Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Duisburg Population* 503 707 Retail purchasing power* 5 084 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 232,84 km² Industrial and commercial area* 2584 ha Residential building area* 3889 ha Agricultural area* 15 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 515 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 845 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 13,2 % Labour - total* 180 110 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 12 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 60 % Labour - helper* 15 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 216 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 737 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 825 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 704 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 1 km Motorway junction Duisburg-Zentrum (A59) Nearby motorways A3 A40 A42 A524 A59 Airport Airport (distance)* 16 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance)* 1 km Name of port Hafen Duisburg Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance)* 30 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website