Living in Egedal
In Egedal, average gross earnings are €7,906 a month (2025) and unemployment is 2% (2025).
For Egedal, the unemployment rate was 2% in November 2025.
Lower unemployment than 85% of Danish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 76% of Danish cities that publish it.
Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Egedal?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 40 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Norlys fixed broadband5Official · 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 20264Official · regional context |
| Median monthly rent (whole dwelling) | 1,122 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2026 | Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20264Official |
Is Egedal 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 Egedal?
The unemployment rate is 2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force8
Egedal 2.0%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 7,906 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 97 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)10Official |
| Unemployment rate | 2 %country median 2.5% | 30 Nov 2025 | StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force8Official |
What does a salary buy in Egedal?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Egedal. 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 Egedal. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Egedal?
Police recorded about 4,915 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: 4,915 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types9
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,915 offences per 100,000country median 5,709 | 31 Dec 2025 | StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types9Official |
| Months covered by crime statistics | 12 months/year | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)14Official |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was RKE, 21.1 km away in June 2026. Car density was 528 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Egedal. 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 Egedal?
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: European Environment Agency (EEA)3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 6 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency (EEA)3Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 3.1 · Apr 7.4 · May 11.6 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.3 · Aug 17 · Sep 13.4 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 2.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SJAELSMARK_06188.csv16Official · 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.csv15Official · nearest-station reading |
Population and city profile
The city covered 125.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 368 people per km² in 2026.
How many people live in Egedal?
The published population was 45,563 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.13
By nationality
National passport91.5%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 528 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 | 125.8 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 | 3,883 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 | 368 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.2Official |
| Female residents | 23,346 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)11Official |
| Male residents | 22,894 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)11Official |
| Population | 45,563 people | 1 Jan 2025 | Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.13Official |
| Population covered by crime statistics | 45,563 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)12Official |
International community in Egedal
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 | 46,514 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 42,498 | 91.4% |
| Ukraine | 333 | 0.7% |
| Syria | 245 | 0.5% |
| India | 242 | 0.5% |
| Turkey | 237 | 0.5% |
| Poland | 221 | 0.5% |
| Nepal | 196 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 193 | 0.4% |
| Eritrea | 161 | 0.3% |
| Bulgaria | 159 | 0.3% |
Show 92 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 124 | 0.3% |
| Lithuania | 122 | 0.3% |
| Sweden | 111 | 0.2% |
| Iran | 99 | 0.2% |
| Germany | 93 | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 84 | 0.2% |
| Norway | 81 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 80 | 0.2% |
| Thailand | 71 | 0.2% |
| Iceland | 64 | 0.1% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 63 | 0.1% |
| Philippines | 60 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 55 | 0.1% |
| Pakistan | 55 | 0.1% |
| France | 47 | 0.1% |
| Stateless | 41 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 41 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 39 | 0.1% |
| USA | 38 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 37 | 0.1% |
| Iraq | 36 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 34 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 32 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 32 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 26 | 0.1% |
| Spain | 26 | 0.1% |
| Bangladesh | 21 | 0.0% |
| Russia | 20 | 0.0% |
| Croatia | 20 | 0.0% |
| Finland | 19 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 17 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 16 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 15 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 15 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 15 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 14 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 14 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 14 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Vietnam | 12 | 0.0% |
| Serbia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Cameroon | 10 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 10 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 9 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 9 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 9 | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 8 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 8 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 8 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | 7 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 6 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 5 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 5 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 5 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 5 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 4 | 0.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 3 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 3 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 3 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 3 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 3 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 2 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 1 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 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: Descendant · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,595 | 100.0% |
| Turkey | 302 | 18.9% |
| India | 94 | 5.9% |
| Iraq | 74 | 4.6% |
| Pakistan | 72 | 4.5% |
| Syria | 72 | 4.5% |
| Nepal | 65 | 4.1% |
| Poland | 62 | 3.9% |
| Afghanistan | 58 | 3.6% |
| Yugoslavia | 51 | 3.2% |
| Iran | 48 | 3.0% |
Show 88 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 45 | 2.8% |
| Eritrea | 42 | 2.6% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 42 | 2.6% |
| China | 37 | 2.3% |
| Lebanon | 31 | 1.9% |
| Sri Lanka | 26 | 1.6% |
| Germany | 24 | 1.5% |
| Bulgaria | 23 | 1.4% |
| Vietnam | 23 | 1.4% |
| Lithuania | 19 | 1.2% |
| Somalia | 16 | 1.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 | 1.0% |
| Russia | 15 | 0.9% |
| France | 14 | 0.9% |
| Morocco | 14 | 0.9% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 14 | 0.9% |
| Philippines | 14 | 0.9% |
| Ukraine | 14 | 0.9% |
| Norway | 13 | 0.8% |
| Iceland | 12 | 0.8% |
| Sweden | 12 | 0.8% |
| Hungary | 11 | 0.7% |
| Latvia | 11 | 0.7% |
| USA | 10 | 0.6% |
| Ghana | 9 | 0.6% |
| Thailand | 9 | 0.6% |
| Serbia | 8 | 0.5% |
| Portugal | 7 | 0.4% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 0.4% |
| Montenegro | 7 | 0.4% |
| Italy | 6 | 0.4% |
| Brazil | 6 | 0.4% |
| South Korea | 6 | 0.4% |
| Croatia | 6 | 0.4% |
| Greece | 5 | 0.3% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0.3% |
| Burundi | 5 | 0.3% |
| Ethiopia | 5 | 0.3% |
| Finland | 4 | 0.3% |
| Albania | 4 | 0.3% |
| South Africa | 4 | 0.3% |
| Bhutan | 4 | 0.3% |
| Jordan | 4 | 0.3% |
| Armenia | 4 | 0.3% |
| Kosovo | 4 | 0.3% |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0.2% |
| Ireland | 3 | 0.2% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.2% |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 3 | 0.2% |
| Kenya | 3 | 0.2% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 0.2% |
| Chile | 3 | 0.2% |
| Yemen | 3 | 0.2% |
| North Korea | 3 | 0.2% |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0.2% |
| Madagascar | 2 | 0.1% |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0.1% |
| Uganda | 2 | 0.1% |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 0.1% |
| Malawi | 2 | 0.1% |
| Canada | 2 | 0.1% |
| Honduras | 2 | 0.1% |
| Peru | 2 | 0.1% |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 0.1% |
| Myanmar | 2 | 0.1% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 0.1% |
| Japan | 2 | 0.1% |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0.1% |
| Middle East not stated | 2 | 0.1% |
| Estonia | 2 | 0.1% |
| Malta | 1 | 0.1% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 1 | 0.1% |
| Gambia, The | 1 | 0.1% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0.1% |
| Egypt | 1 | 0.1% |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Republic | 1 | 0.1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.1% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Israel | 1 | 0.1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Moldova | 1 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0.1% |
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 | 46,514 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 40,459 | 87.0% |
| Turkey | 594 | 1.3% |
| India | 363 | 0.8% |
| Ukraine | 347 | 0.7% |
| Poland | 309 | 0.7% |
| Syria | 291 | 0.6% |
| Nepal | 250 | 0.5% |
| Romania | 209 | 0.4% |
| Iran | 205 | 0.4% |
| Iraq | 196 | 0.4% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 172 | 0.4% |
| Afghanistan | 170 | 0.4% |
| Eritrea | 158 | 0.3% |
| Bulgaria | 157 | 0.3% |
| Pakistan | 156 | 0.3% |
| Germany | 139 | 0.3% |
| Lithuania | 128 | 0.3% |
| Sweden | 106 | 0.2% |
| Thailand | 103 | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 101 | 0.2% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 97 | 0.2% |
| Yugoslavia | 88 | 0.2% |
| Norway | 85 | 0.2% |
| Philippines | 85 | 0.2% |
| Iceland | 74 | 0.2% |
| Sri Lanka | 67 | 0.1% |
| Russia | 63 | 0.1% |
| USA | 54 | 0.1% |
| France | 53 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 52 | 0.1% |
| Vietnam | 52 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 51 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 45 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 43 | 0.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 37 | 0.1% |
| Finland | 31 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 31 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 31 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 29 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 28 | 0.1% |
| Morocco | 28 | 0.1% |
| Ghana | 27 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 27 | 0.1% |
| Mexico | 23 | 0.0% |
| Croatia | 22 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 21 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 20 | 0.0% |
| Bhutan | 19 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 17 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 17 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 17 | 0.0% |
| Serbia | 17 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 16 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 16 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 16 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 16 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 15 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 15 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 15 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 15 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 15 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 12 | 0.0% |
| Cameroon | 12 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 12 | 0.0% |
| Czechoslovakia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 11 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 10 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 10 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 10 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 10 | 0.0% |
| Soviet Union | 9 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 9 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 9 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 9 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | 8 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 8 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 8 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 8 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 8 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 7 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 6 | 0.0% |
| Middle East not stated | 6 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 5 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 4 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 4 | 0.0% |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 0.0% |
| Yemen | 4 | 0.0% |
| Kuwait | 4 | 0.0% |
| North Korea | 4 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Not stated | 4 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Zambia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Malawi | 3 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 3 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 2 | 0.0% |
| Africa not stated | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 2 | 0.0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.0% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0.0% |
| Palestine | 1 | 0.0% |
| Botswana | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Libya | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Eswatini | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Republic | 1 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0.0% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 0.0% |
| Haiti | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 0.0% |
| Panama | 1 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 1 | 0.0% |
| Asia not stated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Singapore | 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)6Official |
Alternatives for people set on Egedal
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.
Jyllinge as an Egedal alternative in the same region
7 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,031 Jyllinge vs 4,915 Egedalno percentage
- Rent: €10.91/m² Jyllinge vs €11.54/m² Egedal−5%
- Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Jyllinge vs 6.0 µg/m³ Egedalsame level
Ringkøbing-Skjern as an Egedal alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 239 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 21.1 km Egedal+172%
- Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €11.54/m² Egedalno percentage
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 4,915 Egedal−21%
- Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 2.0% Egedal−15%
- Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 45,563 Egedal+22%
Cities near Egedal
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
Alternative cities in Denmark
Other cities in Denmark to compare with Egedal, nearest in population first.
How does Egedal compare?
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Egedal in rankings
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Egedal 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; Egedal'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 Egedal?
The published population was 45,563 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 Egedal?
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: European Environment Agency (EEA).
How safe is Egedal?
Police recorded about 4,915 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 Egedal?
The unemployment rate is 2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.
How many foreign residents live in Egedal?
3,883 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 Egedal a good place to live?
Egedal 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 Egedal?
Stenløse, Ølstykke, Smørumnedre, Jyllinge, Måløv are near Egedal. 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 Egedal?
The official citizenship distribution records 42,498 people (91.4%) 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). Egedal, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4cf054a8d6a4a1c5c7204f2db2b125da]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/egedal/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_egedal-denmark-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_626b349c82cc,
author = {ImmigrationDB},
title = {Egedal, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-16},
version = {4cf054a8d6a4a1c5c7204f2db2b125da},
url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/egedal/},
note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}Markdown citation
[Egedal, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/egedal/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 4cf054a8d6a4a1c5c7204f2db2b125da; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.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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