State	Sachsen
County	Vogtlandkreis
ZIP Codes	08523 08525 08527 08529 08541 08547
Area Code	03741, 037439
License Plate	V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
Area	102 km²
Population	65,599
Population Density	642 inhabitants per km²
ZIP Code Areas	085
Elevation	412 m
Municipality Code	14523320
Ortstyp	County Town
Founded	1112
City Structure	5 Stadtgebiete mit 39 Stadtteilen
NUTS-Code	NUTS‑1 DED · NUTS‑2 DED4 · NUTS‑3 DED44
Coordinates	♁50° 30′ N, 12° 8′ E
Latitude	50.495
Longitude	12.138333

Plauen is located in the County Vogtlandkreis in Sachsen. Currently, 6 postal codes and 2 area codes are stored for the location. The population is 65,599 on an area of 102 km². The first table summarizes the key location data, followed by the map, districts, neighboring locations, and further links to State and County.

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District statistics

Rent

Housing benefit

Housing benefit amount

rent index

Building land

Apartment prices

House prices

property prices

Living space

Building approvals

New construction

Completions

Construction backlogs

Housing costs

Unemployment rate

Employment rate

Proportion of foreigners

Service

Industry

Self-employed

Part-time

Internal migration

External migration

Divorces

Asylum seekers

GDP

Employed persons

Crime

Burglaries

Violent crime

Clearance rate

Road accidents

Serious accidents

Electric cars

Poverty risk

Youth unemployment

Population

Sex

Age

Rent price development

YoY €/m² · +20.00 % · ⌀ 6 €/m²

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Ø Germany (2024)	11 €/m²
Rank among districts	377 / 400
Property valuation

Housing stock by building type (2023)

One/two-family houses	19,3 %
Multi-family houses	80,8 %

Households receiving housing benefit per 1,000 households

YoY per 1,000 households · +18.71 % · 21.2 per 1,000 households

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Ø housing benefit per recipient household and month

YoY € · +74.59 % · 213 €

Source: BBSR/INKAR

rent index

YoY +2.08 % · 117.9

Source: Eurostat

Building land prices

YoY €/m² · +37.44 % · 57 €/m²

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Purchase price index for condominiums

YoY -1.90 % · 98.1

Source: Destatis Häuserpreisindex · Rural districts with urbanization tendencies

Purchase price index for single/two-family houses

YoY +0.20 % · 100.2

Source: Destatis Häuserpreisindex · Rural districts with urbanization tendencies

house price index

YoY +3.18 % · 152.7

Source: Eurostat

Living space per inhabitant

YoY m² · +0.66 % · 50.3 m²

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Building approvals for new apartments

YoY per 1,000 inhabitants · -28.93 % · 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitants

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Completed apartments in new buildings

YoY per 1,000 inhabitants · -14.29 % · 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitants

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Completed apartments per stock

YoY per 1,000 apartments · -14.51 % · 1.6 per 1,000 apartments

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Construction backlogs (approved, not completed)

YoY +10.55 % · 37.1

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Housing cost overburden (more than 40% of income)

YoY % · 0.00 % · 5.5 %

Source: Eurostat · Figures for Chemnitz

Unemployment rate

YoY % · +14.29 % · 5.8 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Employment rate

YoY % · -0.10 % · 88.4 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Proportion of foreigners

YoY % · +14.15 % · 6.1 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Service sector rate

YoY % · -0.45 % · 39.8 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Industry rate

YoY % · -0.57 % · 22.8 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Self-employment rate

YoY % · +1.80 % · 10.7 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Part-time employees

YoY % · +2.03 % · 34.1 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Internal migration balance

YoY -10.78 % · 4.1

Source: BBSR/INKAR

External migration balance

YoY -65.42 % · 4.6

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Divorces

YoY -21.05 % · 1.4

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Asylum seekers as a proportion of the population

YoY % · +15.15 % · 3.0 %

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Gross domestic product

YoY Mio. € · +5.51 % · 6,607 Mio. €

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Employed persons

YoY Tsd. · 0.00 % · 104 Tsd.

Source: BBSR/INKAR

Recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants

YoY +11.85 % · 5,362

Source: Bundeskriminalamt, Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik

Burglaries per 100,000 inhabitants

YoY +9.76 % · 45.0

Source: Bundeskriminalamt, Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik

Violent crime per 100,000 inhabitants

YoY +20.13 % · 185.0

Source: Bundeskriminalamt, Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik

Police clearance rate

YoY % · +2.50 % · 61.5 %

Source: Bundeskriminalamt, Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik

Road accidents with casualties

YoY +19.39 % · 197

Source: Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Unfallatlas

Accidents with fatalities or serious injuries

YoY +5.71 % · 37

Source: Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Unfallatlas

Share of electric cars in the car fleet

YoY % · +23.42 % · 1.8 %

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt

At risk of poverty or social exclusion

YoY % · +9.09 % · 21.6 %

Source: Eurostat · Figures for Chemnitz

Youth unemployment rate (15–24 years)

YoY % · +37.88 % · 9.1 %

Source: Eurostat · Figures for Sachsen

Population trend of Plauen

YoY +0.58 % · 65,599

49 % male

65,599 Population

51 % female

Age groups (district level, source: Destatis) · 2025 · male/female

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The table shows the recorded districts of Plauen and assigns the stored postal code to each entry.

District	ZIP
Alt Chrieschwitz	08529
Brand	08527
Chrieschwitz	08523, 08529
Großfriesen	08541
Hammerstorvorstadt	08523, 08525, 08527, 08529
Haselbrunn	08525
Jößnitz	08547
Kauschwitz	08525
Kleinfriesen	08529
Meßbach	08527
Neundorf	08527
Oberer Bahnhof	08525
Oberlosa	08527
Ostvorstadt	08527
Possig	08523
Preißelpöhl	08525
Reinsdorf	08527
Reißig	08525
Reusa	08527, 08529
Röttis	08547
Schöpsdrehe	08525
Sorga	08529
Stadtmitte	08523, 08525, 08527
Steinsdorf	08547
Straßberg	08527
Stöckigt	08527
Südvorstadt	08523, 08527
Thiergarten	08523, 08527
Unterlosa	08527
Waldesruh	08527
Zwoschwitz	08525