Living in Brøndby
In Brøndby, unemployment is 4.2% (2025).
The unemployment rate was 4.2% in November 2025. At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 10,004.
Higher unemployment than 97% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 95% of Danish cities that publish it.
Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Brøndby?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Brøndby. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Brøndby 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Brøndby?
The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force10
Brøndby 4.2%
Unemployment rate (%)
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brøndby. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Jobnet Denmark — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Brøndby. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Brøndby?
Police recorded about 9,215 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: 9,215 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types11
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 9,215 offences per 100,000country median 5,709 | 31 Dec 2025 | StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types11Official |
| Safety City Crime Reporting Coverage | 12 months/year | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)16Official |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was CPH, 15.2 km away, with 121 listed destinations in June 2026. Car density was 524 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brøndby. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Danish language training for adult foreign nationals — State Language Course
Danish municipalities and language centres
For adult foreign nationals, newly arrived residents.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Brøndby?
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.
mm
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
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 | 18 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DK PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Copenhagen/1103")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 |
| 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 LUFTHAVN18Official · 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.csv17Official · nearest-station reading |
Population and city profile
The city covered 21 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,952 people per km² in 2026.
How many people live in Brøndby?
The published population was 40,990 people in 2026. Source: Statistics Denmark12
By nationality
National passport75.6%Foreign residents24.4%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 524 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 | 21 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 | 10,004 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 | 1,952 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.2Official |
| Population Female | 20,541 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)14Official |
| Population Male | 20,449 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)14Official |
| Population | 40,990 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Statistics Denmark12Official |
| Safety City Crime Covered Population | 40,401 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)15Official |
International community in Brøndby
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 | 40,985 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 30,851 | 75.3% |
| Turkey | 1,540 | 3.8% |
| Pakistan | 765 | 1.9% |
| Nepal | 717 | 1.7% |
| Iran | 505 | 1.2% |
| Romania | 484 | 1.2% |
| Poland | 471 | 1.1% |
| Bulgaria | 376 | 0.9% |
| India | 357 | 0.9% |
| Ukraine | 314 | 0.8% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 280 | 0.7% |
| Italy | 270 | 0.7% |
| Bangladesh | 258 | 0.6% |
| Portugal | 255 | 0.6% |
| Spain | 217 | 0.5% |
| United Kingdom | 207 | 0.5% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 183 | 0.4% |
| Afghanistan | 173 | 0.4% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 172 | 0.4% |
| Morocco | 154 | 0.4% |
| Norway | 141 | 0.3% |
| Germany | 119 | 0.3% |
| China | 117 | 0.3% |
| Lithuania | 117 | 0.3% |
| Iraq | 116 | 0.3% |
| Ghana | 114 | 0.3% |
| Philippines | 104 | 0.3% |
| Hungary | 102 | 0.2% |
| Thailand | 102 | 0.2% |
| Greece | 82 | 0.2% |
| Syria | 72 | 0.2% |
| Sri Lanka | 63 | 0.2% |
| Vietnam | 63 | 0.2% |
| Slovakia | 57 | 0.1% |
| France | 49 | 0.1% |
| Nigeria | 49 | 0.1% |
| USA | 46 | 0.1% |
| Cameroon | 44 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 42 | 0.1% |
| Iceland | 41 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 41 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 40 | 0.1% |
| Russia | 39 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 35 | 0.1% |
| Stateless | 33 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 33 | 0.1% |
| Ireland | 32 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | 31 | 0.1% |
| Finland | 27 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 27 | 0.1% |
| Indonesia | 24 | 0.1% |
| Belgium | 23 | 0.1% |
| Egypt | 22 | 0.1% |
| Argentina | 20 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 18 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 17 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 15 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 12 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 11 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 11 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 10 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 10 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 10 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 10 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 10 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 10 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 9 | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 9 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 9 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 8 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 8 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 7 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 7 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 7 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 7 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 7 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 6 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.0% |
| Libya | 5 | 0.0% |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 0.0% |
| Yemen | 5 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 5 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 5 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 5 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 4 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 3 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 3 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Singapore | 3 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 3 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 3 | 0.0% |
| Botswana | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mozambique | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 2 | 0.0% |
| Senegal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Haiti | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 2 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 1 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0.0% |
| Zambia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 1 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 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: Descendant · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,638 | 100.0% |
| Turkey | 1,659 | 29.4% |
| Pakistan | 949 | 16.8% |
| Morocco | 352 | 6.2% |
| Iraq | 351 | 6.2% |
| Afghanistan | 283 | 5.0% |
| Lebanon | 271 | 4.8% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 140 | 2.5% |
| India | 108 | 1.9% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 96 | 1.7% |
| Yugoslavia | 93 | 1.6% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Syria | 90 | 1.6% |
| Poland | 82 | 1.5% |
| Romania | 80 | 1.4% |
| Somalia | 69 | 1.2% |
| Iran | 65 | 1.2% |
| Vietnam | 58 | 1.0% |
| Nepal | 50 | 0.9% |
| United Kingdom | 47 | 0.8% |
| Ghana | 42 | 0.7% |
| Kuwait | 41 | 0.7% |
| Bangladesh | 37 | 0.7% |
| China | 36 | 0.6% |
| Bulgaria | 35 | 0.6% |
| Norway | 31 | 0.5% |
| Philippines | 28 | 0.5% |
| Germany | 27 | 0.5% |
| Jordan | 25 | 0.4% |
| Serbia | 23 | 0.4% |
| Sweden | 22 | 0.4% |
| Lithuania | 17 | 0.3% |
| Egypt | 16 | 0.3% |
| Gambia, The | 15 | 0.3% |
| Nigeria | 14 | 0.2% |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 0.2% |
| Cameroon | 13 | 0.2% |
| Middle East not stated | 13 | 0.2% |
| Thailand | 13 | 0.2% |
| Finland | 12 | 0.2% |
| Croatia | 12 | 0.2% |
| Slovakia | 12 | 0.2% |
| Spain | 11 | 0.2% |
| Algeria | 11 | 0.2% |
| Tanzania | 11 | 0.2% |
| Moldova | 10 | 0.2% |
| Tunisia | 9 | 0.2% |
| Indonesia | 9 | 0.2% |
| Russia | 9 | 0.2% |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 0.1% |
| Kosovo | 8 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 0.1% |
| Ethiopia | 7 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 7 | 0.1% |
| USA | 7 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 6 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 6 | 0.1% |
| Argentina | 6 | 0.1% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.1% |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.1% |
| Iceland | 5 | 0.1% |
| Belgium | 5 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 5 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 5 | 0.1% |
| Libya | 5 | 0.1% |
| Uganda | 5 | 0.1% |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 4 | 0.1% |
| Kenya | 4 | 0.1% |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 0.1% |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 0.1% |
| Asia not stated | 4 | 0.1% |
| South Korea | 4 | 0.1% |
| Estonia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.1% |
| Liberia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 0.1% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.1% |
| Chile | 3 | 0.1% |
| Peru | 3 | 0.1% |
| Israel | 3 | 0.1% |
| Laos | 3 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 3 | 0.1% |
| France | 2 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 2 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 2 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mauritania | 2 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 2 | 0.0% |
| Zambia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 2 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 2 | 0.0% |
| Suriname | 2 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 2 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.0% |
| Yemen | 2 | 0.0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 2 | 0.0% |
| North Korea | 2 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 2 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 2 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0.0% |
| Eswatini | 1 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chad | 1 | 0.0% |
| Africa not stated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 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 | 11,914 | 100.0% |
| Turkey | 1,883 | 15.8% |
| Pakistan | 1,169 | 9.8% |
| Nepal | 794 | 6.7% |
| Iran | 571 | 4.8% |
| Poland | 512 | 4.3% |
| Iraq | 510 | 4.3% |
| Romania | 411 | 3.4% |
| India | 399 | 3.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 389 | 3.3% |
| Afghanistan | 361 | 3.0% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 315 | 2.6% |
| Bulgaria | 307 | 2.6% |
| Bangladesh | 284 | 2.4% |
| Morocco | 277 | 2.3% |
| Ghana | 200 | 1.7% |
| China | 163 | 1.4% |
| Lebanon | 155 | 1.3% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 151 | 1.3% |
| Philippines | 147 | 1.2% |
| Italy | 128 | 1.1% |
| Vietnam | 127 | 1.1% |
| Yugoslavia | 124 | 1.0% |
| Syria | 123 | 1.0% |
| Thailand | 119 | 1.0% |
| Germany | 118 | 1.0% |
| Lithuania | 103 | 0.9% |
| Hungary | 99 | 0.8% |
| United Kingdom | 86 | 0.7% |
| Argentina | 86 | 0.7% |
| Sweden | 82 | 0.7% |
| Spain | 81 | 0.7% |
| Sri Lanka | 74 | 0.6% |
| Nigeria | 71 | 0.6% |
| Somalia | 71 | 0.6% |
| Greece | 65 | 0.5% |
| Norway | 64 | 0.5% |
| Portugal | 60 | 0.5% |
| Brazil | 57 | 0.5% |
| Russia | 55 | 0.5% |
| Slovakia | 44 | 0.4% |
| USA | 42 | 0.4% |
| Latvia | 40 | 0.3% |
| Iceland | 37 | 0.3% |
| France | 33 | 0.3% |
| Cameroon | 33 | 0.3% |
| Egypt | 32 | 0.3% |
| Croatia | 32 | 0.3% |
| Kuwait | 28 | 0.2% |
| Finland | 26 | 0.2% |
| Albania | 25 | 0.2% |
| Chile | 25 | 0.2% |
| Netherlands | 24 | 0.2% |
| Moldova | 24 | 0.2% |
| Middle East not stated | 23 | 0.2% |
| Jordan | 22 | 0.2% |
| Colombia | 21 | 0.2% |
| Gambia, The | 20 | 0.2% |
| Kenya | 20 | 0.2% |
| Peru | 20 | 0.2% |
| Indonesia | 19 | 0.2% |
| Serbia | 19 | 0.2% |
| Ireland | 18 | 0.2% |
| Uganda | 18 | 0.2% |
| Venezuela | 18 | 0.2% |
| Kosovo | 15 | 0.1% |
| Soviet Union | 14 | 0.1% |
| Tanzania | 13 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 13 | 0.1% |
| Israel | 13 | 0.1% |
| Belgium | 12 | 0.1% |
| South Africa | 12 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 11 | 0.1% |
| Ethiopia | 11 | 0.1% |
| Canada | 11 | 0.1% |
| Ecuador | 11 | 0.1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 0.1% |
| Japan | 11 | 0.1% |
| Estonia | 11 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 11 | 0.1% |
| Czech Republic | 11 | 0.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 0.1% |
| Georgia | 9 | 0.1% |
| Eritrea | 8 | 0.1% |
| Libya | 8 | 0.1% |
| Togo | 8 | 0.1% |
| Switzerland | 7 | 0.1% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 7 | 0.1% |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 7 | 0.1% |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 0.1% |
| Yemen | 7 | 0.1% |
| Australia | 7 | 0.1% |
| Montenegro | 7 | 0.1% |
| Burundi | 6 | 0.1% |
| Bolivia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.1% |
| South Korea | 6 | 0.1% |
| Belarus | 6 | 0.1% |
| Armenia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 5 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 5 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 0.0% |
| Singapore | 5 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 5 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Stateless | 4 | 0.0% |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 4 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 4 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 4 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 4 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 4 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mauritania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Zambia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0.0% |
| Bhutan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 3 | 0.0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Botswana | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mozambique | 2 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 2 | 0.0% |
| Senegal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Haiti | 2 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0.0% |
| Asia not stated | 2 | 0.0% |
| Not stated | 2 | 0.0% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0.0% |
| San Marino | 1 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 1 | 0.0% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0.0% |
| Namibia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Eswatini | 1 | 0.0% |
| Niger | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chad | 1 | 0.0% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0.0% |
| Africa not stated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guyana | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Suriname | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 0.0% |
| West Bank | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 1 | 0.0% |
| Qatar | 1 | 0.0% |
| Fiji | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source2
Alternatives for people set on Brøndby
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 a Brøndby alternative in the same region
11 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Unemployment: 2.5% Greve vs 4.2% Brøndby−40%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,526 Greve vs 9,215 Brøndby−18%
- Nearest airport: 7.3 km Greve vs 15.2 km Brøndby−52%
- Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Greve vs 6.0 µg/m³ Brøndbysame level
Ringkøbing-Skjern as a Brøndby alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 254 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 15.2 km Brøndby+278%
- Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 4.2% Brøndby−60%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 9,215 Brøndby−58%
Cities near Brøndby
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 952.9 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01
Alternative cities in Denmark
Other cities in Denmark to compare with Brøndby, nearest in population first.
How does Brøndby compare?
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Brøndby in rankings
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Brøndby 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 guideSchool 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; Brøndby'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 Brøndby?
The published population was 40,990 people in 2026. Source: Statistics Denmark.
Is the air quality good in Brøndby?
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").
How safe is Brøndby?
Police recorded about 9,215 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 Brøndby?
The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.
How many foreign residents live in Brøndby?
10,004 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 Brøndby a good place to live?
Brøndby 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 Brøndby?
Brøndbyvester, Glostrup, Brøndby Strand, Avedøre, Rødovre are near Brøndby. 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 Brøndby?
The official citizenship distribution records 40,985 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). Brøndby, Denmark: population, cost of living, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6827092922037019b6ee8dd2486fc042]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/brondby/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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author = {ImmigrationDB},
title = {Brøndby, Denmark: population, cost of living, jobs, safety},
publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-29},
version = {6827092922037019b6ee8dd2486fc042},
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note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}Markdown citation
[Brøndby, Denmark: population, cost of living, jobs, safety](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/brondby/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 6827092922037019b6ee8dd2486fc042; retrieved 2026-09-29; built 2026-09-29.This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.
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