Aachen in figures 2024
September 2024: Senior citizens in Aachen
The proportion of senior citizens in the overall population has also grown steadily in Aachen in recent years. But where and how do they live? People over the age of 60 are considered senior citizens. On June 30, 2014, the number was 57,813 (23.3 percent). On June 30, 2024, there were 64,063 senior citizens living in Aachen (24.5 percent). This included 37 people in the 100+ age group.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections Division
Age structure and gender ratio
On average, women live longer. This is also reflected in the Aachen data: In the age group 60 to 64 inclusive, women are still slightly outnumbered with a share of 49.3%. In the older age groups, however, the proportion of senior citizens is steadily decreasing. On June 30, 2024, there were 30 female and seven male senior citizens aged 100 and over living in Aachen. The proportion of men here was 18.9 percent.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections DivisionOnce you reach the age of 100, you also belong to a very small subgroup of the population in Aachen. In July 2024, the share of the 100+ age group was just 0.014 percent. The number of people in this age group has not changed fundamentally since 2014. In 2014, the number was 56: it peaked in 2022 at 61.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections DivisionSenior citizens in the urban area
The proportion of senior citizens in the city center and the outer districts differs significantly. The Ponttor (11 percent), St. Jakob (12.3 percent) and Markt (13.6 percent) statistical districts had the lowest percentages on June 30, 2024. The Steinebrück (38.4 percent), Walheim (38.3 percent) and Richterich (35.1 percent) districts had the highest percentages.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections DivisionLife situation
On average, 28.5 percent of senior citizens in Aachen live at addresses that are exclusively occupied by senior citizens. The map below shows these percentages for the statistical districts. In the districts of Panneschopp (1.5 percent), Frankenberg (2.9 percent) and Marschiertor (3.5 percent), the fewest senior citizens live in addresses occupied exclusively by senior citizens. In these districts, the majority of senior citizens live together with younger people in the same house. The districts with the highest proportion of senior citizens in senior addresses are Beverau (58.8 percent), Walheim (53.3 percent) and Richterich (51.5 percent).
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections Division
March 2024: Births in Aachen
How many Sunday children - who are said to be particularly happy and full of zest for life - are there in Aachen? If you look at the period from 2010 to 2023, 30,629 Aacheners were born, an average of 2,188 children per year. So much for the general figures.
It gets interesting when you take a closer look at the birthdays. The day with the most births during this period was May 30, 2018 with 20 births - a Wednesday. There were no days without births in the entire 13 years. However, only one child was born on 91 days. 15 leap year babies were born on February 29. Slightly more births were registered at the turn of the year: 73 children were born on December 31 and 62 on January 1 between 2010 and 2023. There were also 61 "Christmas babies" during this period, i.e. children born on Christmas Eve.
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Births by month
A look at the birth months reveals seasonal differences in the number of births. The month with the most births is July with an average of 198 births. February has the lowest average at 166. The single month with the highest number of births was September 2016 with an impressive 238 births.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections DivisionBirths by day of the week
A look at the individual days of the week also reveals an uneven distribution. Generally speaking, more births take place during the week than at the weekend. On average, 355 children are born on a Friday each year. On average, there are 270 births on Saturday and 262 on Sunday. In Aachen, therefore, there are significantly more Friday babies than proverbial Sunday babies.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections Division
February 2024: Aachen is growing!
Aachen is growing: since 2010, with the exception of 2021, more people have moved in than out every year. In 2023, this surplus amounted to 1,025 people. Between 2010 and 2023, a total of 284,556 people moved to Aachen, while 265,395 people moved away from Aachen. Overall, the city has grown by 19,161 people since 2010 as a result of this balance. An important factor here is students moving into or out of accommodation in Aachen.
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Net migration by month
A look at the migration balances for the individual months reveals interesting seasonal effects. In the period under review, the average values for net migration per month are only positive for the months of September, October and November. The highest average value was recorded in October with an average immigration surplus of 1,287 people. The average surplus of immigration in these months is sufficient to turn the annual total into positive territory. With an average deficit of 240 people, the month of July has the largest surplus of out-migration.
The "Balance" chart below clearly shows that the start of the winter semester significantly increases the number of people moving to Aachen. It can also be seen that since 2018, the start of the summer semester has correlated with more people moving in. The increased influx of refugees from Ukraine in the months of March to July 2022 is also evident. Basically, it can be said that the influx of students has a recognizable influence on the population growth of the city of Aachen.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections DivisionImmigration by month
If we look at the inflows per month, we see once again that the inflows of students influence the total number of inflows to the city of Aachen. The highest average inflow figures are recorded in September and October. Here, the average per month is 2,691 (September) and 3,244 (October). There are slightly higher figures in March (1,454) and April (1,494), i.e. at the beginning of the summer semester. The average minimum is 1,149 for June. The monthly number of new arrivals has not exceeded 3,300 since 2019.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections DivisionAverage age of new arrivals
A further indication of the influence of students on the migration figures for the city of Aachen can be found in the average age of people moving to Aachen. The average age increases in the months with lower average immigration figures. The average age in June is 29.7 years, whereas the average age in October is 24.4 years.
City of Aachen / Department of Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management, Statistics and Elections Division