Living in Aarhus

In Aarhus, unemployment is 3.4% (2025).

The unemployment rate was 3.4% in November 2025. At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 42,860. Car density was 397 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2632 sources

Population378,361people1 Jan 2026Official source · Statistics Denmark

Average gross salary6,468EUR/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time

Average net rent10.39EUR/m²/month1 Jan 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026

Unemployment rate3.4%country median 2.5% — 36% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force

Recorded crime8,603offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 51% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

PM2.5, annual mean6.7µg/m³country median 6.0 — 12% aboveOfficial source · EEA City Trend — annual PM2.5 mean within city administrative boundaries

Higher unemployment than 90% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 90% of Danish cities that publish it.

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in DenmarkNational rates and thresholds that apply in Aarhus.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€656

Utilities, 85 m² flat€193

Transport pass€58

Fitness club€51

Internet, 60 Mbps€40

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	50.97 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo³¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Col Groceries Index Basket Eur Month	89.18 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo³¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	40 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Norlys fixed broadband¹¹Official · national market
Private kindergarten, monthly	656.1 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo³¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	21.74 eur	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo³¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	3 mobile internet 10GB¹Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	58.2 EUR/month	13 Sept 2026	Midttrafik¹⁰Official
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	193.4 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo³¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.39 EUR/m²/month	1 Jan 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁸Official · regional context
Median monthly rent	867.2 EUR/month	1 Jan 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁸Official · parent municipality

Is Aarhus a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–70%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–68%

Student26%strong on education, weak on safety · range 18–34%

Family41%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 32–50%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Aarhus?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Aarhus is 3.4%. Of 98 cities with data, 31 have unemployment of 2 to under 2.5%.

1–1.51.5–22–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–5

Aarhus 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	6,468 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time³Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	100 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁸Official
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Job Aarhus⁷Official
Unemployment rate	3.4 %country median 2.5%	30 Nov 2025	StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Aarhus?

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

Left over each month€3,038of €3,973 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
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€10.39/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-01-01	− €623
Public transport pass€58 · official · Midttrafik · 2026-09-13	− €58
Utilities, 85 m²€193 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-03	− €193
Internet€40 · official · Norlys fixed broadband · 2026-09-30	− €40
Mobile plan€20 · official · 3 mobile internet 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €20
Left over	€3,038

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment offices in Aarhus

Job Aarhus lists 1 public employment office in Aarhus (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public language course providers	1 count	31 Dec 2026	Learn Danish for free - the official Danish Education - International Community Aarhus (City of Aarhus)⁹Official

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; Aarhus's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Aarhus?

Police recorded about 8,603 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: 8,603 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesAarhus highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Copenhagen9,141

Odense8,856

Frederiksberg8,617

Aarhus8,603

Esbjerg7,110

Vejle6,990

Aalborg6,774

Randers6,567

Kolding6,398

Horsens6,002

Silkeborg5,311

Viborg5,303

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Burglaries per 100,000 residents	346.6 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	DK-Statbank-STRAF11-2025²Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,603 offences per 100,000country median 5,709	31 Dec 2025	StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹⁶Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	409.8 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	DK-Statbank-STRAF11-2025²Official
Safety City Crime Reporting Coverage	12 months/year	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)²¹Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Airport Direct Destinations Count	8 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Destinations from nearest airport	8 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹³Official
Nearest airport	AAR	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	30 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁴Official
Nearest Major Airport Distance Km	30 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest Major Airport Iata	AAR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Public transport monthly pass	58.19 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo³¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context

Language courses and integration in Aarhus

2 exact course-location records are linked to this city. Check the linked source for dates, availability and enrolment.

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2verified local records

1publicly funded course provider

A2B Sprogcenter Aarhus

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 6.7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Aarhus?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA City Trend — annual PM2.5 mean within city administrative boundaries⁶

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56.7WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂17WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	17 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DK NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Århus/6153")⁴Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DK PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Århus/6153")⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.7 µg/m³country median 6.0	31 Dec 2024	EEA City Trend — annual PM2.5 mean within city administrative boundaries⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 1.2 · Mar 3 · Apr 6.9 · May 11 · Jun 14 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 13.1 · Oct 9 · Nov 5.1 · Dec 2.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ODUM_06072.csv²²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 468.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 808 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Aarhus?

The published population was 378,361 people in 2026. Source: Statistics Denmark¹⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.7%
Foreign residents11.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	397 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Derived 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 area	468.2 km²	1 Jan 2026	DST 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-resident share	11.33 %	1 Jan 2026	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.³Official
Foreign residents	42,860 people	1 Jan 2026	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.³Official
Population density	808 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.³Official
Population Female	192,915 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁹Official
Population Male	185,446 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁹Official
Population	378,361 people	1 Jan 2026	Statistics Denmark¹⁷Official
Safety City Crime Covered Population	373,388 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)²⁰Official

International community in Aarhus

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 group	People	Share
Total	378,270	100.0%
Denmark	335,428	88.7%
Ukraine	3,188	0.8%
Romania	2,532	0.7%
Germany	2,205	0.6%
Poland	1,883	0.5%
Iran	1,798	0.5%
Turkey	1,752	0.5%
Syria	1,701	0.4%
Somalia	1,511	0.4%
India	1,416	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	1,405	0.4%
Norway	1,255	0.3%
Iraq	1,225	0.3%
Stateless	1,072	0.3%
Afghanistan	1,057	0.3%
China	1,046	0.3%
Spain	1,014	0.3%
United Kingdom	880	0.2%
Sweden	821	0.2%
Hungary	799	0.2%
Vietnam	700	0.2%
USA	631	0.2%
Bulgaria	625	0.2%
Bangladesh	624	0.2%
Netherlands	620	0.2%
Iceland	594	0.2%
France	587	0.2%
Lithuania	554	0.1%
Thailand	532	0.1%
Portugal	500	0.1%
Pakistan	385	0.1%
Slovakia	362	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic	334	0.1%
Eritrea	324	0.1%
Russia	323	0.1%
Greece	293	0.1%
Latvia	286	0.1%
Philippines	272	0.1%
Lebanon	268	0.1%
Brazil	252	0.1%
Finland	226	0.1%
Ireland	218	0.1%
Argentina	213	0.1%
Czech Republic	200	0.1%
Sri Lanka	197	0.1%
Morocco	194	0.1%
Croatia	179	0.0%
Australia	178	0.0%
Nepal	172	0.0%
Belgium	155	0.0%
Canada	155	0.0%
Japan	155	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	148	0.0%
Austria	130	0.0%
Ethiopia	128	0.0%
Egypt	121	0.0%
Mexico	111	0.0%
Indonesia	106	0.0%
Chile	104	0.0%
Estonia	104	0.0%
Switzerland	103	0.0%
Colombia	101	0.0%
Kenya	78	0.0%
Tunisia	76	0.0%
Ghana	74	0.0%
South Africa	73	0.0%
Nigeria	67	0.0%
Israel	66	0.0%
Uganda	63	0.0%
Uzbekistan	56	0.0%
Serbia	54	0.0%
Algeria	53	0.0%
Cameroon	46	0.0%
Peru	46	0.0%
Jordan	45	0.0%
New Zealand	44	0.0%
Belarus	43	0.0%
Albania	42	0.0%
South Korea	39	0.0%
Tanzania	37	0.0%
Burundi	36	0.0%
Malaysia	36	0.0%
Cuba	35	0.0%
Venezuela	35	0.0%
Singapore	35	0.0%
Gambia, The	33	0.0%
Myanmar	33	0.0%
Slovenia	31	0.0%
Kosovo	29	0.0%
Zambia	28	0.0%
Sudan	27	0.0%
Azerbaijan	26	0.0%
Ecuador	21	0.0%
Cyprus	20	0.0%
Taiwan	20	0.0%
Libya	19	0.0%
Armenia	18	0.0%
Rwanda	15	0.0%
Ivory Coast	14	0.0%
Kazakhstan	14	0.0%
Costa Rica	13	0.0%
Georgia	13	0.0%
Republic of North Macedonia	13	0.0%
Luxembourg	11	0.0%
South Sudan	11	0.0%
Zimbabwe	11	0.0%
Moldova	11	0.0%
Uruguay	10	0.0%
Mali	9	0.0%
Central African Republic	9	0.0%
Bolivia	9	0.0%
Panama	9	0.0%
Yemen	9	0.0%
Not stated	9	0.0%
Mozambique	8	0.0%
Montenegro	8	0.0%
Angola	7	0.0%
Senegal	7	0.0%
Comoros	6	0.0%
Honduras	6	0.0%
El Salvador	6	0.0%
Nicaragua	5	0.0%
Malta	4	0.0%
Liberia	4	0.0%
Turkmenistan	4	0.0%
Yugoslavia	3	0.0%
Botswana	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
Congo, Republic	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0.0%
Laos	3	0.0%
Asia not stated	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Guinea	2	0.0%
Lesotho	2	0.0%
Namibia	2	0.0%
Benin	2	0.0%
Togo	2	0.0%
Malawi	2	0.0%
Bahamas	2	0.0%
Haiti	2	0.0%
Jamaica	2	0.0%
Paraguay	2	0.0%
Cambodia	2	0.0%
Maldives	2	0.0%
Mongolia	2	0.0%
Djibouti	2	0.0%
Belize	2	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	1	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	1	0.0%
Cape Verde	1	0.0%
Niger	1	0.0%
Grenada	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Bhutan	1	0.0%
Kuwait	1	0.0%
North Korea	1	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	1	0.0%
Fiji	1	0.0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	1	0.0%

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: Total · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published group	People	Share
Total	378,270	100.0%
Denmark	306,403	81.0%
Lebanon	5,228	1.4%
Somalia	5,075	1.3%
Turkey	4,348	1.1%
Iraq	4,086	1.1%
Iran	3,459	0.9%
Ukraine	3,208	0.8%
Syria	2,938	0.8%
Afghanistan	2,759	0.7%
Vietnam	2,711	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	2,691	0.7%
Romania	2,661	0.7%
Poland	2,533	0.7%
India	1,641	0.4%
China	1,340	0.4%
Norway	1,256	0.3%
United Kingdom	1,079	0.3%
Sri Lanka	1,010	0.3%
Kuwait	904	0.2%
Italy	876	0.2%
Hungary	829	0.2%
Spain	798	0.2%
USA	768	0.2%
Morocco	737	0.2%
Sweden	730	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	719	0.2%
Thailand	696	0.2%
Bulgaria	677	0.2%
Iceland	674	0.2%
Argentina	651	0.2%
Pakistan	648	0.2%
Bangladesh	645	0.2%
Russia	615	0.2%
Lithuania	606	0.2%
France	605	0.2%
Netherlands	542	0.1%
Brazil	425	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic	412	0.1%
Philippines	390	0.1%
Portugal	380	0.1%
Slovakia	376	0.1%
Eritrea	375	0.1%
Ethiopia	326	0.1%
Latvia	325	0.1%
Greece	302	0.1%
Finland	271	0.1%
Chile	236	0.1%
Tunisia	226	0.1%
Egypt	226	0.1%
Colombia	202	0.1%
Czech Republic	198	0.1%
Australia	192	0.1%
Nepal	188	0.0%
Algeria	184	0.0%
Ghana	180	0.0%
Israel	180	0.0%
Japan	180	0.0%
Croatia	176	0.0%
Mexico	172	0.0%
Ireland	169	0.0%
Canada	161	0.0%
Yugoslavia	157	0.0%
Moldova	157	0.0%
Kenya	153	0.0%
Austria	149	0.0%
South Africa	141	0.0%
South Korea	140	0.0%
Uganda	139	0.0%
Belgium	138	0.0%
Venezuela	133	0.0%
Indonesia	128	0.0%
Switzerland	127	0.0%
Jordan	109	0.0%
Uzbekistan	108	0.0%
Estonia	107	0.0%
Middle East not stated	103	0.0%
Belarus	93	0.0%
Nigeria	91	0.0%
Kosovo	89	0.0%
Peru	87	0.0%
Albania	85	0.0%
Cameroon	73	0.0%
Sudan	71	0.0%
Libya	70	0.0%
Soviet Union	69	0.0%
Tanzania	69	0.0%
Serbia	69	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	68	0.0%
Gambia, The	67	0.0%
Zambia	67	0.0%
New Zealand	66	0.0%
Burundi	65	0.0%
Azerbaijan	62	0.0%
Ecuador	59	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	58	0.0%
Myanmar	56	0.0%
Armenia	54	0.0%
Not stated	52	0.0%
Cuba	47	0.0%
Malaysia	43	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	42	0.0%
Singapore	40	0.0%
Ivory Coast	39	0.0%
Stateless	38	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	38	0.0%
Taiwan	36	0.0%
Slovenia	34	0.0%
Kazakhstan	32	0.0%
Zimbabwe	31	0.0%
Yemen	30	0.0%
Republic of North Macedonia	30	0.0%
Rwanda	29	0.0%
Uruguay	29	0.0%
Luxembourg	26	0.0%
Cyprus	26	0.0%
Dominican Republic	22	0.0%
Georgia	21	0.0%
Costa Rica	17	0.0%
Angola	16	0.0%
Bolivia	16	0.0%
Sierra Leone	15	0.0%
Nicaragua	15	0.0%
North Korea	15	0.0%
Asia not stated	15	0.0%
Djibouti	15	0.0%
Comoros	14	0.0%
Mozambique	14	0.0%
Senegal	14	0.0%
Congo, Republic	13	0.0%
South Sudan	12	0.0%
Togo	12	0.0%
Haiti	12	0.0%
Honduras	12	0.0%
Panama	12	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	11	0.0%
Tajikistan	11	0.0%
Mauritius	10	0.0%
Mauritania	10	0.0%
Guatemala	10	0.0%
El Salvador	10	0.0%
Guinea	9	0.0%
Cape Verde	9	0.0%
Namibia	9	0.0%
Central African Republic	9	0.0%
Jamaica	9	0.0%
Paraguay	9	0.0%
Mali	8	0.0%
Bhutan	8	0.0%
Laos	8	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	8	0.0%
Madagascar	7	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	7	0.0%
Bahrain	7	0.0%
Turkmenistan	7	0.0%
Malta	6	0.0%
Botswana	6	0.0%
Liberia	6	0.0%
Cambodia	6	0.0%
Belize	6	0.0%
Benin	5	0.0%
Africa not stated	5	0.0%
Mongolia	5	0.0%
Qatar	5	0.0%
Palestine	4	0.0%
Lesotho	4	0.0%
Malawi	4	0.0%
Guyana	4	0.0%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
San Marino	2	0.0%
Niger	2	0.0%
Bahamas	2	0.0%
Barbados	2	0.0%
West Bank	2	0.0%
Oman	2	0.0%
Liechtenstein	1	0.0%
Europe not stated	1	0.0%
Equatorial Guinea	1	0.0%
Kiribati	1	0.0%
South and central America not stated	1	0.0%
Saint Lucia	1	0.0%
Brunei	1	0.0%
Tonga	1	0.0%
Fiji	1	0.0%
Pacific Islands	1	0.0%

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: Immigrants · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published group	People	Share
Total	52,242	100.0%
Ukraine	3,089	5.9%
Iran	2,825	5.4%
Iraq	2,531	4.8%
Somalia	2,438	4.7%
Lebanon	2,360	4.5%
Germany	2,315	4.4%
Romania	2,275	4.4%
Poland	2,213	4.2%
Syria	2,127	4.1%
Turkey	2,107	4.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	1,766	3.4%
Vietnam	1,525	2.9%
India	1,444	2.8%
Norway	1,156	2.2%
China	1,150	2.2%
United Kingdom	965	1.8%
Italy	827	1.6%
Hungary	792	1.5%
Spain	755	1.4%
USA	702	1.3%
Argentina	628	1.2%
Sweden	615	1.2%
Thailand	615	1.2%
Bulgaria	605	1.2%
Bangladesh	605	1.2%
Iceland	578	1.1%
France	566	1.1%
Russia	546	1.0%
Lithuania	522	1.0%
Pakistan	477	0.9%
Netherlands	450	0.9%
Kuwait	419	0.8%
Brazil	401	0.8%
Sri Lanka	400	0.8%
Morocco	378	0.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	372	0.7%
Portugal	363	0.7%
Slovakia	361	0.7%
Philippines	339	0.6%
Congo, Democratic Republic	304	0.6%
Latvia	293	0.6%
Greece	274	0.5%
Eritrea	261	0.5%
Finland	234	0.4%
Ethiopia	218	0.4%
Chile	202	0.4%
Czech Republic	189	0.4%
Australia	187	0.4%
Nepal	181	0.3%
Colombia	178	0.3%
Egypt	172	0.3%
Mexico	166	0.3%
Japan	166	0.3%
Ireland	161	0.3%
Croatia	161	0.3%
Canada	149	0.3%
Tunisia	143	0.3%
Israel	142	0.3%
Moldova	141	0.3%
Ghana	140	0.3%
Belgium	134	0.3%
Austria	131	0.3%
South Africa	130	0.2%
Venezuela	124	0.2%
Uganda	119	0.2%
Kenya	118	0.2%
Switzerland	114	0.2%
Indonesia	114	0.2%
Algeria	108	0.2%
Estonia	94	0.2%
Middle East not stated	88	0.2%
Peru	83	0.2%
Yugoslavia	81	0.2%
Nigeria	77	0.1%
Belarus	76	0.1%
Albania	75	0.1%
South Korea	71	0.1%
Uzbekistan	66	0.1%
New Zealand	63	0.1%
Tanzania	61	0.1%
Soviet Union	59	0.1%
Zambia	56	0.1%
Jordan	56	0.1%
Cameroon	55	0.1%
Ecuador	55	0.1%
Serbia	47	0.1%
Gambia, The	44	0.1%
Myanmar	44	0.1%
Cuba	43	0.1%
Burundi	41	0.1%
Sudan	41	0.1%
Malaysia	41	0.1%
Not stated	41	0.1%
Singapore	40	0.1%
Armenia	39	0.1%
Czechoslovakia	38	0.1%
Libya	38	0.1%
Azerbaijan	38	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	35	0.1%
Kosovo	34	0.1%
Slovenia	31	0.1%
Taiwan	29	0.1%
Stateless	28	0.1%
Ivory Coast	28	0.1%
Kazakhstan	28	0.1%
Zimbabwe	26	0.0%
Uruguay	24	0.0%
Rwanda	23	0.0%
Cyprus	23	0.0%
Luxembourg	22	0.0%
Republic of North Macedonia	22	0.0%
Dominican Republic	21	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	20	0.0%
Yemen	18	0.0%
Costa Rica	17	0.0%
Georgia	17	0.0%
Angola	16	0.0%
Bolivia	16	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	15	0.0%
Nicaragua	14	0.0%
Mozambique	13	0.0%
Senegal	13	0.0%
Honduras	12	0.0%
North Korea	12	0.0%
Congo, Republic	11	0.0%
Panama	11	0.0%
Mauritius	10	0.0%
El Salvador	10	0.0%
Asia not stated	10	0.0%
Tajikistan	10	0.0%
Cape Verde	9	0.0%
Sierra Leone	9	0.0%
Togo	9	0.0%
Jamaica	9	0.0%
Paraguay	9	0.0%
Guinea	8	0.0%
Guatemala	8	0.0%
South Sudan	7	0.0%
Central African Republic	7	0.0%
Bhutan	7	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	7	0.0%
Malta	6	0.0%
Comoros	6	0.0%
Madagascar	6	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	6	0.0%
Turkmenistan	6	0.0%
Liberia	5	0.0%
Namibia	5	0.0%
Bahrain	5	0.0%
Cambodia	5	0.0%
Laos	5	0.0%
Mongolia	5	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	4	0.0%
Mali	4	0.0%
Benin	4	0.0%
Malawi	4	0.0%
Guyana	4	0.0%
Haiti	4	0.0%
Botswana	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Lesotho	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Palestine	2	0.0%
San Marino	2	0.0%
Africa not stated	2	0.0%
Bahamas	2	0.0%
Barbados	2	0.0%
Oman	2	0.0%
Qatar	2	0.0%
Djibouti	2	0.0%
Belize	2	0.0%
Montenegro	2	0.0%
Liechtenstein	1	0.0%
Europe not stated	1	0.0%
Equatorial Guinea	1	0.0%
Niger	1	0.0%
South and central America not stated	1	0.0%
Saint Lucia	1	0.0%
West Bank	1	0.0%
Brunei	1	0.0%
Tonga	1	0.0%
Fiji	1	0.0%
Pacific Islands	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
English Portal Url	https://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url	27 Aug 2026	nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Aarhus

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.

Skanderborg as a Aarhus alternative in the same region

25 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,137 Skanderborg vs 8,603 Aarhus−52%
Unemployment: 2.1% Skanderborg vs 3.4% Aarhus−38%
Nearest airport: 52.0 km Skanderborg vs 30.0 km Aarhus+73%
Rent: €10.39/m² Skanderborg vs €10.39/m² Aarhussame level

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Vejle as a Aarhus alternative in the same country

68 km away, better on 5 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 2.3% Vejle vs 3.4% Aarhus−32%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,990 Vejle vs 8,603 Aarhus−19%
Rent: €9.67/m² Vejle vs €10.39/m² Aarhus−7%
Nearest airport: 24.0 km Vejle vs 30.0 km Aarhus−20%
Foreign residents: 12.4% Vejle vs 11.3% Aarhus+9%

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Valencia as a Aarhus alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 2014 km, better on 4 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €8.20/m² (2024) Valencia vs €10.39/m² (2026) Aarhusno percentage
Nearest airport: 9.2 km Valencia vs 30.0 km Aarhus−69%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,592 (2024) Valencia vs 8,603 (2025) Aarhusno percentage
Transport pass: €35 Valencia vs €58 Aarhus−40%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €140 Valencia vs €193 Aarhus−28%
A meal out: €15 Valencia vs €22 Aarhus−31%

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Cities near Aarhus

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

Alternative cities in Denmark

Other cities in Denmark to compare with Aarhus, nearest in population first.

All Denmark cities

Aalborg226,033 residents Odense213,168 residents Copenhagen671,714 residents Vejle122,433 residents Esbjerg115,157 residents Frederiksberg106,150 residents

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Aarhus in rankings

#2 of 30 in Largest cities in Denmark #26 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Denmark

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Aarhus 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.

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Aarhus?

The published population was 378,361 people in 2026. Source: Statistics Denmark.

Is the air quality good in Aarhus?

How safe is Aarhus?

Police recorded about 8,603 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 Aarhus?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Aarhus?

42,860 people 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 Aarhus a good place to live?

Aarhus 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 Aarhus?

Gjellerup, Viby, Lystrup, Tilst, Tranbjerg are near Aarhus. 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 Aarhus?

The official citizenship distribution records 378,270 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 26). Aarhus, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version acf4c80bcc717b5d93dbab8339d29239]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/aarhus/ Retrieved 2026-09-26. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_aarhus-denmark-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_19505f20ca05,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Aarhus, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-26},
  version = {acf4c80bcc717b5d93dbab8339d29239},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/aarhus/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-26. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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