Leipzig, Germany, what is the ethnic make up and where are the bad areas to live?

Question

Leipzig, Germany, what is the ethnic make up and where are the bad areas to live?

Answer 1

Total population: 504 971

Dutch 12 737

Swiss 10 621

UK 10 360

  Italian 8 647

Austria 8 022

Asian 11 226 (of which Japanese  6 098)

Americas 12 386 (of which US  9 696 )

Australia and Australasia  1 403

African  895

Answer 2

As in much of the former GDR, ethnic minorities are few and far between. In Germany as a whole, over 90% are ethnic German (VERY homogenous in this day and age): the ethnic make-up of the country is German (91.5%), Turkish (2.4%), Italian (0.7%), Greek (0.4%), Polish (0.4%), and other (4.6%).

The turks and East Europeans often live in ghetto-like clumps in the least expensive parts of the bigger cities. The link below discusses Leipzig's districts, in general avoid the East part of town esp. Volksmarsdorf.