Population development in Hoyerswerda
This article shows the population development of Hoyerswerda in tabular form.
Population development
The population of Hoyerswerda rose only slowly in the Middle Ages and early modern times . Due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famines, it kept falling. Until the middle of the 20th century, only a few thousand people lived in the city. After the construction of the lignite refining plant (combine) Schwarze Pump in 1955, population growth accelerated rapidly. The population rose from around 9,000 to its historic high of 71,124 in 1981. In the meantime, however, the population has fallen sharply again.
On December 31, 2008, the “ official population ” of Hoyerswerda was 39,214 according to the state statistical office of the Free State of Saxony (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices). Since the fall of the Wall in the GDR - in 1988 the city still had 69,361 inhabitants - Hoyerswerda lost 43.5 percent of its residents due to high unemployment and the decline in the birth rate, and since 1981 even 44.9 percent. Estimates by the State Statistical Office assume that the population will decrease further to around 29,000 in 2020. The city administration is already forecasting the same number for 2015.
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1825 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates by the State Central Administration for Statistics (until 1989) and the State Statistical Office (from 1990). From 1840 the information relates to the “customs clearance population”, from 1871 to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1990 to the “population at the place of the main residence”. Before 1840, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.
From 1632 to 1944
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
From 1945 to 1989
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: State Central Administration for Statistics
Since 1990
(respective territorial status)
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Source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony
Population forecast
In their 2009 publication “Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025 ”, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provides data on the development of the population for all municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants in Germany, a decline in the population of 33.4 percent (13,884 people) is forecast for Hoyerswerda between 2006 and 2025.
Absolute population development 2012–2030 - forecast for Hoyerswerda (main residences):
| date | Residents |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 35,030 |
| 2020 | 29,730 |
| 2025 | 26,740 |
| 2030 | 24,080 |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2011 |
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| Residents with main residence | 35,995 |
| of which male | 17,268 |
| Female | 18,727 |
| German | 35,560 |
| Foreigners | 435 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 1.2 |
Source: City of Hoyerswerda, residents' registration office
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2010 (main residences). The strong aging of the population is clearly visible.
| Age in years | population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 2,100 | 5.6 |
| 10-19 | 2,200 | 5.8 |
| 20-29 | 3,700 | 9.8 |
| 30-39 | 3,200 | 8.6 |
| 40-49 | 5,800 | 15.5 |
| 50-59 | 6,200 | 16.6 |
| 60-69 | 5,600 | 15.1 |
| over 70 | 8,600 | 22.9 |
| total | 37,400 | 100.0 |
Source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony
Districts
Population development
In the years 1993 to 1998 the urban area was enlarged by incorporations (1993 Bröthen-Michalken, 1994 Knappenrode, 1996 Schwarzkollm and Zeißig, 1998 Dörgenhausen). Nevertheless, the population of the city as a whole fell by 36.1 percent between 1988 and 2003 (25,021 people). The population losses are particularly strong in Neustadt. There the population decreased by 48.8 percent. To reduce the vacancy rate, numerous prefabricated buildings have been demolished since 1999. The decline in the number of inhabitants in the old town between 1988 and 2003 was 10.6 percent. The population of the five incorporated villages, on the other hand, rose between 1991 and 2003 by 41.8 percent (1,450 people).
The population figures in the following table refer to December 31 of the respective year (main residences).
| year | Old town | Neustadt | Bröthen- Michalken |
Knappen- rode |
black Kollm |
Tough | Dörgen- live |
total |
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| 1988 | 10,200 | 59.161 | 69,361 | |||||
| 1989 | 10,200 | 57,660 | 67,881 | |||||
| 1990 | 10.100 | 54,790 | 64,888 | |||||
| 1991 | 10,000 | 52,400 | (870) | (994) | (544) | (521) | (536) | 62,408 |
| 1992 | 9,900 | 51,220 | (878) | (1,007) | (542) | (530) | (554) | 61.120 |
| 1993 | 9,900 | 50,059 | 880 | (1,000) | (562) | (568) | (546) | 60,894 |
| 1994 | 9,829 | 48,547 | 933 | 997 | (574) | (578) | (555) | 60,306 |
| 1995 | 9,608 | 47,115 | 973 | 981 | (644) | (714) | (568) | 58,677 |
| 1996 | 9,292 | 44,298 | 1,073 | 959 | 772 | 826 | (633) | 57,220 |
| 1997 | 9,031 | 42,297 | 1,224 | 942 | 846 | 905 | (653) | 55,245 |
| 1998 | 8,737 | 40,057 | 1.313 | 922 | 887 | 949 | 675 | 53,540 |
| 1999 | 8,919 | 37,763 | 1,365 | 915 | 919 | 989 | 688 | 51,558 |
| 2000 | 9,135 | 35,449 | 1,387 | 924 | 923 | 1,025 | 701 | 49,544 |
| 2001 | 8,894 | 33,476 | 1,409 | 892 | 917 | 1,041 | 691 | 47,320 |
| 2002 | 9,077 | 31,734 | 1,427 | 836 | 904 | 1,069 | 701 | 45,748 |
| 2003 | 9.123 | 30.302 | 1,435 | 823 | 913 | 1,063 | 681 | 44,340 |
| 2010 | 9,185 | 22,782 | 1,424 | 744 | 870 | 967 | 696 | 36,668 |
Source: City of Hoyerswerda
Population density
The population figures refer to September 30, 2009 (main residences).
| Surname | Area in km² | population | Inhabitants per km² |
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| Hoyerswerda - old town and new town | 21.93 | 33,016 | 1,506 |
| District Bröthen - Michalken | 10.72 | 1,447 | 135 |
| Dörgenhausen district | 5.46 | 688 | 126 |
| District of Knappenrode | 9.88 | 823 | 83 |
| District of Schwarzkollm | 30.33 | 879 | 29 |
| Zeißig district | 9.50 | 994 | 105 |
| Hoyerswerda | 95.86 | 37,772 | 394 |
Source: City of Hoyerswerda
literature
- Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the German Empire , 1880–1918
- Statistisches Reichsamt (Ed.): Statistical yearbook for the German Reich , 1919–1941 / 42
- German Association of Cities (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , 1890 ff.
- State Central Administration for Statistics (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the German Democratic Republic , 1955–1989
- Bertelsmann Foundation (ed.): Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025. Practical knowledge for municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung publishing house, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-86793-042-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast
- ↑ 2011 census database, Hoyerswerda, city, age + gender
- ↑ State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Age structure of Hoyerswerda
- ↑ City of Hoyerswerda: Statistics of the city of Hoyerswerda ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
