Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Region Hannover, Landkreis » Hannover Population* 548 186 Retail purchasing power* 6 060 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 204,30 km² Industrial and commercial area* 1322 ha Residential building area* 3981 ha Agricultural area* 2 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 480 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 600 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,3 % Labour - total* 548 290 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 15 % Labour - specialist* 15 % Labour - skilled worker* 54 % Labour - helper* 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 875 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 816 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 664 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 796 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 6 km Motorway junction Hannover/Langenhagen (A2) Nearby motorways A2 A352 A7 Airport Airport (distance)* 10 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 3 km Name of port Hafen Hannover - Lindener Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Stichkanal Hannover-Linden Freight village Freight village (distance)* 14 km Name of freight village GVZ Hannover-Lehrte Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website