Westfalenhalle (statistical district)

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Westfalenhalle
City of Dortmund
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 7 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 48 ″  E
Height : approx. 115 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.74 km²
Residents : 15,723  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 4,203 inhabitants / km²
Area code : 0231
Statistical District : 01
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Location of Westfalenhalle in Dortmund

The Westfalenhalle district is a statistical district of the city ​​center-west of the city of Dortmund . It has the code number 01 and is divided into the subdistricts Westfalenhalle (011) , Südwestfriedhof (012) and Tremonia (013) .

The district is characterized by urban development. It begins southwest of Dortmund city ​​center and extends from there about two kilometers south to west like a segment of a circle. The residents of the district feel more like their grown quarters. The residential areas Kreuzviertel (north of the sub-district Westfalenhalle) and the Althoff block (in the sub-district Tremonia) are part of this urban unit.

In the south of the sub-district of Westfalenhalle, south of Bundesstrasse 1 and around Strobelallee , the namesake event center Westfalenhallen , the former Volkspark Dortmund , with the Westfalenhallen, the Westfalenstadion , the Rote Erde stadium and the Helmut-Körnig-Halle . Also noteworthy is the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences , whose rectorate and some departments are located in the north of the sub-district.

Population development

year 1987 2003 2008 2013 2016 2019
Residents 15,709 14,762 15,405 15,517 15,867 15,723

statistics

Structural data of the population of the district:

  • Population share of the under 18-year-olds: 11.0% [Dortmund average: 16.2% (2018)]
  • Share of the population of at least 65-year-olds: 18.7% [Dortmund average: 20.2% (2018)]
  • Proportion of foreigners: 8.1% [Dortmund average: 18.8% (2019)]
  • Unemployment rate: 5.9% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income is around 10% below the Dortmund average.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF)
  2. ↑ Population share of the under 18 year olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
  3. ↑ Population share of at least 65-year-olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
  4. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF file)
  5. ↑ Unemployment rates by statistical district on June 30, 2017 (PDF file)