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Kalk

Part of borough Kalk

Kalk is a district on the right bank of the Rhine and gives its name to Cologne's Stadtbezirk 8. Once just a handful of farmsteads and a pilgrimage chapel, it grew into a prosperous industrial town through the industrialisation of the mid-19th century and was incorporated into Cologne in 1910. Almost completely destroyed in the Second World War and quickly rebuilt, Kalk remained one of the city's major industrial centres for decades, until factory closures from the 1970s onwards triggered a shift towards housing and administration. Today it is shaped by a large immigrant population and a multicultural community, along with a mix of period buildings, plain post-war apartment blocks, industrial monuments and extensive former industrial sites.

Source: Wikipedia

Kalk
© Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Inhabitants/km² · Cologne 2,716
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Each bar shows the share relative to the highest value among 86 districts; the line marks the Cologne average.

Compare with borough & neighbouring districts

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Age structure

0–17 yrs16.5% · CGN 15.7% · Rank 50/86
18–30 yrs21% · CGN 16.1% · Rank 6/86
30–65 yrs50.1% · CGN 49.9% · Rank 25/86
65–80 yrs9.1% · CGN 12.5% · Rank 84/86
80+ yrs3.3% · CGN 5.8% · Rank 83/86

Source: Cologne neighbourhood monitoring

Population & social

migration background67.4% · CGN 43.1% · Rank 10/86
foreign nationals41.3% · CGN 21.6% · Rank 4/86
unemployment rate16% · CGN 8.8% · Rank 5/86
on benefits (SGB II)13% · CGN 6.1% · Rank 6/86
employment rate54.6% · CGN 60.1% · Rank 73/86

Source: Cologne neighbourhood monitoring

Households

single-person57.3% · CGN 51.9% · Rank 11/86
couples with children11.6% · CGN 13.7% · Rank 73/86
single parents4.9% · CGN 4% · Rank 31/86

Source: Cologne neighbourhood monitoring

Land use

green space (total)6.9% · CGN 44.9% · Rank 81/86
parks5.5% · CGN 10.3% · Rank 62/86
forest1.4% · CGN 18.7% · Rank 71/86
water0% · CGN 4.8% · Rank 60/86
built-up57.8% · CGN 32.9% · Rank 14/86

Source: Cologne neighbourhood monitoring

Political leaning

NRW state election 2022, party-list votes — bars relative to the strongest result, percentages beside.

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CDU12% · CGN 24.6% · Rank 85/86
Greens32.4% · CGN 30.6% · Rank 18/86
SPD23.2% · CGN 23.2% · Rank 56/86
AfD4% · CGN 3.6% · Rank 54/86
The Left10.5% · CGN 3.7% · Rank 1/86
FDP4.5% · CGN 6.4% · Rank 75/86
Volt3.3% · CGN 2.4% · Rank 4/86

Source: Election and structural data, Cologne geoportal

Per 10,000 inhabitants

Counts in the area, relative to population — fairly comparable.

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Family & everyday

Schools2.8 · CGN 3.2 · Rank 48/82
Daycare3.2 · CGN 1.6 · Rank 10/70
Playgrounds4.4 · CGN 6.4 · Rank 67/85
Libraries0.4 · CGN 0.3 · Rank 26/30
Supermarkets7.2 · CGN 3.4 · Rank 3/86
Weekly markets0.4 · CGN 0.4 · Rank 32/86

Health & mobility

Hospitals0.8 · CGN 0.3 · Rank 11/86
Pharmacies2.8 · CGN 2 · Rank 10/86
Transit stops1.6 · CGN 3.9 · Rank 50/52
Recycling points5.2 · CGN 9.5 · Rank 71/86
Drinking fountains0.4 · CGN 0.2 · Rank 13/86
EV charging2.4 · CGN 4.2 · Rank 57/86

Sources: City of Cologne open data & geoportal (schools, daycare, playgrounds, transit, hospitals, libraries) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL; pharmacies, supermarkets, markets, recycling, fountains, EV charging)

What's in this area

Counted within the boundary from open data — City of Cologne (geoportal/open data) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Every number links to its source.

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Neighbouring districts

Brück© DFortuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brück
Average age
46 (1.)
Employment
59.6% (3.)
Strongest party
CDU
Green space
65.7% (2.)
Höhenberg© Rolf H. · Public domain
Höhenberg
Average age
42 (4.)
Employment
56.2% (5.)
Strongest party
SPD
Green space
39.2% (4.)
Humboldt/Gremberg© A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Humboldt/Gremberg
Average age
41 (6.)
Employment
58.6% (4.)
Strongest party
SPD
Green space
35.8% (5.)
Merheim© Elisabeth van Langen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Merheim
Average age
41 (5.)
Employment
61.2% (2.)
Strongest party
CDU
Green space
30.9% (6.)
Neubrück© Rolf H. (Rolf Heinrich, Köln) · CC BY 3.0
Neubrück
Average age
42 (3.)
Employment
52.5% (8.)
Strongest party
CDU
Green space
25% (7.)
Ostheim© Eckhard Henkel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Ostheim
Average age
40 (8.)
Employment
50.7% (9.)
Strongest party
SPD
Green space
47.6% (3.)
Rath/Heumar© Chris06 · Public domain
Rath/Heumar
Average age
45 (2.)
Employment
63.3% (1.)
Strongest party
CDU
Green space
70.1% (1.)
Vingst© Eckhard Henkel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Vingst
Average age
41 (7.)
Employment
53.6% (7.)
Strongest party
SPD
Green space
18.8% (8.)

Sources: Cologne neighbourhood monitoring, Statistical data catalogue, City of Cologne geoportal and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) (as of 2024)

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