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Living in Aabenraa

In Aabenraa, the median rent tenants pay is €753 a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.4% (2025).

For Aabenraa, the unemployment rate was 2.4% in November 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2624 sources

Population58,621people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.
Average gross salary6,402EUR/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time
Average net rent9.67EUR/m²/month1 Jan 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026
Unemployment rate2.4%country median 2.5% — 4% belowOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force
Recorded crime7,810offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 37% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

Lower unemployment than 67% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 79% of Danish cities that publish it.

Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Aabenraa?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Aabenraa recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited40 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Norlys fixed broadband7Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.93 EUR/month30 Sept 20263 mobile internet 10GB1Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.67 EUR/m²/month1 Jan 2026Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20264Official · regional context
Median monthly rent753.1 EUR/month1 Jan 2026Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20264Official

Is Aabenraa a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker69%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 60–78%
Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–79%
Student40%strong on cost, weak on education · range 30–50%
Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–60%
Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 45–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Aabenraa?

The unemployment rate is 2.4 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force11

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Aabenraa is 2.4%. Of 98 cities with data, 31 have unemployment of 2 to under 2.5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings6,402 EUR/month31 Dec 2024LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time3Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability99 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Denmark (Statbank)13Official
Unemployment rate2.4 %country median 2.5%30 Nov 2025StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force11Official

What does a salary buy in Aabenraa?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Denmark median gross pay: €6,161 (2024-12-31).
Left over each month€3,332of €3,973 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€3,973
Rent, 60 m²€9.67/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-01-01− €580
Internet€40 · official · Norlys fixed broadband · 2026-09-30− €40
Mobile plan€20 · official · 3 mobile internet 10GB · 2026-09-30− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€3,332
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Aabenraa. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobnet Denmark — Public employment service

Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR)

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Aabenraa. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Aabenraa?

Police recorded about 7,810 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 7,810 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types12
Recorded crime across major citiesAabenraa highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Aabenraa highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Copenhagen9,141
Odense8,856
Frederiksberg8,617
Aarhus8,603
Aabenraa7,810
Esbjerg7,110
Vejle6,990
Aalborg6,774
Randers6,567
Horsens6,002
Silkeborg5,311
Viborg5,303
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,810 offences per 100,000country median 5,70931 Dec 2025StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types12Official
Safety City Crime Reporting Coverage12 months/year31 Dec 2025Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)17Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was SGD, 25.6 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026. Car density was 600 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport1 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat9Official
Nearest airportSGD13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv10Official
Distance to nearest airport25.6 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv10Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Aabenraa. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Danish language training for adult foreign nationals — State Language Course

Danish municipalities and language centres

For adult foreign nationals, newly arrived residents.

DanishIn Personvaries
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Aabenraa.

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Climate and air quality

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 10.23 · Feb 11.57 · Mar 17.01 · Apr 21.75 · May 25.19 · Jun 27.68 · Jul 28.36 · Aug 28.78 · Sep 25.67 · Oct 22.37 · Nov 16.01 · Dec 11.15 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -12.16 · Feb -12.44 · Mar -9.68 · Apr -4.04 · May -0.37 · Jun 5.27 · Jul 8.05 · Aug 8.15 · Sep 4.94 · Oct -1.55 · Nov -4.82 · Dec -11.68 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.8 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 3.9 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.8 · Jun 14.7 · Jul 17 · Aug 16.9 · Sep 13.7 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 5.6 · Dec 2.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station STORE_JYNDEVAD_06116.csv18Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 76.2 · Feb 56.9 · Mar 54.6 · Apr 39.8 · May 54.4 · Jun 71.1 · Jul 86.9 · Aug 86.9 · Sep 76.4 · Oct 84.4 · Nov 71 · Dec 83.4 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO6Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 940.7 km² in 2026. Population density was 62 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Aabenraa?

The published population was 58,621 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.16

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents600 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Derived stock density from DST BIL54 passenger-car stock and DST FOLK1A population. BIL54 is stock of passenger cars, not registrations, trips or ownership-only subset.3Official
City area940.7 km²1 Jan 2026DST ARE207 Area 1 January; area based on the SDFE land register. Registered area is used; some lakes are excluded according to the table footnote.3Official
Foreign residents8,935 people1 Jan 2026DST FOLK1D: population at the first day of the quarter, total sex, total age, STATSB=UDLAND (Foreign citizen). This is citizenship, not foreign-born or foreign-origin population.3Official
Population density62 people/km²1 Jan 2026Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.3Official
Population Female29,109 people7 Aug 2026Statistics Denmark (Statbank)14Official
Population Male29,296 people7 Aug 2026Statistics Denmark (Statbank)14Official
Population58,621 people1 Jan 2025Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.16Official
Safety City Crime Covered Population58,621 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)15Official

International community in Aabenraa

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; Statistics Denmark FOLK1B · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published groupPeopleShare
Total58,249100.0%
Denmark49,22884.5%
Germany4,1317.1%
Romania7411.3%
Syria6121.1%
Ukraine5591.0%
Poland3570.6%
Kosovo1920.3%
Netherlands1890.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1790.3%
Afghanistan1560.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Turkey1300.2%
Latvia1040.2%
Brazil930.2%
Norway890.2%
Iceland860.1%
Russia840.1%
Thailand770.1%
Sweden660.1%
Vietnam660.1%
Sri Lanka640.1%
Bulgaria560.1%
United Kingdom560.1%
Philippines560.1%
Lithuania550.1%
Serbia520.1%
China440.1%
Hungary400.1%
USA390.1%
India360.1%
Stateless330.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic330.1%
Croatia280.0%
Italy270.0%
Eritrea260.0%
Iran260.0%
Iraq230.0%
Uganda180.0%
France160.0%
Spain150.0%
Austria150.0%
Uzbekistan140.0%
Kenya130.0%
Republic of North Macedonia130.0%
Australia120.0%
Armenia120.0%
Canada110.0%
Japan110.0%
Switzerland100.0%
Mexico100.0%
Luxembourg90.0%
Belgium90.0%
Ireland90.0%
Tanzania90.0%
Lebanon90.0%
Estonia90.0%
Ghana80.0%
Morocco80.0%
Tunisia80.0%
Somalia80.0%
Colombia80.0%
Indonesia80.0%
Nigeria70.0%
Nepal70.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic70.0%
Montenegro70.0%
Czech Republic70.0%
Slovakia70.0%
Yugoslavia60.0%
Finland50.0%
Portugal50.0%
Libya40.0%
South Africa40.0%
Yemen40.0%
Pakistan40.0%
Algeria30.0%
Gambia, The30.0%
Liberia30.0%
Egypt30.0%
Ivory Coast30.0%
Chile30.0%
Cambodia30.0%
Singapore30.0%
Belarus30.0%
Not stated30.0%
Serbia and Montenegro20.0%
Sudan20.0%
Zambia20.0%
Peru20.0%
Bangladesh20.0%
Myanmar20.0%
New Zealand20.0%
Moldova20.0%
Kazakhstan20.0%
Slovenia20.0%
Albania10.0%
Greece10.0%
Mauritius10.0%
Cameroon10.0%
Zimbabwe10.0%
Argentina10.0%
Bolivia10.0%
Cuba10.0%
Dominican Republic10.0%
Ecuador10.0%
Guatemala10.0%
Honduras10.0%
Nicaragua10.0%
Uruguay10.0%
Venezuela10.0%
Taiwan10.0%
Jordan10.0%
Malaysia10.0%
Azerbaijan10.0%
Georgia10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source3

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Descendant · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published groupPeopleShare
Total1,749100.0%
Germany35420.2%
Romania1579.0%
Syria1408.0%
Turkey1056.0%
Kosovo1035.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina995.7%
Afghanistan885.0%
Sri Lanka724.1%
Poland623.5%
Ukraine563.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Vietnam432.5%
Russia341.9%
Netherlands321.8%
Yugoslavia321.8%
Serbia271.5%
Iraq251.4%
Lebanon251.4%
Republic of North Macedonia221.3%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic181.0%
Brazil171.0%
Norway160.9%
Iceland130.7%
Latvia120.7%
Congo, Democratic Republic110.6%
Iran100.6%
Bulgaria90.5%
Somalia90.5%
Egypt80.5%
Lithuania80.5%
Armenia80.5%
Croatia80.5%
Montenegro80.5%
Morocco70.4%
Italy60.3%
Serbia and Montenegro60.3%
Ethiopia60.3%
Sweden50.3%
Hungary50.3%
Philippines50.3%
Thailand50.3%
United Kingdom40.2%
Liberia40.2%
Sudan40.2%
Mexico40.2%
China40.2%
France30.2%
Ghana30.2%
Pakistan30.2%
Algeria20.1%
Eritrea20.1%
Tunisia20.1%
Canada20.1%
Peru20.1%
India20.1%
Saudi Arabia20.1%
Estonia20.1%
Azerbaijan20.1%
Moldova20.1%
Slovakia20.1%
Finland10.1%
Albania10.1%
Austria10.1%
Burundi10.1%
Kenya10.1%
Nigeria10.1%
Uganda10.1%
Zambia10.1%
Chile10.1%
Colombia10.1%
USA10.1%
Bhutan10.1%
Jordan10.1%
Kuwait10.1%
Malaysia10.1%
Singapore10.1%
South Korea10.1%
Middle East not stated10.1%
Kyrgyzstan10.1%
Slovenia10.1%
Czech Republic10.1%
Not stated10.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source3

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Persons of Danish origin · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published groupPeopleShare
Total47,055100.0%
Denmark47,055100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source3

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
English Portal Urlhttps://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url27 Aug 2026nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)8Official

Alternatives for people set on Aabenraa

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Ringkøbing-Skjern as an Aabenraa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 126 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 7,810 Aabenraa−50%
  • Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 25.6 km Aabenraa+124%
  • Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 2.4% Aabenraa−29%
  • Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €9.67/m² Aabenraa+7%
  • Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 58,621 Aabenraa−5%

Cities near Aabenraa

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Glücksburg (Ostsee) Germany · 23.8 km away
Rent
7.27 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Haderslev 24.7 km away
Rent
730.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Alternative cities in Denmark

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Aabenraa in rankings

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Aabenraa under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

Open the official coverage guide
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: sprogstimulation (compulsory language stimulation for bilingual children) + supplementary Danish instruction. How to enrol a child (uvm.dk).

A country-wide rule for Denmark; Aabenraa's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Aabenraa?

The published population was 58,621 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes..

How safe is Aabenraa?

Police recorded about 7,810 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types.

What is the unemployment rate in Aabenraa?

The unemployment rate is 2.4 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Aabenraa?

8,935 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: DST FOLK1D: population at the first day of the quarter, total sex, total age, STATSB=UDLAND (Foreign citizen). This is citizenship, not foreign-born or foreign-origin population..

Is Aabenraa a good place to live?

Aabenraa may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Aabenraa?

Rødekro, Nordborg, Glücksburg (Ostsee), Haderslev, Vojens are near Aabenraa. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Total citizenship group in Aabenraa?

The official citizenship distribution records 58,249 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2026Q3 (2026-07-01). This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Aabenraa, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1bba59b5eb364a721a40956a352fc9cb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/aabenraa/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Aabenraa, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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