Population development since 1862:
Historical populationYear | | |
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1862 | 5,590 | — |
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1871 | 12,805 | +129.1% |
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1900 | 42,148 | +229.2% |
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1910 | 89,900 | +113.3% |
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1919 | 98,677 | +9.8% |
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1925 | 105,121 | +6.5% |
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1933 | 192,345 | +83.0% |
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1939 | 191,842 | −0.3% |
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1950 | 202,808 | +5.7% |
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1961 | 256,773 | +26.6% |
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1970 | 246,736 | −3.9% |
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1987 | 220,286 | −10.7% |
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2001 | 221,619 | +0.6% |
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2011 | 210,216 | −5.1% |
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2017 | 211,422 | +0.6% |
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2020 | 209,566 | −0.9% |
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source:[8][circular reference] |
The age breakdown of the population (2013) is:[9]
<18 years
|
15.6%
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18–64 years
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63.3%
|
>64 years
|
21.1%
|
There were 12.5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen, as of 2014.[10]
The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020).[11]
Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017:
The current Mayor of Oberhausen is Daniel Schranz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:
Candidate
|
Party
|
First round
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Second round
|
Votes
|
%
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Daniel Schranz
|
Christian Democratic Union
|
30,150
|
45.5
|
28,456
|
62.1
|
|
Thorsten Berg
|
Social Democratic Party
|
19,699
|
29.7
|
17,381
|
37.9
|
|
Norbert Emil Axt
|
Alliance 90/The Greens
|
7,002
|
10.6
|
|
Wolfgang Kempkes
|
Alternative for Germany
|
4,521
|
6.8
|
|
Jens Carstensen
|
The Left
|
3,095
|
4.7
|
|
Urban Mülhausen
|
Open for Citizens
|
1,378
|
2.1
|
|
Claudia Wädlich
|
The Violets
|
468
|
0.7
|
Valid votes
|
66,313
|
98.7
|
45,837
|
99.2
|
Invalid votes
|
859
|
1.3
|
368
|
0.8
|
Total
|
67,172
|
100.0
|
46,205
|
100.0
|
Electorate/voter turnout
|
159,510
|
42.1
|
159,458
|
29.0
|
Source: State Returning Officer
|
Results of the 2020 city council election.
The Oberhausen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
+/-
|
Seats
|
+/-
|
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
|
21,471
|
32.8
|
0.2
|
19
|
1
|
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
|
20,754
|
31.7
|
7.2
|
19
|
4
|
|
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
|
9,450
|
14.4
|
5.9
|
8
|
3
|
|
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
|
4,995
|
7.6
|
New
|
4
|
New
|
|
The Left (Die Linke)
|
3,367
|
5.1
|
2.8
|
3
|
2
|
|
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
|
1,988
|
3.0
|
0.2
|
2
|
±0
|
|
Alliance of Obenhauser Citizens (BOB)
|
1,913
|
2.9
|
5.7
|
2
|
3
|
|
Open for Citizens (OfB)
|
1,153
|
1.8
|
New
|
1
|
New
|
|
|
The Violets (Die Violetten)
|
445
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
0
|
±0
|
Valid votes
|
65,536
|
98.1
|
|
|
|
Invalid votes
|
1,290
|
1.9
|
|
|
|
Total
|
66,826
|
100.0
|
|
58
|
2
|
Electorate/voter turnout
|
159,510
|
41.9
|
0.9
|
|
|
Source: State Returning Officer
|
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Georg Schaltenbrand (1897–1979), author, neurologist and Multiple Sclerosis specialist
- Martha Schneider-Bürger (1903–2001), civil engineer and author
- Reni Erkens (1909–1987), swimmer
- Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), field handball player
- Erich Kempka (1910–1975), SS-officer and Adolf Hitler's driver
- Werner Töniges (1910–1995), naval officer
- Willy Jürissen (1912–1990), footballer
- Édouard Wawrzyniak (1912–1991), French footballer
- Will Quadflieg (1914–2003), actor
- Alf Marholm (1918–2006), actor, radio plays, audio books and voice
- Arnulf Zitelmann (born 1929), writer
- Paul Lange (1931–2016), kayaker, Olympic champion
- Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 1934), football player and trainer
- Wilhelm Keim (1934–2018), chemist and professor for technical chemistry
- Theo Vennemann (born 1937), linguist and professor of German and theoretical linguistics
- Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), opera singer
- Hans Siemensmeyer (born 1940), football player and coach
- Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (1944–2014), football referee
- Tilman Spengler (born 1947), writer and journalist, author and co-editor of the magazine Kursbuch
- Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens (born 1948), teacher and politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of Bundestag
- Ditmar Jakobs (born 1953), footballer
- Willi Wülbeck (born 1954), athlete
- Achim Hofer (born 1955), musicologist
- Christoph Klimke (born 1959), writer
- Michael Grosse-Brömer (born 1960), politician (CDU), Member of Bundestag
- Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010), film and theater director, radio play writer and performance artist
- Dirk Balthaus (born 1965), jazz pianist and composer
- Esther Schweins (born 1970), actress and comedian
- Markus Feldhoff (born 1974), footballer
- Mark Kleinschmidt (born 1974), rower
- Marcel Landers (born 1984), footballer
- Max Meyer (born 1995), footballer
- Davin Herbrüggen (born 1998), singer
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Gasometer
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Oberhausen Castle as seen from the Gasometer
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Industrial Museum
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Courthouse
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Baumeister-Mill
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Vondern Castle
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Kastell Holten
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Ruhr meadows in Oberhausen-Alstaden
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Oberhausen Castle, inner courtyard with the Little castle
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AQUApark near CentrO in 2012
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'Shellakabookie' on Schwartzstraße
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Waste processing company GMVA in Oberhausen
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