Demography in Garbsen

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Garbsen is the second most populous city in the Hanover region .

Population development

In the Middle Ages and the early modern period was Garbsen a small village with a few dozen inhabitants. The population grew slowly and declined during the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. Due to industrialization in the 20th century, population growth accelerated. In 1910 only 757 people lived in the community, by 1966 there were 11,467. With the incorporation of Havelse (11,732 inhabitants in 1966), the population rose to 23,199 on January 1, 1967.

The merger with numerous surrounding communities on March 1, 1974 brought an increase from 29,043 people to over 56,000 inhabitants. On September 30, 2005, the “ official population ” for Garbsen was 63,097 according to an update by the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices).

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. 1730 is an estimate, then census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office. From 1871, the information relates to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1987 to the “population at the location of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.

Population development 1730–1975
Year / date Residents
1730 1500
1885 4520
1910 (December 1) 757 ¹
1925 10800
1933 10800
1939 14590
1950 25750
1966 (December 31) 11,4670
1967 (December 31) 24,8000
1968 (December 31) 26,1880
1970 (May 27) 26,254 ¹
1973 (January 1) 27,2940
1975 (December 31) 56,3370


date Residents
1980 (December 31) 57,522
1985 (December 31) 57,249
1987 (December 31) 58,394
1990 (December 31) 60,776
1995 (December 31) 62,681
2000 (December 31) 63,269
2005 (December 31) 63.123
2010 (December 31) 61,790
2011 (December 31) 61,652
2015 (December 31) 60,590
2016 (December 31) 60,853
2017 (December 31) 60,875
2018 (December 31) 60,754

¹ census result

Swell:

  • 1966-1968; 1975-2018:
  • 1885; 1925–1939:
  • 1910:
  • 1950:
  • 1973:

Districts

Population by districts
district Inhabitants December 31, 1968 December 31, 1993 06/30/2018
Berenbostel 12,933 16,118 15,116
Frielingen 1,709 2,521 2,653
Old sheaves 12,945 11,348 11,042
On the eyrie - 8,030 7,442
Havelse 13,243 5,682 5,303
Garbsen center - 2,907 3,886
Heitlingen 504  569 627
horst 1,433 2,473 2,492
Meyenfeld 992 1,686 2,276
Osterwald Oberende 1,903 2,893 3,353
Osterwald Unterende 2,206 2,981 3,686
Ricklingen Castle 1,694 2,348 2,390
Stelings 1,236 2,773 2,859
Total Garbsen 50,798 62,329 63.125

Age and fertility rate

Fertility rate and life expectancy by district
district Fertility rate Life expectancy
Berenbostel 1.76 76.5
Frielingen 1.63 71.3
Old sheaves 1.57 78.7
On the eyrie 2.34 79.9
Havelse 1.37 72.7
Garbsen center 1.55 75.7
Heitlingen 1.32 78.8
horst 0.99 81.0
Meyenfeld 2.41 85.8
Osterwald Oberende 1.46 77.0
Osterwald Unterende 1.17 78.1
Ricklingen Castle 1.19 79.8
Stelings 1.61 73.4
Total Garbsen 1.69 78.2

Garbsen has a slightly above average fertility rate and a below average life expectancy. In contrast to other parts of Germany, there is a lower birth rate in rural districts than in urban districts such as Auf der Horst or Berenbostel.

Denominations

Denominations (06/30/2018)
Denomination proportion of
Evangelical - Lutheran 31.8%
Catholic Church 14.6%
Other / non-denominational 53.6%

The Hanover region has been Protestant since the Reformation . Muslims , who also make up a large proportion of the population, are rarely mentioned in German statistics because they are not registered. Other miscellaneous denominations are Orthodox Churches , Jews , Jehovah's Witnesses , Buddhists and others. Many young people do not feel they belong to any religion.

migration

Arrivals and departures

Garbsen has many immigrants from other German cities (mostly Hanover region ) as well as many migrants from abroad. This is partly due to the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover in Hanover. However, Garbsen also has some departures (often to Hanover).

If one looks at the migration balances from immigration and emigration, differentiated according to districts and according to migration source areas (outside the Hanover and Garbsen region), Auf der Horst, Meyenfeld and Schloß Ricklingen gain population from all three areas. Altgarbsen , Havelse and Berenbostel gain population through external migration, but lose inhabitants to the other parts of the city. In Garbsen-Mitte, Osterwald UE and Stelingen, the migration balance for 2017 was negative overall. Almost a third (33.2%) of Garbsen's residents have only settled in the city in the last 10 years. 12.5% ​​of the population live in Garbsen for more than 50 years.

Moving in and out
Source and target area Total number of arrivals Total number of departures Migration balance
Hanover region as a whole 1,725 1,509 +216
including Hanover 997 710 +287
including Seelze 170 193 −23
including Langenhagen 130 91 +39
including Neustadt am Rübenberge 89 161 −72
Other federal territory 1,036 1,058 −22
including other Lower Saxony 536 551 −15
Other EU countries 469 180 289
including Poland 163 46 +77
including Romania 55 14th +41
including Greece 55 14th +41
Rest of Europe 146 40 +106
other states 152 58 +94
without disclosures 84 65 +19
total 3,612 2910 +702

Foreigners

Foreigners by district
Timing 06/30/2008 06/30/2008 06/30/2018 06/30/2018
district foreign absolutely in percent foreign absolutely in percent Increase and decrease in%
Berenbostel 1,518 10.5 2,767 18.3 7.8
Frielingen 91 3.4 183 6.9 3.5
Old sheaves 990 9.0 1,570 14.2 5.2
On the eyrie 2.122 31.0 2,865 38.5 38.5
Havelse 326 6.2 607 11.4 5.2
Garbsen center 376 8.8 369 9.5 0.7
Heitlingen 9 1.5 37 5.9 4.4
horst 92 3.6 126 5.1 1.5
Meyenfeld 189 8.4 177 7.8 −0.6
Osterwald Oberende 146 4.4 204 6.1 1.7
Osterwald Unterende 137 3.6 172 4.7 1.1
Ricklingen Castle 58 2.4 92 3.8 3.8
Stelings 123 4.4 339 11.9 7.5

In mid-2018 people from 111 countries live in Garbsen. 9,508 residents of Garbsen do not have German citizenship. The proportion of foreigners has risen to 15.1%. With the exception of Meyenfeld, the proportion of foreigners has increased in all parts of the city. The distribution is completely different across the city. Auf der Horst has the highest proportion of foreigners at 38.5%. Schloss Ricklingen has the lowest proportion of foreigners at 3.8%.

Migration background

Of the non-German residents of Garbsen, people with a Turkish migration background continue to make up the largest group of foreigners (2,416). Their number has decreased compared to 2008 (−110). In contrast, the population with a Polish (1,227, +816 compared to 2008) and Syrian migration background (730, +707) has increased significantly. A similar change has taken place in all the cities of Hanover's bacon belt . Usually with the result that the rapidly growing groups of foreigners (Poles, Syrians and Iraqis) have replaced the Turks as the largest group of foreigners. Garbsen , on the other hand, is one of five municipalities in the surrounding area where Turkish citizens are still the largest group of foreigners. What is true for the city as a whole, however, does not apply to the districts. In the meantime, the people with Polish passports in Frielingen , Havelse and Ricklingen Castle are the largest group of foreigners, the Syrians in Stelingen .

For a further 21.0% of Garbsen's population, a migration background can also be derived from the parents' place of birth, country of arrival, other or earlier nationalities or corresponding characteristics. With a total share of 36.1%, Garbsen's population has the second highest share of people with a migration background in the Hanover region; it is currently higher only in Laatzen (38.2%).

Residents with a migration background by origin
Immigrant background Not German German - naturalization Emigrants total native language religion
Turkey 2,416 2,743 - 5,159 Turkish , Kurdish Islam
Poland 1,227 1,174 2,361 4,762 Polish ,

German (Aussiedler)

Catholic
Greece , Italy ,

Portugal , Spain

1.009 564 - 1,573 Greek , Italian ,

Portuguese , Spanish

Catholic
Russia 243 678 507 1,428 Russian Rus. Orthodox
Balkans ( Albania , former

Yugoslavia without Croatia and Slovenia )

670 630 - 1,300 Serbo-Croatian ,

Albanian

Orthodox

or Islam

Romania 406 119 82 607 Romanian , Romani Rum. Orthodox
Bulgaria 236 29 11 276 Bulgarian , Romani Bulg. Orthodox
EU other 535 488 57 1,080 Various mostly Christian
Syria 730 98 - 828 Arabic Islam
Iraq 652 175 - 827 Arabic , Kurdish Islam
Algeria , Morocco, Tunisia 82 151 - 233 Arabic Islam
Lebanon 66 144 - 210 Arabic , Kurdish Islam or

Christianity

Afghanistan 93 77 - 170 Persian Islam
Iran 56 67 - 123 Persian Islam or

non-denominational

Others 974 1,721 749 3,444 Various Various
unexplained, stateless

or without specification

14th 603 24 641 Various Various
total 9,508 9,480 3,807 22,795 Various Various

Migration background by district

Proportion of people with a migration background by district
district Proportion of migration background
Berenbostel 40.1
Frielingen 20.2
Old sheaves 34.7
On the eyrie 76.1
Havelse 29.3
Garbsen center 36.3
Heitlingen 19.9
horst 19.4
Meyenfeld 29.1
Osterwald Oberende 19.9
Osterwald Unterende 19.8
Ricklingen Castle 14.8
Stelings 25.0
Total Garbsen 36.1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures from the Lower Saxony State Statistical Office. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  2. ^ Administrative history of the province of Hanover, Neustadt district. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Welcome to Gemeindeververzeichnis.de. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany. (PDF) Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  5. ^ Statistics from Lower Saxony 1973 - Destatis. (PDF) Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Garbsen in numbers, data, facts. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .