Living in Lyngby-Taarbæk

In Lyngby-Taarbæk, the median rent tenants pay is €968 a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.6% (2025).

The nearest airport was CPH, 19.5 km away, with 121 listed destinations in June 2026. The city covered 38.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,511 people per km² in 2026. The unemployment rate was 2.6% in November 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2628 sources

Population58,713people1 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 rate2.6%country median 2.5% — 4% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force

Recorded crime7,356offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 29% aboveOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Lyngby-Taarbæk?

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in DenmarkNational rates and thresholds that apply in Lyngby-Taarbæk.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 broadband⁷Official · 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	968.1 EUR/month	1 Jan 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁴Official

Is Lyngby-Taarbæk a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–67%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student33%strong on cost, weak on education · range 23–43%

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

Retirement52%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Lyngby-Taarbæk?

The unemployment rate is 2.6 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹¹

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Lyngby-Taarbæk is 2.6%. 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

Lyngby-Taarbæk 2.6%

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	93 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹³Official
Unemployment rate	2.6 %country median 2.5%	30 Nov 2025	StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Lyngby-Taarbæk?

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 Lyngby-Taarbæk. 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Lyngby-Taarbæk?

Police recorded about 7,356 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: 7,356 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹²

Recorded crime across major citiesLyngby-Taarbæk highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Copenhagen9,141

Odense8,856

Frederiksberg8,617

Aarhus8,603

Lyngby-Taarbæk7,356

Esbjerg7,110

Vejle6,990

Aalborg6,774

Randers6,567

Horsens6,002

Silkeborg5,311

Viborg5,303

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,356 offences per 100,000country median 5,709	31 Dec 2025	StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹²Official
Safety City Crime Reporting Coverage	12 months/year	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Car density was 430 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.dat⁹Official
Nearest airport	CPH	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	19.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

3°-1°

4°-1°

7°1°

12°4°

17°8°

20°11°

23°13°

22°14°

18°11°

13°7°

8°4°

5°1°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

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

PM2.57WHO 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	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.3 · Feb 3.6 · Mar 6.7 · Apr 12.5 · May 17.3 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 22.8 · Aug 22.5 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 12.6 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -0.7 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 3.8 · May 7.7 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.4 · Aug 13.6 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.9 · Nov 3.6 · Dec 0.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · 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.csv¹⁹Official · 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.csv¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Schleswig (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.4 °C, Kiel (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Schwentinental (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Heide (Germany) ±0.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Lyngby-Taarbæk?

The published population was 58,713 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport85.6%
Foreign residents14.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	430 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	38.8 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	8,466 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	1,511 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.²Official
Population Female	29,539 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁴Official
Population Male	29,075 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁴Official
Population	58,713 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁶Official
Safety City Crime Covered Population	58,713 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)¹⁵Official

International community in Lyngby-Taarbæk

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	58,671	100.0%
Denmark	50,208	85.6%
China	785	1.3%
Ukraine	487	0.8%
Iran	430	0.7%
India	419	0.7%
Italy	405	0.7%
Spain	353	0.6%
Germany	321	0.5%
Poland	318	0.5%
Syria	245	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom	225	0.4%
Sweden	220	0.4%
Greece	220	0.4%
France	214	0.4%
Portugal	212	0.4%
Norway	184	0.3%
Romania	175	0.3%
USA	167	0.3%
Turkey	149	0.3%
Bangladesh	143	0.2%
Iceland	140	0.2%
Afghanistan	140	0.2%
Philippines	128	0.2%
Lithuania	118	0.2%
Iraq	111	0.2%
Pakistan	106	0.2%
Russia	106	0.2%
Netherlands	105	0.2%
Bulgaria	104	0.2%
Brazil	95	0.2%
Thailand	87	0.1%
Hungary	82	0.1%
Eritrea	69	0.1%
Mexico	69	0.1%
Stateless	63	0.1%
Ireland	48	0.1%
Republic of North Macedonia	47	0.1%
Latvia	45	0.1%
Slovakia	44	0.1%
Finland	41	0.1%
Australia	39	0.1%
Croatia	39	0.1%
Canada	38	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	38	0.1%
Switzerland	36	0.1%
Vietnam	36	0.1%
Belgium	35	0.1%
Austria	34	0.1%
Somalia	32	0.1%
Nepal	32	0.1%
Indonesia	31	0.1%
Japan	31	0.1%
South Korea	29	0.0%
Czech Republic	28	0.0%
Kenya	27	0.0%
Ghana	23	0.0%
Egypt	23	0.0%
Lebanon	23	0.0%
Estonia	22	0.0%
South Africa	21	0.0%
Singapore	21	0.0%
Colombia	18	0.0%
Serbia	18	0.0%
Albania	17	0.0%
Argentina	17	0.0%
Chile	16	0.0%
Malaysia	16	0.0%
Slovenia	16	0.0%
Morocco	15	0.0%
Sri Lanka	15	0.0%
Cyprus	14	0.0%
Nigeria	13	0.0%
Peru	13	0.0%
Israel	13	0.0%
Montenegro	13	0.0%
Uganda	12	0.0%
Jordan	9	0.0%
Ethiopia	8	0.0%
Ivory Coast	8	0.0%
Ecuador	8	0.0%
Taiwan	8	0.0%
Belarus	8	0.0%
Luxembourg	7	0.0%
Burundi	7	0.0%
Libya	6	0.0%
Sierra Leone	6	0.0%
Tunisia	6	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	6	0.0%
Cuba	6	0.0%
New Zealand	6	0.0%
Kosovo	6	0.0%
Namibia	5	0.0%
Rwanda	5	0.0%
Cambodia	5	0.0%
Kazakhstan	5	0.0%
Tanzania	4	0.0%
Cameroon	4	0.0%
Costa Rica	4	0.0%
Georgia	4	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Malta	2	0.0%
Benin	2	0.0%
Zimbabwe	2	0.0%
Laos	2	0.0%
Algeria	1	0.0%
Guinea	1	0.0%
Madagascar	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Bolivia	1	0.0%
Dominican Republic	1	0.0%
Grenada	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%
Yemen	1	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	1	0.0%
Uzbekistan	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	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	58,671	100.0%
Denmark	47,105	80.3%
China	1,007	1.7%
Iran	704	1.2%
Ukraine	517	0.9%
India	476	0.8%
Poland	415	0.7%
Germany	400	0.7%
Iraq	391	0.7%
Italy	346	0.6%
Syria	337	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Spain	310	0.5%
Afghanistan	294	0.5%
Turkey	281	0.5%
United Kingdom	262	0.4%
USA	227	0.4%
Sweden	224	0.4%
Pakistan	216	0.4%
Greece	213	0.4%
France	208	0.4%
Romania	194	0.3%
Russia	193	0.3%
Norway	189	0.3%
Portugal	167	0.3%
Philippines	161	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	158	0.3%
Iceland	157	0.3%
Brazil	157	0.3%
Bangladesh	149	0.3%
Lebanon	137	0.2%
Lithuania	126	0.2%
Thailand	117	0.2%
Hungary	113	0.2%
Vietnam	111	0.2%
Netherlands	107	0.2%
Republic of North Macedonia	107	0.2%
Bulgaria	96	0.2%
Mexico	91	0.2%
Yugoslavia	87	0.1%
Morocco	85	0.1%
Somalia	75	0.1%
Eritrea	71	0.1%
Finland	70	0.1%
Canada	64	0.1%
Jordan	63	0.1%
Egypt	60	0.1%
Latvia	60	0.1%
Argentina	58	0.1%
Slovakia	49	0.1%
Ireland	43	0.1%
Indonesia	43	0.1%
Australia	41	0.1%
Sri Lanka	40	0.1%
Albania	39	0.1%
Chile	39	0.1%
Nepal	39	0.1%
Belgium	37	0.1%
Switzerland	37	0.1%
Uganda	37	0.1%
Japan	37	0.1%
Austria	36	0.1%
South Africa	35	0.1%
South Korea	35	0.1%
Cambodia	33	0.1%
Serbia	33	0.1%
Ghana	32	0.1%
Colombia	32	0.1%
Israel	32	0.1%
Kenya	30	0.1%
Croatia	30	0.1%
Estonia	28	0.0%
Czech Republic	25	0.0%
Cameroon	22	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	22	0.0%
Soviet Union	21	0.0%
Algeria	21	0.0%
Peru	21	0.0%
Malaysia	21	0.0%
Taiwan	20	0.0%
Singapore	20	0.0%
Ethiopia	19	0.0%
Ecuador	19	0.0%
Moldova	17	0.0%
Slovenia	17	0.0%
Nigeria	16	0.0%
Rwanda	16	0.0%
Ivory Coast	15	0.0%
Venezuela	15	0.0%
Montenegro	15	0.0%
Kosovo	15	0.0%
Libya	14	0.0%
Cyprus	13	0.0%
Belarus	12	0.0%
Kazakhstan	12	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	11	0.0%
Sierra Leone	11	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	11	0.0%
Burundi	10	0.0%
Kuwait	10	0.0%
Stateless	9	0.0%
Namibia	9	0.0%
Zimbabwe	9	0.0%
New Zealand	9	0.0%
Tunisia	8	0.0%
Cuba	8	0.0%
Georgia	8	0.0%
Gambia, The	7	0.0%
Tanzania	7	0.0%
Costa Rica	7	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	7	0.0%
Armenia	7	0.0%
Luxembourg	6	0.0%
Benin	6	0.0%
Senegal	6	0.0%
Togo	6	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	6	0.0%
Honduras	5	0.0%
Myanmar	5	0.0%
Azerbaijan	5	0.0%
Uzbekistan	5	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	5	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	4	0.0%
Uruguay	4	0.0%
Middle East not stated	4	0.0%
Not stated	4	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Guinea	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Bolivia	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Malta	2	0.0%
Madagascar	2	0.0%
Sudan	2	0.0%
Paraguay	2	0.0%
El Salvador	2	0.0%
Andorra	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Barbados	1	0.0%
South and central America not stated	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Grenada	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%
West Bank	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Brunei	1	0.0%
Laos	1	0.0%
Asia not stated	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	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	9,546	100.0%
China	819	8.6%
Iran	578	6.1%
Ukraine	494	5.2%
India	428	4.5%
Germany	356	3.7%
Italy	337	3.5%
Poland	336	3.5%
Spain	305	3.2%
Syria	253	2.7%
Iraq	243	2.5%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom	230	2.4%
USA	209	2.2%
France	200	2.1%
Greece	199	2.1%
Afghanistan	197	2.1%
Sweden	194	2.0%
Turkey	191	2.0%
Romania	167	1.7%
Norway	166	1.7%
Portugal	162	1.7%
Philippines	153	1.6%
Russia	150	1.6%
Brazil	143	1.5%
Bangladesh	138	1.4%
Pakistan	136	1.4%
Iceland	123	1.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	113	1.2%
Lithuania	112	1.2%
Thailand	109	1.1%
Hungary	99	1.0%
Netherlands	98	1.0%
Bulgaria	85	0.9%
Mexico	83	0.9%
Vietnam	77	0.8%
Republic of North Macedonia	76	0.8%
Canada	60	0.6%
Eritrea	58	0.6%
Argentina	55	0.6%
Lebanon	55	0.6%
Finland	53	0.6%
Latvia	50	0.5%
Morocco	46	0.5%
Slovakia	46	0.5%
Egypt	44	0.5%
Ireland	39	0.4%
Indonesia	39	0.4%
Somalia	38	0.4%
Switzerland	36	0.4%
Nepal	36	0.4%
Australia	36	0.4%
Jordan	35	0.4%
Belgium	34	0.4%
Yugoslavia	34	0.4%
Chile	34	0.4%
Japan	34	0.4%
Albania	33	0.3%
Austria	30	0.3%
Colombia	30	0.3%
South Korea	30	0.3%
Ghana	29	0.3%
Kenya	29	0.3%
Croatia	29	0.3%
Israel	28	0.3%
South Africa	26	0.3%
Uganda	26	0.3%
Estonia	25	0.3%
Czech Republic	25	0.3%
Serbia	24	0.3%
Cambodia	21	0.2%
Sri Lanka	21	0.2%
Malaysia	21	0.2%
Peru	19	0.2%
Taiwan	19	0.2%
Singapore	19	0.2%
Ecuador	18	0.2%
Soviet Union	17	0.2%
Slovenia	17	0.2%
Algeria	15	0.2%
Nigeria	14	0.1%
Cameroon	14	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic	14	0.1%
Venezuela	14	0.1%
Moldova	14	0.1%
Ethiopia	13	0.1%
Rwanda	12	0.1%
Cyprus	12	0.1%
Belarus	12	0.1%
Kosovo	11	0.1%
Ivory Coast	10	0.1%
Montenegro	10	0.1%
New Zealand	9	0.1%
Czechoslovakia	8	0.1%
Libya	8	0.1%
Tunisia	8	0.1%
Zimbabwe	8	0.1%
Kuwait	8	0.1%
Kazakhstan	8	0.1%
Georgia	8	0.1%
Namibia	7	0.1%
Sierra Leone	7	0.1%
Costa Rica	7	0.1%
Trinidad and Tobago	7	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	7	0.1%
Luxembourg	6	0.1%
Burundi	6	0.1%
Cuba	6	0.1%
Honduras	5	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	5	0.1%
Myanmar	5	0.1%
Uzbekistan	5	0.1%
Stateless	4	0.0%
Senegal	4	0.0%
Togo	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Azerbaijan	4	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Gambia, The	3	0.0%
Guinea	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Tanzania	3	0.0%
Benin	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
Middle East not stated	3	0.0%
Not stated	3	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	2	0.0%
Malta	2	0.0%
Madagascar	2	0.0%
Mauritania	2	0.0%
Bolivia	2	0.0%
Paraguay	2	0.0%
Turkmenistan	2	0.0%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	2	0.0%
Andorra	1	0.0%
Mauritius	1	0.0%
Sudan	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Barbados	1	0.0%
South and central America not stated	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Grenada	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
West Bank	1	0.0%
Bahrain	1	0.0%
Brunei	1	0.0%
Laos	1	0.0%
Asia not stated	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	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)⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Lyngby-Taarbæk

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 Lyngby-Taarbæk alternative in the same region

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

Nearest airport: 7.3 km Greve vs 19.5 km Lyngby-Taarbæk−63%
Rent: €11.21/m² Greve vs €11.87/m² Lyngby-Taarbæk−6%
Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Greve vs 7.0 µg/m³ Lyngby-Taarbæk−14%
Unemployment: 2.5% Greve vs 2.6% Lyngby-Taarbæk−4%
Residents: 53,536 Greve vs 58,713 Lyngby-Taarbæk−9%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,526 Greve vs 7,356 Lyngby-Taarbæksame level

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Ringkøbing-Skjern as a Lyngby-Taarbæk alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 257 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 19.5 km Lyngby-Taarbæk+194%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 7,356 Lyngby-Taarbæk−47%
Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 2.6% Lyngby-Taarbæk−35%
Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €11.87/m² Lyngby-Taarbæk−12%
Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 58,713 Lyngby-Taarbæk−5%

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Cities near Lyngby-Taarbæk

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

Rudersdal 4.7 km away

Rent: 951.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Gentofte 4.9 km away

Rent: 956.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Gladsaxe 5.7 km away

Rent: 881.7 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Alternative cities in Denmark

Other cities in Denmark to compare with Lyngby-Taarbæk, nearest in population first.

All Denmark cities

Aabenraa58,621 residents Høje-Taastrup59,059 residents Holstebro59,201 residents Guldborgsund59,350 residents Frederikshavn57,882 residents Svendborg60,001 residents

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Lyngby-Taarbæk in rankings

#29 of 30 in Largest cities in Denmark

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Lyngby-Taarbæk 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; Lyngby-Taarbæk'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 Lyngby-Taarbæk?

The published population was 58,713 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk?

Police recorded about 7,356 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk?

The unemployment rate is 2.6 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Lyngby-Taarbæk?

8,466 people 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk a good place to live?

Lyngby-Taarbæk 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk?

Kongens Lyngby, Rudersdal, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Charlottenlund are near Lyngby-Taarbæk. 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 Lyngby-Taarbæk?

The official citizenship distribution records 58,671 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 26). Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6007b769068a74e353dcab00d0b2dc7e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/lyngby-taarbaek/ Retrieved 2026-09-26. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_lyngby-taarb-k-denmark-population-rent-salary-jobs_6ede3e7be6d0,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-26},
  version = {6007b769068a74e353dcab00d0b2dc7e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/lyngby-taarbaek/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-26. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

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