | Price of residential building land: | 35.00 - 82.00 €/m² |  |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | € per inhabitant
(District of Vechta)
| National comparison (Germany=100 %) | | | | Gross domestic product 2007:
| 30,651 | 104 % | |  | |
€ per employed person
(District of Vechta)
| National comparison (Germany=100 %) | | | | Gross value added 2007 | | - Production sector: | 53,831 | 83 % | | - Service sector: | 48,956 | 95 % | |  | | € per inhabitant
(District of Vechta)
| State comparison (State=100 %) | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2009:
| 404.15 | 158 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2009:
| 232.14 | 87 % | |  |
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Employment²  As of: 30.06.2009 | | Total | | Female | | Male | | | | | Employed persons: | 52,215 | 20,416 |
(39.1 %)
| 31,799 |
(60.9 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +1,043 |
(+2.0 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 56.7 | % | | Employed persons acc. to economic sectors: |  |  | | In-commuters | Out-commuters | Balance | | | | Commuters: | 30,928 | 26,957 | +3,971 | | |  |
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Unemployment³  | |
Business promotion agencies¹ | |