Living in Hvidovre

In Hvidovre, the median rent tenants pay is €953 a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.7% (2025).

Population density was 2,368 people per km² in 2026. The unemployment rate was 2.7% in November 2025. The nearest airport was CPH, 11.8 km away, with 121 listed destinations in June 2026. The city covered 22.9 km² in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2629 sources

Population53,760people1 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 rate2.7%country median 2.5% — 8% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force

Recorded crime9,743offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 71% 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 63% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 96% of Danish cities that publish it.

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

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 broadband⁸Official · 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 2026⁶Official · regional context
Median monthly rent	952.9 EUR/month	1 Jan 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁶Official

Is Hvidovre 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 worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–70%

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%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hvidovre?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹²

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Hvidovre is 2.7%. 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

Hvidovre 2.7%

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	97 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁴Official
Unemployment rate	2.7 %country median 2.5%	30 Nov 2025	StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹²Official

What does a salary buy in Hvidovre?

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

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Hvidovre?

Police recorded about 9,743 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: 9,743 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹³

Recorded crime across major citiesHvidovre highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Hvidovre9,743

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	9,743 offences per 100,000country median 5,709	31 Dec 2025	StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹³Official
Safety City Crime Reporting Coverage	12 months/year	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)¹⁸Official

Mobility and administration

Car density was 397 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	121 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	CPH	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	11.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hvidovre. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Hvidovre.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Hvidovre?

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

PM1018WHO 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	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
Climate Monthly Extreme High C	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 Center⁷Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low C	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 Center⁷Official
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

How many people live in Hvidovre?

The published population was 53,760 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 passport86.5%
Foreign residents13.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	397 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	22.9 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	7,283 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	2,368 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.²Official
Population Female	27,428 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁵Official
Population Male	26,800 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁵Official
Population	53,760 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁷Official
Safety City Crime Covered Population	53,760 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)¹⁶Official

International community in Hvidovre

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	54,234	100.0%
Denmark	46,930	86.5%
Turkey	852	1.6%
Ukraine	454	0.8%
China	441	0.8%
Nepal	342	0.6%
Pakistan	336	0.6%
Poland	316	0.6%
Sweden	250	0.5%
Romania	247	0.5%
India	220	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	214	0.4%
Republic of North Macedonia	200	0.4%
Italy	191	0.4%
United Kingdom	189	0.3%
Iraq	189	0.3%
Thailand	177	0.3%
Iran	157	0.3%
Germany	155	0.3%
Spain	137	0.3%
Portugal	136	0.3%
Syria	135	0.2%
Norway	134	0.2%
Bangladesh	115	0.2%
Philippines	101	0.2%
Afghanistan	87	0.2%
Iceland	78	0.1%
Lithuania	77	0.1%
Hungary	75	0.1%
Greece	74	0.1%
France	63	0.1%
Vietnam	55	0.1%
Netherlands	53	0.1%
USA	51	0.1%
Morocco	48	0.1%
Latvia	44	0.1%
Uganda	42	0.1%
Stateless	41	0.1%
Eritrea	40	0.1%
Brazil	40	0.1%
Russia	38	0.1%
Serbia	36	0.1%
Croatia	33	0.1%
Ireland	29	0.1%
Indonesia	29	0.1%
Nigeria	28	0.1%
Finland	27	0.0%
Estonia	27	0.0%
Argentina	26	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	23	0.0%
Kosovo	22	0.0%
Egypt	20	0.0%
Slovakia	20	0.0%
Lebanon	19	0.0%
Jordan	18	0.0%
Somalia	17	0.0%
Australia	16	0.0%
Sri Lanka	15	0.0%
Montenegro	15	0.0%
Belgium	14	0.0%
Canada	14	0.0%
Japan	14	0.0%
Austria	13	0.0%
Kenya	13	0.0%
Ghana	12	0.0%
Gambia, The	11	0.0%
Czech Republic	11	0.0%
Cameroon	10	0.0%
Colombia	9	0.0%
Peru	9	0.0%
Chile	8	0.0%
Mexico	8	0.0%
Albania	7	0.0%
South Africa	6	0.0%
Malaysia	6	0.0%
Singapore	6	0.0%
Malta	5	0.0%
Algeria	5	0.0%
Sierra Leone	5	0.0%
Togo	5	0.0%
Israel	5	0.0%
South Korea	5	0.0%
Belarus	5	0.0%
Switzerland	4	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	4	0.0%
Zambia	4	0.0%
Cuba	4	0.0%
Ecuador	4	0.0%
Moldova	4	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Tanzania	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Ivory Coast	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Guinea	2	0.0%
Burkina Faso	2	0.0%
Bolivia	2	0.0%
Dominican Republic	2	0.0%
El Salvador	2	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0.0%
New Zealand	2	0.0%
Azerbaijan	2	0.0%
Tajikistan	2	0.0%
Georgia	2	0.0%
Slovenia	2	0.0%
Yugoslavia	1	0.0%
Mauritius	1	0.0%
Namibia	1	0.0%
South Sudan	1	0.0%
Senegal	1	0.0%
Zimbabwe	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
Paraguay	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Cambodia	1	0.0%
Kazakhstan	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	8,920	100.0%
Turkey	1,004	11.3%
Pakistan	638	7.2%
Iraq	510	5.7%
China	448	5.0%
Ukraine	434	4.9%
Poland	358	4.0%
Nepal	356	4.0%
Iran	283	3.2%
India	253	2.8%
Romania	238	2.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Thailand	193	2.2%
Vietnam	188	2.1%
Bulgaria	186	2.1%
Germany	172	1.9%
Afghanistan	158	1.8%
Syria	157	1.8%
Republic of North Macedonia	155	1.7%
United Kingdom	146	1.6%
Philippines	143	1.6%
Sweden	138	1.5%
Bangladesh	133	1.5%
Morocco	129	1.4%
Lebanon	125	1.4%
Norway	109	1.2%
Italy	99	1.1%
Yugoslavia	99	1.1%
Argentina	91	1.0%
Spain	85	1.0%
Russia	84	0.9%
Hungary	78	0.9%
Lithuania	75	0.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	75	0.8%
Greece	72	0.8%
Iceland	63	0.7%
France	63	0.7%
Brazil	57	0.6%
USA	54	0.6%
Egypt	46	0.5%
Netherlands	42	0.5%
Portugal	42	0.5%
Somalia	42	0.5%
Uganda	40	0.4%
Nigeria	39	0.4%
Latvia	38	0.4%
Ghana	37	0.4%
Croatia	33	0.4%
Indonesia	32	0.4%
Jordan	31	0.3%
Eritrea	30	0.3%
Finland	28	0.3%
Ireland	27	0.3%
Sri Lanka	25	0.3%
Estonia	25	0.3%
Kosovo	25	0.3%
Serbia	24	0.3%
Kenya	23	0.3%
Chile	23	0.3%
Japan	22	0.2%
Moldova	20	0.2%
Australia	19	0.2%
Slovakia	19	0.2%
South Africa	18	0.2%
Kuwait	18	0.2%
Canada	17	0.2%
Colombia	17	0.2%
Mexico	16	0.2%
Peru	16	0.2%
Middle East not stated	15	0.2%
Austria	14	0.2%
Gambia, The	14	0.2%
Montenegro	14	0.2%
Belgium	13	0.1%
Soviet Union	13	0.1%
Algeria	13	0.1%
Cameroon	13	0.1%
Israel	13	0.1%
Venezuela	12	0.1%
Czech Republic	12	0.1%
Ethiopia	10	0.1%
Tanzania	10	0.1%
Tunisia	10	0.1%
Albania	9	0.1%
Switzerland	9	0.1%
Cuba	9	0.1%
Malaysia	9	0.1%
Belarus	9	0.1%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	9	0.1%
Czechoslovakia	8	0.1%
Burundi	8	0.1%
Sierra Leone	8	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic	8	0.1%
Ecuador	8	0.1%
South Korea	8	0.1%
Ivory Coast	7	0.1%
Azerbaijan	7	0.1%
Sudan	6	0.1%
Burkina Faso	6	0.1%
Zambia	6	0.1%
Georgia	6	0.1%
Malta	5	0.1%
Bolivia	5	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	5	0.1%
Bahrain	5	0.1%
Myanmar	5	0.1%
Uzbekistan	5	0.1%
Guinea	4	0.0%
Dominican Republic	4	0.0%
Nicaragua	4	0.0%
Cambodia	4	0.0%
Taiwan	4	0.0%
Singapore	4	0.0%
New Zealand	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Senegal	2	0.0%
Zimbabwe	2	0.0%
Costa Rica	2	0.0%
Guatemala	2	0.0%
Paraguay	2	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0.0%
Uruguay	2	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	2	0.0%
Turkmenistan	2	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0.0%
Equatorial Guinea	1	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	1	0.0%
Cape Verde	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Libya	1	0.0%
Mozambique	1	0.0%
Mauritius	1	0.0%
Namibia	1	0.0%
South Sudan	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Mauritania	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Guyana	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
Fiji	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	3,874	100.0%
Turkey	936	24.2%
Pakistan	560	14.5%
Iraq	340	8.8%
Lebanon	136	3.5%
Republic of North Macedonia	126	3.3%
Morocco	122	3.1%
China	102	2.6%
Vietnam	93	2.4%
Afghanistan	89	2.3%
India	86	2.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Iran	85	2.2%
Yugoslavia	80	2.1%
Poland	79	2.0%
Syria	73	1.9%
Nepal	56	1.4%
Romania	44	1.1%
Sweden	40	1.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	40	1.0%
Germany	36	0.9%
Philippines	36	0.9%
United Kingdom	35	0.9%
Somalia	31	0.8%
Uganda	29	0.7%
Bulgaria	28	0.7%
Jordan	28	0.7%
Thailand	26	0.7%
Kosovo	26	0.7%
Nigeria	23	0.6%
Sri Lanka	23	0.6%
Ukraine	23	0.6%
Bangladesh	22	0.6%
Egypt	20	0.5%
Russia	19	0.5%
Iceland	17	0.4%
Kuwait	16	0.4%
Norway	15	0.4%
Eritrea	14	0.4%
Finland	13	0.3%
Hungary	13	0.3%
Serbia	13	0.3%
Italy	12	0.3%
Portugal	11	0.3%
Algeria	11	0.3%
Greece	9	0.2%
Kenya	9	0.2%
Congo, Democratic Republic	9	0.2%
Estonia	9	0.2%
Lithuania	9	0.2%
Ghana	8	0.2%
Spain	7	0.2%
Gambia, The	7	0.2%
Cameroon	7	0.2%
Middle East not stated	7	0.2%
Croatia	7	0.2%
Burundi	6	0.2%
Ethiopia	6	0.2%
Brazil	6	0.2%
Israel	6	0.2%
Latvia	6	0.2%
Uzbekistan	6	0.2%
France	5	0.1%
Netherlands	5	0.1%
Soviet Union	5	0.1%
Argentina	5	0.1%
Indonesia	5	0.1%
Azerbaijan	5	0.1%
Sierra Leone	4	0.1%
Tunisia	4	0.1%
Zambia	4	0.1%
Chile	4	0.1%
USA	4	0.1%
South Korea	4	0.1%
Tanzania	3	0.1%
Armenia	3	0.1%
Slovenia	3	0.1%
Montenegro	3	0.1%
Czech Republic	3	0.1%
Libya	2	0.1%
Sudan	2	0.1%
South Africa	2	0.1%
Ivory Coast	2	0.1%
Togo	2	0.1%
Canada	2	0.1%
Colombia	2	0.1%
Mexico	2	0.1%
Peru	2	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	2	0.1%
Cambodia	2	0.1%
Taiwan	2	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	2	0.1%
Singapore	2	0.1%
Australia	2	0.1%
Moldova	2	0.1%
Slovakia	2	0.1%
Albania	1	0.0%
Belgium	1	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	1	0.0%
Ireland	1	0.0%
Switzerland	1	0.0%
Botswana	1	0.0%
Rwanda	1	0.0%
Senegal	1	0.0%
Burkina Faso	1	0.0%
Ecuador	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Uruguay	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Japan	1	0.0%
Malaysia	1	0.0%
Belarus	1	0.0%
Kazakhstan	1	0.0%
Georgia	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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
English Portal Url	https://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url	27 Aug 2026	nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Hvidovre

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 Hvidovre alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,526 Greve vs 9,743 Hvidovre−23%
Nearest airport: 7.3 km Greve vs 11.8 km Hvidovre−38%
Rent: €11.21/m² Greve vs €11.87/m² Hvidovre−6%
Unemployment: 2.5% Greve vs 2.7% Hvidovre−7%
Residents: 53,536 Greve vs 53,760 Hvidovre−0%
Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Greve vs 6.0 µg/m³ Hvidovresame level

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Ringkøbing-Skjern as a Hvidovre alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 258 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 11.8 km Hvidovre+386%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 9,743 Hvidovre−60%
Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 2.7% Hvidovre−37%
Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €11.87/m² Hvidovre−12%
Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 53,760 Hvidovre+3%

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Cities near Hvidovre

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

Frederiksberg 4.4 km away

Rent: 931.6 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Alternative cities in Denmark

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

All Denmark cities

Greve53,536 residents Ballerup52,939 residents Hillerød54,855 residents Fredericia52,616 residents Faaborg-Midtfyn52,284 residents Haderslev55,354 residents

How does Hvidovre compare?

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Hvidovre in rankings

#14 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Denmark

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hvidovre 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; Hvidovre'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 Hvidovre?

The published population was 53,760 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 Hvidovre?

How safe is Hvidovre?

Police recorded about 9,743 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 Hvidovre?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Hvidovre?

7,283 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 Hvidovre a good place to live?

Hvidovre 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 Hvidovre?

Avedøre, Rødovre, Brøndby, Frederiksberg, Brøndbyvester are near Hvidovre. 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 Hvidovre?

The official citizenship distribution records 54,234 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). Hvidovre, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1abcce4dcbdeb1b7905c554b2d194925]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/hvidovre/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_hvidovre-denmark-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_5bfcc4930b77,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Hvidovre, Denmark: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {1abcce4dcbdeb1b7905c554b2d194925},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/hvidovre/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

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