Living in Hillerød

In Hillerød, the median rent tenants pay is €960 a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.2% (2025).

In November 2025, the unemployment rate was 2.2%.

Last checked 2026-09-2624 sources

Population54,855people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.

Average gross salary7,436EUR/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time

Average net rent11.87EUR/m²/month1 Jan 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026

Unemployment rate2.2%country median 2.5% — 12% belowOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force

Recorded crime8,306offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 45% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³country median 6.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 78% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 85% of Danish cities that publish it.

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

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

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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 broadband⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	3 mobile internet 10GB¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.87 EUR/m²/month	1 Jan 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁴Official · regional context
Median monthly rent	960.1 EUR/month	1 Jan 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁴Official

Is Hillerød a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%

Student34%strong on cost, weak on education · range 24–44%

Family48%strong on family, weak on education · range 39–57%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 48–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hillerød?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force⁸

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Hillerød is 2.2%. 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

Hillerød 2.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	7,436 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time²Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	95 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁰Official
Unemployment rate	2.2 %country median 2.5%	30 Nov 2025	StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Hillerød?

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

Left over each month€3,201of €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€11.87/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-01-01	− €712
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	€3,201

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Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Hillerød?

Police recorded about 8,306 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: 8,306 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesHillerød highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Copenhagen9,141

Odense8,856

Frederiksberg8,617

Aarhus8,603

Hillerød8,306

Esbjerg7,110

Vejle6,990

Aalborg6,774

Randers6,567

Horsens6,002

Silkeborg5,311

Viborg5,303

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,306 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, 39.6 km away in June 2026. Car density was 500 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	RKE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	39.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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 Agency³

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

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

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/m³country median 6.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency³Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 9.55 · Feb 10.01 · Mar 13.83 · Apr 19.03 · May 23.59 · Jun 27.23 · Jul 29.06 · Aug 29.21 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 16.12 · Dec 10.34 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -13.04 · Feb -12.25 · Mar -11.26 · Apr -3.14 · May 1.67 · Jun 6.71 · Jul 10.73 · Aug 9.63 · Sep 4.63 · Oct -1.4 · Nov -9.08 · Dec -15.28 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official
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.csv¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2013–2024

5.5

7.8

10.2

12.5

6.0201320152017202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 40.0% between 2013 and 2024, from 10.0 to 6.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 213.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 258 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Hillerød?

The published population was 54,855 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.9%
Foreign residents11.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	500 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	213.5 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	6,086 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	258 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.²Official
Female residents	27,987 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹¹Official
Male residents	27,195 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹¹Official
Population	54,855 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	54,855 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)¹²Official

International community in Hillerød

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	55,472	100.0%
Denmark	49,265	88.8%
Ukraine	561	1.0%
Romania	455	0.8%
Poland	355	0.6%
Syria	334	0.6%
Turkey	300	0.5%
India	299	0.5%
Lithuania	245	0.4%
Iran	218	0.4%
Ireland	194	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom	189	0.3%
Serbia	178	0.3%
Sweden	173	0.3%
China	166	0.3%
Afghanistan	151	0.3%
Bulgaria	148	0.3%
Italy	142	0.3%
Germany	130	0.2%
Philippines	126	0.2%
Stateless	120	0.2%
Norway	109	0.2%
Iraq	108	0.2%
Russia	105	0.2%
Thailand	89	0.2%
Hungary	87	0.2%
Brazil	73	0.1%
Pakistan	66	0.1%
USA	59	0.1%
Iceland	55	0.1%
Spain	52	0.1%
France	47	0.1%
Croatia	45	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41	0.1%
Portugal	38	0.1%
Netherlands	36	0.1%
Somalia	35	0.1%
Finland	31	0.1%
Austria	27	0.0%
Lebanon	27	0.0%
Vietnam	27	0.0%
Greece	25	0.0%
Republic of North Macedonia	24	0.0%
Latvia	22	0.0%
Nepal	21	0.0%
Slovakia	21	0.0%
Ghana	20	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	20	0.0%
Czech Republic	19	0.0%
Morocco	18	0.0%
Nigeria	18	0.0%
Uganda	16	0.0%
Estonia	16	0.0%
Switzerland	15	0.0%
Sri Lanka	15	0.0%
Australia	14	0.0%
South Africa	13	0.0%
Peru	13	0.0%
Japan	13	0.0%
Belgium	11	0.0%
Kenya	11	0.0%
Argentina	11	0.0%
Canada	11	0.0%
Nicaragua	11	0.0%
Indonesia	11	0.0%
Yugoslavia	10	0.0%
Bangladesh	10	0.0%
Tanzania	9	0.0%
Colombia	9	0.0%
Mexico	8	0.0%
New Zealand	8	0.0%
Kosovo	8	0.0%
Eritrea	7	0.0%
Gambia, The	7	0.0%
Malaysia	7	0.0%
Albania	6	0.0%
Egypt	6	0.0%
Slovenia	6	0.0%
Myanmar	5	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Ecuador	4	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Venezuela	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Moldova	3	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	3	0.0%
Algeria	2	0.0%
Burundi	2	0.0%
Cameroon	2	0.0%
Rwanda	2	0.0%
Chile	2	0.0%
Cuba	2	0.0%
Singapore	2	0.0%
South Korea	2	0.0%
Azerbaijan	2	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Angola	1	0.0%
Ethiopia	1	0.0%
Guinea	1	0.0%
Mali	1	0.0%
Sierra Leone	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Ivory Coast	1	0.0%
Zimbabwe	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Uruguay	1	0.0%
Taiwan	1	0.0%
Maldives	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
North Korea	1	0.0%
Armenia	1	0.0%
Kazakhstan	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	1	0.0%
Montenegro	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	6,994	100.0%
Ukraine	546	7.8%
Turkey	434	6.2%
Romania	389	5.6%
Poland	367	5.2%
Syria	356	5.1%
India	300	4.3%
Iran	256	3.7%
United Kingdom	224	3.2%
Iraq	212	3.0%
Lithuania	207	3.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Yugoslavia	193	2.8%
Afghanistan	184	2.6%
Lebanon	178	2.5%
China	165	2.4%
Germany	161	2.3%
Ireland	151	2.2%
Philippines	151	2.2%
Russia	147	2.1%
Sweden	130	1.9%
Thailand	112	1.6%
Serbia	110	1.6%
Norway	107	1.5%
Bulgaria	107	1.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	106	1.5%
Brazil	100	1.4%
Pakistan	96	1.4%
Italy	93	1.3%
Hungary	84	1.2%
USA	75	1.1%
Iceland	52	0.7%
France	48	0.7%
Sri Lanka	46	0.7%
Netherlands	43	0.6%
Moldova	42	0.6%
Croatia	42	0.6%
Vietnam	35	0.5%
Finland	34	0.5%
Spain	34	0.5%
Latvia	32	0.5%
Morocco	30	0.4%
Argentina	30	0.4%
Somalia	29	0.4%
Republic of North Macedonia	28	0.4%
Ghana	27	0.4%
Nigeria	25	0.4%
Portugal	24	0.3%
Austria	24	0.3%
South Africa	24	0.3%
Uganda	24	0.3%
Greece	22	0.3%
Kenya	20	0.3%
Nepal	19	0.3%
Congo, Democratic Republic	18	0.3%
Colombia	18	0.3%
Slovakia	17	0.2%
Australia	16	0.2%
Czech Republic	16	0.2%
Canada	15	0.2%
Estonia	15	0.2%
Egypt	13	0.2%
Mexico	13	0.2%
Venezuela	13	0.2%
Bangladesh	13	0.2%
Indonesia	13	0.2%
Israel	13	0.2%
Japan	13	0.2%
Belgium	11	0.2%
Switzerland	11	0.2%
Peru	11	0.2%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	11	0.2%
Soviet Union	10	0.1%
Tanzania	10	0.1%
Malaysia	10	0.1%
Kosovo	10	0.1%
Myanmar	9	0.1%
New Zealand	9	0.1%
Albania	8	0.1%
Eritrea	8	0.1%
Gambia, The	8	0.1%
Tunisia	8	0.1%
Ivory Coast	8	0.1%
Chile	8	0.1%
Nicaragua	8	0.1%
Belarus	8	0.1%
Burundi	7	0.1%
Kazakhstan	7	0.1%
South Korea	6	0.1%
Armenia	6	0.1%
Czechoslovakia	5	0.1%
Ethiopia	5	0.1%
Libya	5	0.1%
Cameroon	5	0.1%
Kuwait	5	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	4	0.1%
Zimbabwe	4	0.1%
Ecuador	4	0.1%
Guatemala	4	0.1%
Jordan	4	0.1%
Singapore	4	0.1%
Middle East not stated	4	0.1%
Slovenia	4	0.1%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Brunei	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Stateless	2	0.0%
Algeria	2	0.0%
Angola	2	0.0%
Namibia	2	0.0%
Sierra Leone	2	0.0%
Rwanda	2	0.0%
Dominican Republic	2	0.0%
Jamaica	2	0.0%
Paraguay	2	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Guinea	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Mozambique	1	0.0%
Mali	1	0.0%
Sudan	1	0.0%
Chad	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Haiti	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Uruguay	1	0.0%
Maldives	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
North Korea	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Uzbekistan	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	1	0.0%
Georgia	1	0.0%
Montenegro	1	0.0%
Not stated	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	55,472	100.0%
Denmark	46,495	83.8%
Turkey	809	1.5%
Ukraine	560	1.0%
Syria	458	0.8%
Romania	441	0.8%
Poland	432	0.8%
Lebanon	363	0.7%
India	345	0.6%
Yugoslavia	339	0.6%
Iran	321	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Iraq	308	0.6%
Afghanistan	279	0.5%
Lithuania	250	0.5%
United Kingdom	238	0.4%
Germany	194	0.3%
Russia	191	0.3%
China	189	0.3%
Philippines	175	0.3%
Pakistan	167	0.3%
Sweden	157	0.3%
Ireland	157	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	140	0.3%
Serbia	136	0.2%
Bulgaria	132	0.2%
Norway	125	0.2%
Thailand	123	0.2%
Brazil	115	0.2%
Italy	108	0.2%
Hungary	98	0.2%
USA	84	0.2%
Iceland	66	0.1%
Sri Lanka	63	0.1%
Morocco	57	0.1%
Somalia	55	0.1%
France	54	0.1%
Finland	51	0.1%
Vietnam	49	0.1%
Croatia	48	0.1%
Netherlands	46	0.1%
Moldova	43	0.1%
Latvia	36	0.1%
Republic of North Macedonia	36	0.1%
Spain	35	0.1%
Nigeria	35	0.1%
Argentina	32	0.1%
Ghana	31	0.1%
South Africa	29	0.1%
Austria	27	0.0%
Uganda	27	0.0%
Greece	26	0.0%
Portugal	26	0.0%
Colombia	25	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	21	0.0%
Nepal	21	0.0%
Kenya	20	0.0%
Slovakia	20	0.0%
Czech Republic	18	0.0%
Estonia	17	0.0%
Switzerland	16	0.0%
Canada	16	0.0%
Peru	16	0.0%
Venezuela	16	0.0%
Australia	16	0.0%
Egypt	15	0.0%
Bangladesh	15	0.0%
Indonesia	15	0.0%
South Korea	15	0.0%
Kosovo	15	0.0%
Japan	14	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	14	0.0%
Tunisia	13	0.0%
Mexico	13	0.0%
Nicaragua	13	0.0%
Israel	13	0.0%
Soviet Union	12	0.0%
Eritrea	12	0.0%
Tanzania	12	0.0%
Belgium	11	0.0%
Gambia, The	11	0.0%
Chile	10	0.0%
Myanmar	10	0.0%
Malaysia	10	0.0%
Ethiopia	9	0.0%
New Zealand	9	0.0%
Albania	8	0.0%
Ivory Coast	8	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	8	0.0%
Belarus	8	0.0%
Burundi	7	0.0%
Ecuador	7	0.0%
Armenia	7	0.0%
Kazakhstan	7	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	6	0.0%
Libya	6	0.0%
Kuwait	6	0.0%
Singapore	6	0.0%
Cameroon	5	0.0%
Jordan	5	0.0%
Azerbaijan	5	0.0%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	4	0.0%
Algeria	4	0.0%
Sierra Leone	4	0.0%
Zimbabwe	4	0.0%
Guatemala	4	0.0%
Middle East not stated	4	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Brunei	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Stateless	2	0.0%
Angola	2	0.0%
Namibia	2	0.0%
Rwanda	2	0.0%
Dominican Republic	2	0.0%
Jamaica	2	0.0%
Uruguay	2	0.0%
Montenegro	2	0.0%
Not stated	2	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Guinea	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Mozambique	1	0.0%
Mali	1	0.0%
Sudan	1	0.0%
Chad	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Haiti	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Maldives	1	0.0%
North Korea	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Uzbekistan	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	1	0.0%
Georgia	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 Hillerød

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.

Allerød as a Hillerød alternative in the same region

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

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,278 Allerød vs 8,306 Hillerød−36%
Rent: €11.54/m² Allerød vs €11.87/m² Hillerødno percentage
Unemployment: 1.6% Allerød vs 2.2% Hillerød−27%
Residents: 26,128 Allerød vs 54,855 Hillerød−52%
Nearest airport: 33.8 km Allerød vs 39.6 km Hillerød−15%

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Ringkøbing-Skjern as a Hillerød alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 244 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 8,306 Hillerød−53%
Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €11.87/m² Hillerød−12%
Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 2.2% Hillerød−23%
Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 39.6 km Hillerød+45%
Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 54,855 Hillerød+1%

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Tallinn as a Hillerød alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 833 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €11.87/m² (2026) Hillerødno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 6.0 µg/m³ Hillerød−50%
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 39.6 km Hillerød−86%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,030 Tallinn vs 8,306 Hillerødno percentage

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Cities near Hillerød

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Alternative cities in Denmark

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All Denmark cities

Haderslev55,354 residents Ringkøbing-Skjern55,582 residents Hvidovre53,760 residents Greve53,536 residents Ballerup52,939 residents Fredericia52,616 residents

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Hillerød in rankings

#11 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Denmark #21 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Denmark

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hillerød under the national coverage rules.

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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; Hillerød's school authority applies it locally.

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Common questions

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How many people live in Hillerød?

The published population was 54,855 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 Hillerød?

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.

How safe is Hillerød?

Police recorded about 8,306 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 Hillerød?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Hillerød?

6,086 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 Hillerød a good place to live?

Hillerød 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 Hillerød?

Fredensborg, Lillerød, Allerød, Nivå, Birkerød are near Hillerød. 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 Hillerød?

The official citizenship distribution records 49,265 people (88.8%) 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). Hillerød, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6757ecb96bbff40978093a8799a2fe28]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/hillerod/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Hillerød, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {6757ecb96bbff40978093a8799a2fe28},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/hillerod/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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