Living in Albertslund

In Albertslund, average gross earnings are €6,586 a month (2025) and unemployment is 3.9% (2025).

The unemployment rate was 3.9% in November 2025. The foreign population count was 5,706 at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-0729 sources

Population28,117people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.

Average gross salary6,586EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)

Average net rent11.54EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026

Unemployment rate3.9%country median 2.5% — 56% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force

Recorded crime9,814offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 72% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DK PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Hvidover II")

Higher unemployment than 95% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 97% of Danish cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	40 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Norlys fixed broadband⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	3 mobile internet 10GB¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.54 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁶Official · regional context
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	962.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁶Official

Is Albertslund a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–63%

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

Student30%strong on cost, weak on education · range 20–40%

Family43%strong on family, weak on education · range 34–52%

Retirement49%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 38–60%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Albertslund?

The unemployment rate is 3.9 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹²

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Albertslund is 3.9%. 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

Albertslund 3.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	6,586 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	96 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁴Official
Unemployment rate	3.9 %country median 2.5%	30 Nov 2025	StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹²Official

What does a salary buy in Albertslund?

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

Left over each month€3,221of €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€11.54/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-12-31	− €692
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	€3,221

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Albertslund?

Police recorded about 9,814 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: 9,814 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹³

Recorded crime across major citiesAlbertslund highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Albertslund9,814

Copenhagen9,141

Odense8,856

Frederiksberg8,617

Aarhus8,603

Esbjerg7,110

Vejle6,990

Aalborg6,774

Randers6,567

Horsens6,002

Silkeborg5,311

Viborg5,303

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	9,814 offences per 100,000country median 5,709	31 Dec 2025	StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹³Official
Months covered by crime statistics	12 months/year	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)¹⁸Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was RKE, 16.1 km away in June 2026. Car density was 526 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	RKE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	16.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Albertslund. 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.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Albertslund?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DK PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Hvidover II")⁵

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂8WHO 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	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DK NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Hvidover II")³Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DK PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Copenhagen/1257")⁴Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DK PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Hvidover II")⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 9.76 · Feb 10.01 · Mar 13.47 · Apr 19.98 · May 22.25 · Jun 27.28 · Jul 29.99 · Aug 28.6 · Sep 24.42 · Oct 20.96 · Nov 16.17 · Dec 10.39 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -11.8 · Feb -10.86 · Mar -8.88 · Apr -2.75 · May 1.43 · Jun 6.4 · Jul 10.11 · Aug 9.84 · Sep 5.24 · Oct -1.05 · Nov -6.51 · Dec -10.67 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 3 · Apr 7 · May 11.3 · Jun 14.7 · Jul 17.1 · Aug 17 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 5.1 · Dec 2.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROSKILDE_LUFTHAVN_06170.csv²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 54.1 · Feb 39.9 · Mar 38.5 · Apr 34.3 · May 43.4 · Jun 63.7 · Jul 66.1 · Aug 75.7 · Sep 62.6 · Oct 67.7 · Nov 57.5 · Dec 58.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LANDBOHYJSKOLEN_06186.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 23.4 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,251 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Albertslund?

The published population was 28,117 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport79.7%
Foreign residents20.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	526 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.²Official
City area	23.4 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.²Official
Foreign residents	5,706 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.²Official
Population density	1,251 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.²Official
Female residents	14,765 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁵Official
Male residents	14,497 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁵Official
Population	28,117 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁷Official
Population covered by crime statistics	28,117 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)¹⁶Official

International community in Albertslund

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	29,575	100.0%
Denmark	23,692	80.1%
Turkey	1,313	4.4%
Pakistan	655	2.2%
Nepal	403	1.4%
Romania	254	0.9%
United Kingdom	220	0.7%
Bulgaria	216	0.7%
India	206	0.7%
Poland	198	0.7%
Ukraine	198	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Bangladesh	190	0.6%
Iran	177	0.6%
Sweden	172	0.6%
Republic of North Macedonia	104	0.4%
Germany	87	0.3%
Portugal	85	0.3%
Norway	80	0.3%
Spain	76	0.3%
Morocco	66	0.2%
Syria	61	0.2%
Iraq	56	0.2%
Italy	54	0.2%
Afghanistan	52	0.2%
France	50	0.2%
Lithuania	49	0.2%
Thailand	46	0.2%
Philippines	43	0.1%
Hungary	40	0.1%
Nigeria	36	0.1%
Serbia	35	0.1%
China	34	0.1%
Iceland	31	0.1%
Sri Lanka	30	0.1%
Stateless	29	0.1%
Greece	27	0.1%
Somalia	25	0.1%
Cameroon	24	0.1%
USA	24	0.1%
Chile	22	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	0.1%
Ghana	21	0.1%
Netherlands	20	0.1%
Uganda	20	0.1%
Latvia	17	0.1%
Slovakia	17	0.1%
Vietnam	16	0.1%
Austria	15	0.1%
Egypt	15	0.1%
Brazil	13	0.0%
Croatia	13	0.0%
Kosovo	13	0.0%
Belgium	12	0.0%
Eritrea	12	0.0%
Japan	11	0.0%
South Africa	10	0.0%
Lebanon	10	0.0%
Canada	9	0.0%
Estonia	9	0.0%
Kenya	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Jordan	8	0.0%
Finland	7	0.0%
Czech Republic	7	0.0%
Ireland	6	0.0%
Colombia	6	0.0%
Australia	6	0.0%
Tunisia	5	0.0%
Zimbabwe	5	0.0%
Russia	5	0.0%
Montenegro	5	0.0%
Burundi	4	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	4	0.0%
Georgia	4	0.0%
Yugoslavia	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Albania	2	0.0%
Switzerland	2	0.0%
Ethiopia	2	0.0%
Sierra Leone	2	0.0%
Ivory Coast	2	0.0%
Honduras	2	0.0%
Bhutan	2	0.0%
Cambodia	2	0.0%
Israel	2	0.0%
Singapore	2	0.0%
South Korea	2	0.0%
Luxembourg	1	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Algeria	1	0.0%
Gambia, The	1	0.0%
Niger	1	0.0%
Bolivia	1	0.0%
Cuba	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Myanmar	1	0.0%
Cyprus	1	0.0%
Belarus	1	0.0%
Azerbaijan	1	0.0%
Moldova	1	0.0%
Uzbekistan	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

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	29,575	100.0%
Denmark	18,863	63.8%
Turkey	3,010	10.2%
Pakistan	1,974	6.7%
Nepal	470	1.6%
Morocco	345	1.2%
Iraq	343	1.2%
India	318	1.1%
Iran	267	0.9%
Romania	245	0.8%
Poland	237	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Bangladesh	229	0.8%
Lebanon	220	0.7%
Ukraine	215	0.7%
Bulgaria	204	0.7%
Afghanistan	193	0.7%
Republic of North Macedonia	141	0.5%
Germany	116	0.4%
United Kingdom	104	0.4%
Yugoslavia	103	0.3%
Syria	93	0.3%
Sweden	84	0.3%
Somalia	83	0.3%
Philippines	72	0.2%
Chile	67	0.2%
Thailand	64	0.2%
Vietnam	63	0.2%
Nigeria	60	0.2%
Ghana	58	0.2%
China	58	0.2%
Norway	54	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	53	0.2%
Lithuania	51	0.2%
Hungary	50	0.2%
Uganda	50	0.2%
Egypt	48	0.2%
Sri Lanka	48	0.2%
Cameroon	40	0.1%
Iceland	39	0.1%
Spain	39	0.1%
Serbia	35	0.1%
France	33	0.1%
Portugal	30	0.1%
USA	26	0.1%
Italy	24	0.1%
Russia	24	0.1%
Moldova	23	0.1%
Greece	22	0.1%
Latvia	22	0.1%
Jordan	20	0.1%
Kenya	18	0.1%
Brazil	17	0.1%
Slovakia	17	0.1%
Ethiopia	16	0.1%
Kosovo	16	0.1%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
Tunisia	14	0.0%
Japan	13	0.0%
Croatia	13	0.0%
Finland	12	0.0%
Belgium	12	0.0%
Yemen	12	0.0%
Kuwait	12	0.0%
Albania	11	0.0%
Sudan	11	0.0%
South Africa	11	0.0%
Canada	11	0.0%
Peru	10	0.0%
Soviet Union	9	0.0%
Burundi	9	0.0%
Eritrea	9	0.0%
Bolivia	9	0.0%
Colombia	9	0.0%
Belarus	9	0.0%
Montenegro	9	0.0%
Sierra Leone	8	0.0%
Zimbabwe	8	0.0%
Uruguay	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Israel	8	0.0%
Qatar	8	0.0%
Australia	8	0.0%
Estonia	8	0.0%
Austria	7	0.0%
Gambia, The	7	0.0%
Ecuador	7	0.0%
Cambodia	7	0.0%
South Korea	7	0.0%
Tanzania	6	0.0%
Cuba	6	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	6	0.0%
Georgia	6	0.0%
Guinea	5	0.0%
Libya	5	0.0%
Ivory Coast	5	0.0%
Argentina	5	0.0%
Myanmar	5	0.0%
Middle East not stated	5	0.0%
Czech Republic	5	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	4	0.0%
Niger	4	0.0%
Mexico	4	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	4	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Bhutan	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Malta	2	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	2	0.0%
Zambia	2	0.0%
Nicaragua	2	0.0%
Singapore	2	0.0%
Azerbaijan	2	0.0%
Not stated	2	0.0%
Stateless	1	0.0%
Luxembourg	1	0.0%
Palestine	1	0.0%
Angola	1	0.0%
Namibia	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Africa not stated	1	0.0%
South and central America not stated	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%
West Indies	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Laos	1	0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe	1	0.0%
Tajikistan	1	0.0%
Slovenia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

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	6,920	100.0%
Turkey	1,595	23.0%
Pakistan	1,107	16.0%
Nepal	414	6.0%
India	256	3.7%
Iran	234	3.4%
Romania	218	3.2%
Bangladesh	202	2.9%
Ukraine	201	2.9%
Poland	198	2.9%
Iraq	198	2.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	181	2.6%
Morocco	154	2.2%
Afghanistan	132	1.9%
Lebanon	100	1.4%
Germany	90	1.3%
Republic of North Macedonia	68	1.0%
Sweden	64	0.9%
Syria	62	0.9%
Philippines	61	0.9%
Yugoslavia	53	0.8%
Chile	53	0.8%
Thailand	53	0.8%
United Kingdom	51	0.7%
China	50	0.7%
Hungary	43	0.6%
Vietnam	42	0.6%
Lithuania	42	0.6%
Norway	41	0.6%
Ghana	41	0.6%
Somalia	40	0.6%
Nigeria	39	0.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	38	0.5%
Iceland	34	0.5%
Sri Lanka	34	0.5%
Uganda	32	0.5%
Spain	31	0.4%
Cameroon	29	0.4%
Portugal	28	0.4%
Egypt	28	0.4%
France	25	0.4%
USA	25	0.4%
Italy	23	0.3%
Serbia	23	0.3%
Greece	22	0.3%
Moldova	21	0.3%
Russia	20	0.3%
Brazil	17	0.2%
Slovakia	16	0.2%
Latvia	15	0.2%
Netherlands	13	0.2%
Japan	13	0.2%
Ethiopia	11	0.2%
Kenya	10	0.1%
South Africa	10	0.1%
Kosovo	10	0.1%
Finland	9	0.1%
Colombia	9	0.1%
Peru	9	0.1%
Kuwait	9	0.1%
Albania	8	0.1%
Jordan	8	0.1%
Australia	8	0.1%
Estonia	8	0.1%
Croatia	8	0.1%
Eritrea	7	0.1%
Sierra Leone	7	0.1%
Sudan	7	0.1%
Zimbabwe	7	0.1%
Canada	7	0.1%
Ecuador	7	0.1%
Uruguay	7	0.1%
Israel	7	0.1%
Belarus	7	0.1%
Soviet Union	6	0.1%
Austria	6	0.1%
Bolivia	6	0.1%
Indonesia	6	0.1%
Georgia	6	0.1%
Montenegro	6	0.1%
Burundi	5	0.1%
Tanzania	5	0.1%
Tunisia	5	0.1%
Argentina	5	0.1%
Cuba	5	0.1%
Myanmar	5	0.1%
Cambodia	5	0.1%
Middle East not stated	5	0.1%
Czech Republic	5	0.1%
Ireland	4	0.1%
Gambia, The	4	0.1%
Yemen	4	0.1%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	4	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	3	0.0%
Ivory Coast	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Bhutan	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	2	0.0%
Malta	2	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	2	0.0%
Guinea	2	0.0%
Libya	2	0.0%
Niger	2	0.0%
Zambia	2	0.0%
Nicaragua	2	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	2	0.0%
Singapore	2	0.0%
South Korea	2	0.0%
Qatar	2	0.0%
Armenia	2	0.0%
Not stated	2	0.0%
Luxembourg	1	0.0%
Palestine	1	0.0%
Algeria	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Africa not stated	1	0.0%
South and central America not stated	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%
West Indies	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Laos	1	0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe	1	0.0%
Azerbaijan	1	0.0%
Tajikistan	1	0.0%
Slovenia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
English-language portal	https://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url	27 Aug 2026	nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Albertslund

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.

Greve as an Albertslund alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 2.5% Greve vs 3.9% Albertslund−36%
Rent: €11.21/m² Greve vs €11.54/m² Albertslundno percentage
Residents: 53,536 Greve vs 28,117 Albertslund+90%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,526 Greve vs 9,814 Albertslund−23%
Nearest airport: 7.3 km Greve vs 16.1 km Albertslund−55%
Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Greve vs 6.0 µg/m³ Albertslundsame level

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Ringkøbing-Skjern as an Albertslund alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 250 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 16.1 km Albertslund+257%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 9,814 Albertslund−60%
Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 3.9% Albertslund−56%
Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €11.54/m² Albertslundno percentage
Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 28,117 Albertslund+98%

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Cities near Albertslund

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

Høje-Taastrup 5.0 km away

Rent: 920.1 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Alternative cities in Denmark

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All Denmark cities

Billund27,168 residents Nordfyns29,342 residents Lejre29,594 residents Allerød26,128 residents Sorø30,641 residents Herlev30,784 residents

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Albertslund in rankings

#1 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Denmark

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Albertslund 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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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; Albertslund's school authority applies it locally.

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Common questions

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How many people live in Albertslund?

The published population was 28,117 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes..

Is the air quality good in Albertslund?

How safe is Albertslund?

Police recorded about 9,814 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 Albertslund?

The unemployment rate is 3.9 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Albertslund?

5,706 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 Albertslund a good place to live?

Albertslund 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 Albertslund?

Vallensbæk, Taastrup, Glostrup, Brøndbyvester, Brøndby are near Albertslund. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Denmark citizenship group in Albertslund?

The official citizenship distribution records 23,692 people (80.1%) 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, October 16). Albertslund, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fae5c154f4c0c44a9d575502a099d239]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/albertslund/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Albertslund, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {fae5c154f4c0c44a9d575502a099d239},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/albertslund/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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