The men in the Munich district live the longest in Germany-wide comparison.
That comes from a brochure of the district.
More interesting facts can be found here.
District
- Did you know that for men in the district, life expectancy is the highest in Germany with an average of 81.2 years?
These and other facts can be read in the current statistics brochure of the district of Munich "At a glance".
The main topic this time are the senior citizens in the district.
There are also facts about the last local election, the corona pandemic and the discussion about the beaver.
More and more older people
Because of the many interesting jobs and the proximity to the state capital, many young people and families move to the region.
That keeps the district young.
But the figures also show that there are more and more older people.
Currently, the largest proportion of senior citizens (aged 65 and over), 18,507 (26 percent), is between 75 and 79 years old.
Almost 30 percent of all seniors are 80 years or older.
4.5 percent of them are 90 years or older.
The prognosis: By 2037, the number of people who are 65 years of age or older will probably increase by 30 percent.
Challenges
The county must prepare for it.
It is important to socially and socially support people who can no longer do what they want.
To make matters worse, the district is an expensive place and the pension is not enough for many.
Loneliness is also a risk, especially if there are no relatives or if they live far away.
The district office has created an "overall senior policy concept".
He works closely with partners from the fields of health, social affairs and welfare and focuses on topics such as housing, counseling, care and dementia.
Getting old at home
69 percent of senior citizens live with a partner, 25, 5 alone, 5.2 with children - that was the result of a senior survey in the district last year.
What annoys the elderly: Above all, the lack of public toilets, followed by a lack of resting places, sidewalks that are too narrow or parked, uneven flooring, curbs that have not been lowered and a lack of pedestrian crossings.
Most people want: to grow old at home.
But the survey showed: only 27 percent live barrier-free, 8 percent have had individual conversions.
After all, the number of offers of help is also growing.
While there were still 7 providers for assisted living at home in 2011, there are now 15.
More people in need of care
What has been increasing continuously since 1999 is the number of people in need of care.
At that time around 5,700 people still received benefits from long-term care insurance, now there are almost 8,500. What is also worrying is the increase in dementia: almost 6,000 people in the district are now affected.
By 2030, around 7200 are expected. At the same time, there are now 13 dementia-friendly communities, 36 outpatient care services, 11 day care facilities with 155 places, 31 inpatient care facilities for the elderly with 3,252 inpatient care places.
Old-age poverty
What you don't immediately have on your radar in the flourishing Munich district: A good ten in ten over 65 years of age can only afford the bare essentials or even depend on support.
Although the District Office is assuming a high number of unreported cases - older people often do not report out of shame if their pension is not enough for life.
Frightening: 22.4 percent of seniors who live for rent spend 50 percent or more of their net income on rent.
Old-age poverty goes hand in hand with the risk of social isolation.
Even if three quarters of the elderly are satisfied with their social contacts according to the survey, around 3,000 seniors would like more interpersonal contacts.
Migrants stay
Many emigrants returned home earlier in their old age.
That is changing: in the meantime, almost every tenth senior citizen in the district has a migration background.
By far the largest group (36.9 percent) comes from Austria, followed by Romania, Italy and Poland.
In the past, families often took care of the elderly migrants, social structures change and these people are dependent on help.
Municipalities, care services and charities are preparing for this with interpreters and training courses on people's cultural backgrounds.
Voluntarily active
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Committed: Many senior citizens in the district do volunteer work, for example with homework supervision.
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Seniors not only need help, they also have a lot to give: around 14,000 seniors in the district volunteer, around 30 percent even around 20 hours per month.
They provide half of the volunteers in the neighborhood helpers.
integration
Overall, the district is colorful: around 69,000 people from 173 nations now live here.
The countries from which most of them come: Croatia (8.9 percent), Austria (7.2), Italy (7.2), Romania (6.8), Turkey (6.7), Poland (5.7 ), Hungary (4.4), Greece (3.3), Bosnia (3.9) and India (2.7).
In total, around 4,000 refugees lived in the district last year, 2,858 of them in accommodation in the district.
In order to give all people, regardless of their origin, the same opportunities, the district has developed an integration concept.
Among other things, it is about language acquisition, education, intercultural opening of institutions and work.
Driving license exchange
Around 43 million German driving licenses have to be exchanged by 2033, because only forgery-proof driving licenses should be in circulation.
This affects holders of gray and pink paper driving licenses as well as driving licenses in credit card format, which were issued by January 18, 2013.
The exchange costs around 30 euros.
Around 18,000 driver's licenses are affected in the district.
Around 5000 have already been exchanged.
You can do that in the municipalities, at the driver's license office and online: www.landkreis-muenchen.de/online-services.
Shortage of skilled workers
Despite the high influx, there is a shortage of skilled workers in the district.
According to the skilled workers monitor of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the number of vacancies in the Munich region will double in the next ten years.
The district tries to counteract this with projects for career orientation.
Nevertheless: in 2020 79,000 positions (5.3%) remained vacant.
In 2010 it was 12,000 (1%).
In 2030, 137,000 vacancies are expected that cannot be filled.
The Beaver
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Not only popular: the beaver likes it in the district.
© Patrick Pleul / dpa
The beaver has been at home in the district again since the 1990s.
In the southern district mainly on the Isar and Würm, in the north in the meadows rich in vegetation.
The Isar and its tributaries are almost entirely populated.
There are around 55 currently occupied beaver territories.
Not everyone is happy about it.
Farmers and fishermen complain of beaver damage.
But so far they have been limited.
They are appraised and financially compensated by the nature conservation authority.
Six volunteer beaver advisors provide information on funding opportunities and protective measures.
Their conclusion: The problems with the beaver are often man-made.
As a result, one could avoid 90 percent of the conflicts by five to ten meter wide buffer strips along the water.
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