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Living in Assens

In Assens, average gross earnings are €6,500 a month (2025) and unemployment is 3.2% (2025).

Car density was 594 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026. The city covered 511.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 79 people per km² in 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-0716 sources

Population40,469people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.
Average gross salary6,500EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)
Average net rent9.41EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026
Unemployment rate3.2%country median 2.5% — 28% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force
Recorded crime5,249offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 8% belowOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

Higher unemployment than 86% of Danish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 65% of Danish cities that publish it.

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

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 Assens.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Assens 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 broadband6Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.93 EUR/month30 Sept 20263 mobile internet 10GB1Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.41 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2026Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20264Official · regional context
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)821.9 EUR/month31 Dec 2026Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20264Official

Is Assens 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 worker63%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 54–72%
Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–74%
Student35%strong on cost, weak on education · range 25–45%
Family48%strong on family, weak on education · range 39–57%
Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 3.2% in November 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Assens?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force10

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Assens is 3.2%. Of 98 cities with data, 31 have unemployment of 2 to under 2.5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings6,500 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability99 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Denmark (Statbank)12Official
Unemployment rate3.2 %country median 2.5%30 Nov 2025StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force10Official

What does a salary buy in Assens?

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€3,348of €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€9.41/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-12-31− €565
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€3,348
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Assens Salary needed to live in Assens

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Assens. 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 Assens. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Assens?

Police recorded about 5,249 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: 5,249 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types11
Recorded crime across major citiesAssens highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Assens highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Copenhagen9,141
Odense8,856
Frederiksberg8,617
Aarhus8,603
Esbjerg7,110
Vejle6,990
Aalborg6,774
Randers6,567
Horsens6,002
Silkeborg5,311
Viborg5,303
Assens5,249
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,249 offences per 100,000country median 5,70931 Dec 2025StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types11Official
Months covered by crime statistics12 months/year31 Dec 2025Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)16Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was SGD, 34.7 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport1 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat8Official
Nearest airportSGD13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv9Official
Distance to nearest airport34.7 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv9Official

Language courses and integration

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 9.97 · Feb 11.59 · Mar 15.58 · Apr 20.67 · May 24.57 · Jun 26.49 · Jul 27.87 · Aug 28.07 · Sep 25.19 · Oct 21.78 · Nov 15.89 · Dec 10.6 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -12.39 · Feb -11.02 · Mar -9.15 · Apr -3.16 · May -0.2 · Jun 5.27 · Jul 7.86 · Aug 8.59 · Sep 5.27 · Oct -0.95 · Nov -4.94 · Dec -11.43 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.15 · Feb 1.03 · Mar 2.95 · Apr 6.89 · May 11.45 · Jun 14.88 · Jul 17.18 · Aug 17.12 · Sep 14.06 · Oct 9.94 · Nov 5.92 · Dec 2.66 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Assens?

The published population was 40,469 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.15

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents594 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.2Official
City area511.6 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.2Official
Foreign residents3,261 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.2Official
Population density79 people/km²1 Jan 2026Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.2Official
Female residents19,964 people7 Aug 2026Statistics Denmark (Statbank)13Official
Male residents20,405 people7 Aug 2026Statistics Denmark (Statbank)13Official
Population40,469 people1 Jan 2025Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.15Official
Population covered by crime statistics40,469 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)14Official

International community in Assens

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
Total40,224100.0%
Denmark36,97691.9%
Romania5891.5%
Ukraine4571.1%
Poland3760.9%
Syria3070.8%
Lithuania1730.4%
Germany1450.4%
Netherlands770.2%
Norway630.2%
Iceland610.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Eritrea530.1%
United Kingdom520.1%
Vietnam500.1%
Thailand500.1%
Latvia500.1%
Bulgaria480.1%
Stateless470.1%
Sweden450.1%
Hungary440.1%
Afghanistan380.1%
Philippines380.1%
Slovakia370.1%
Uganda270.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic230.1%
Iraq220.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina220.1%
USA190.0%
Iran150.0%
India140.0%
Russia140.0%
Turkey130.0%
Portugal120.0%
Kosovo120.0%
Ireland110.0%
Italy110.0%
Serbia110.0%
Brazil100.0%
China100.0%
Finland90.0%
Tanzania90.0%
Australia90.0%
Spain80.0%
Burundi80.0%
Albania70.0%
France70.0%
Greece70.0%
Kenya70.0%
Switzerland60.0%
Ghana60.0%
Morocco50.0%
Sudan50.0%
Sri Lanka50.0%
Moldova50.0%
Belgium40.0%
Canada40.0%
Yemen40.0%
Bangladesh40.0%
Indonesia40.0%
Japan40.0%
Nepal40.0%
Pakistan40.0%
Czech Republic40.0%
South Africa30.0%
Rwanda30.0%
Colombia30.0%
Cuba30.0%
Mexico30.0%
Israel30.0%
Belarus30.0%
Austria20.0%
Gambia, The20.0%
Nigeria20.0%
Congo, Republic20.0%
Zambia20.0%
Chile20.0%
Dominican Republic20.0%
Venezuela20.0%
Myanmar20.0%
Estonia20.0%
Uzbekistan20.0%
Luxembourg10.0%
Ethiopia10.0%
Sierra Leone10.0%
Tunisia10.0%
Egypt10.0%
Ivory Coast10.0%
Somalia10.0%
Burkina Faso10.0%
Argentina10.0%
Honduras10.0%
Panama10.0%
Paraguay10.0%
Peru10.0%
Cyprus10.0%
Lebanon10.0%
New Zealand10.0%
Turkmenistan10.0%
Kyrgyzstan10.0%
Georgia10.0%
Republic of North Macedonia10.0%

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: Persons of Danish origin · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published groupPeopleShare
Total36,436100.0%
Denmark36,436100.0%

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: Descendant · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published groupPeopleShare
Total628100.0%
Romania11117.7%
Syria8413.4%
Poland619.7%
Ukraine538.4%
Iraq365.7%
Lithuania314.9%
Vietnam243.8%
Eritrea233.7%
Germany223.5%
Afghanistan213.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bosnia and Herzegovina172.7%
Iceland121.9%
Slovakia81.3%
Bulgaria71.1%
Turkey71.1%
Iran71.1%
Latvia71.1%
Norway61.0%
Netherlands61.0%
Morocco61.0%
Hungary50.8%
Congo, Democratic Republic50.8%
Sweden40.6%
Yugoslavia40.6%
Uganda40.6%
Somalia40.6%
Lebanon40.6%
Kosovo40.6%
Haiti30.5%
Pakistan30.5%
Moldova30.5%
Finland20.3%
Greece20.3%
Italy20.3%
United Kingdom20.3%
Burundi20.3%
South Africa20.3%
Canada20.3%
Sri Lanka20.3%
Kyrgyzstan20.3%
Czechoslovakia10.2%
France10.2%
Portugal10.2%
Austria10.2%
Tunisia10.2%
Zambia10.2%
Brazil10.2%
Colombia10.2%
Bangladesh10.2%
Indonesia10.2%
Jordan10.2%
China10.2%
Kuwait10.2%
Malaysia10.2%
Saudi Arabia10.2%
Thailand10.2%
Russia10.2%
Serbia10.2%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
English-language portalhttps://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url27 Aug 2026nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)7Official

Alternatives for people set on Assens

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.

Sønderborg as an Assens alternative in the same region

40 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €9.67/m² Sønderborg vs €9.41/m² Assensno percentage
  • Residents: 74,096 Sønderborg vs 40,469 Assens+83%
  • Nearest airport: 6.1 km Sønderborg vs 34.7 km Assens−82%
  • Unemployment: 2.6% Sønderborg vs 3.2% Assens−19%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,881 Sønderborg vs 5,249 Assens−7%
Full comparisonMore about Sønderborg

Ringkøbing-Skjern as an Assens alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 125 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 3.2% Assens−47%
  • Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €9.41/m² Assensno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 5,249 Assens−26%
  • Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 34.7 km Assens+65%
  • Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 40,469 Assens+37%
Full comparisonMore about Ringkøbing-Skjern

Alternative cities in Denmark

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

All Denmark cities
Middelfart40,625 residentsBrøndby40,990 residentsMariagerfjord41,606 residentsGribskov41,797 residentsLolland39,122 residentsBornholm38,966 residents

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Assens in rankings

#28 of 30 in Safest cities in Denmark by recorded crime

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

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

Is Assens part of Odense?

Assens is in the published commuting zone of Odense; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Odense city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

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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 Assens?

The published population was 40,469 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes..

How safe is Assens?

Police recorded about 5,249 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 Assens?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Assens?

3,261 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 Assens a good place to live?

Assens 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.

Is Assens part of Odense?

Assens is in the published commuting zone of Odense; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

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

The official citizenship distribution records 36,976 people (91.9%) 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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  title = {Assens, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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