Wellingsbüttel (German pronunciationⓘ), a quarter in the Wandsbek borough in the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, is a former independent settlement. In 2020 the population was 10,935.
The first records on Wellingsbüttel are from 1296.[2] Wellingsbüttel became a part of Hamburg in 1937/1938 through the Greater Hamburg Act.
Geography
In 2007 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter had a total area of 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi). It is located in the Alster river valley (Alstertal) in northern Hamburg. To the north are the quarters Poppenbüttel and Sasel (north-east), to the east is Bramfeld, and to the south is the Ohlsdorf quarter of the Hamburg-Nord district.
Demographics
In 2007, the Wellingsbüttel quarter had a population of 9,874 people. The population density was 2,419 people per km2. 15.7% were children under the age of 18, and 27.5% were 65 years of age or older. 6.3% were immigrants. 130 people were registered as unemployed and 2,360 were employees subject to social insurance contributions.[3]
In 1999, there were 4,724 households, out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 38.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.06.[4]
In 2007, there were 577 criminal offences (59 crimes per 1000 people).[5]
According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 4,788 private cars registered (486 cars/1000 people) in 2007.[6] There were 47 traffic accidents total, including 36 traffic accidents with damage to persons.[7]
