Living in Odense
Odense is a city in Denmark. For Odense, the foreign population was 22,507 at the start of 2026. A monthly estimate placed internet service at €33.40 in August 2026.
Higher unemployment than 94% of Danish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 93% of Danish cities that publish it.
Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Odense?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Odense?
Average net cold rent is 7.7 EUR/m² per month (2012), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 7.7 EUR/m²/month · Eurostat4
Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitness club membership, monthly | 31.71 EUR/month | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Col Groceries Index Basket Eur Month | 93.03 EUR/month | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 33.4 EUR/month | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Private kindergarten, monthly | 454.4 EUR/month | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Meal at an inexpensive restaurant | 25.42 eur | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 12.48 EUR/month | 31 Jul 2026 | Cost of Living in Odense. Jul 2026. Prices in Odense17Commercial estimate · Supplemental context |
| Monthly transport pass | 46.82 EUR/month | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Basic utilities, 85 m² home | 148.5 EUR/month | 3 Aug 2026 | Numbeo17Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 7.7 EUR/m²/month | 31 Dec 2012 | Eurostat4Official |
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 462 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.7 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
The unemployment rate was 3.7% in November 2025.
What is the unemployment rate in Odense?
The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force9
Unemployment rate (%)
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Odense. 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 Odense. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Odense?
Police recorded about 8,856 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: 8,856 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types10
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 8,856 offences per 100,000country median 5,709 | 31 Dec 2025 | StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types10Official |
| Safety City Crime Reporting Coverage | 12 months/year | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)15Official |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was ODE, 9.3 km away in June 2026. Car density was 429 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.
Language courses and integration in Odense
0 exact private or nonprofit provider records are linked to this city as supplemental evidence. Check the linked source for dates, availability and enrolment.
Danish education through Odense Job- og integrationshuset — State Language Course
Odense Kommune / Job- og integrationshuset
For newly arrived residents, migrants.
Climate and air quality
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 | 6 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DK NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Odense/9159")2Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 13 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DK PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Odense/9155")3Official · nearest-station reading |
| Annual mean temperature (modelled) | 9.1 °C | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| Annual precipitation (modelled) | 701.3 mm/year | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| January mean temperature (modelled) | 1.38 °C | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| January minimum temperature (modelled) | -9.93 °C | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| July maximum temperature (modelled) | 28.02 °C | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| July mean temperature (modelled) | 17.6 °C | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| Daily precipitation rate (modelled) | 1.92 mm/day | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| Solar exposure (modelled) | 2.89 kWh/m²/day | 2001-2020 | NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology6Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate |
| Climate Monthly Extreme High C | Jan 9.89 · Feb 10.84 · Mar 14.29 · Apr 19.63 · May 23.73 · Jun 26.58 · Jul 28.02 · Aug 27.97 · Sep 24.73 · Oct 21.36 · Nov 16.09 · Dec 10.34 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official |
| Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | Jan -9.93 · Feb -9.56 · Mar -7.27 · Apr -1.91 · May 1.54 · Jun 6.43 · Jul 9.42 · Aug 9.96 · Sep 6.8 · Oct -0.03 · Nov -4.28 · Dec -9.38 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 1.8 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 3.7 · Apr 7.6 · May 11.7 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.3 · Aug 17.2 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 5.7 · Dec 3 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station H_C_ANDERSEN_AIRPORT_06120.csv16Official · nearest-station reading |
Cities of a similar size in Denmark
Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.
Population and city profile
The city covered 305.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 698 people per km² in 2026.
How many people live in Odense?
The published population was 213,168 people in 2026. Source: Statistics Denmark11
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 429 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.1Official |
| City area | 305.6 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.1Official |
| Foreign residents | 22,507 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.1Official |
| Population density | 698 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.1Official |
| Population Female | 107,820 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)13Official |
| Population Male | 105,348 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)13Official |
| Population | 213,168 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Statistics Denmark11Official |
| Safety City Crime Covered Population | 210,803 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)14Official |
International community in Odense
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 | 213,140 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 190,666 | 89.5% |
| Ukraine | 1,849 | 0.9% |
| Syria | 1,556 | 0.7% |
| Poland | 1,135 | 0.5% |
| Romania | 1,021 | 0.5% |
| Turkey | 995 | 0.5% |
| Germany | 907 | 0.4% |
| Iran | 739 | 0.3% |
| Italy | 730 | 0.3% |
| Somalia | 705 | 0.3% |
Show 140 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 653 | 0.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 624 | 0.3% |
| Vietnam | 600 | 0.3% |
| Iceland | 598 | 0.3% |
| Norway | 526 | 0.2% |
| Stateless | 495 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 435 | 0.2% |
| Sweden | 430 | 0.2% |
| India | 422 | 0.2% |
| Bangladesh | 377 | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 365 | 0.2% |
| Pakistan | 360 | 0.2% |
| Lithuania | 340 | 0.2% |
| Bulgaria | 325 | 0.2% |
| China | 317 | 0.1% |
| Nepal | 314 | 0.1% |
| Eritrea | 274 | 0.1% |
| Portugal | 263 | 0.1% |
| Spain | 263 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 261 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 250 | 0.1% |
| USA | 238 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 234 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 209 | 0.1% |
| France | 204 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 189 | 0.1% |
| Philippines | 187 | 0.1% |
| Russia | 154 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 135 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 130 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 128 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | 128 | 0.1% |
| Czech Republic | 127 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 118 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 101 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 100 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 99 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 98 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 97 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 89 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 81 | 0.0% |
| Finland | 71 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 68 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 60 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 60 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 58 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | 53 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 51 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 49 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 44 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 41 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 38 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 37 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 35 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 33 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 32 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 31 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 31 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 30 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 28 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 27 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 26 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 26 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 25 | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 23 | 0.0% |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 22 | 0.0% |
| Cameroon | 21 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia | 19 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 19 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 19 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 19 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 18 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 17 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 16 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 16 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 15 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 15 | 0.0% |
| Singapore | 15 | 0.0% |
| Zambia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 14 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 13 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 11 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 0.0% |
| Mozambique | 9 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 9 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 8 | 0.0% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 8 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 7 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 6 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 6 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 5 | 0.0% |
| South Sudan | 5 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 5 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 5 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 4 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Republic | 4 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 0.0% |
| Malawi | 4 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 0.0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 3 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 0.0% |
| Chad | 3 | 0.0% |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 3 | 0.0% |
| Mongolia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 2 | 0.0% |
| Namibia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Niger | 2 | 0.0% |
| Senegal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0.0% |
| Samoa | 2 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0.0% |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 0.0% |
| Botswana | 1 | 0.0% |
| Libya | 1 | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mali | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guyana | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maldives | 1 | 0.0% |
| North Korea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Qatar | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source1
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 | 27,902 | 100.0% |
| Ukraine | 1,800 | 6.5% |
| Iraq | 1,584 | 5.7% |
| Syria | 1,577 | 5.7% |
| Vietnam | 1,335 | 4.8% |
| Turkey | 1,296 | 4.6% |
| Iran | 1,272 | 4.6% |
| Lebanon | 1,268 | 4.5% |
| Poland | 1,257 | 4.5% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,216 | 4.4% |
| Somalia | 1,078 | 3.9% |
Show 158 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,038 | 3.7% |
| Romania | 925 | 3.3% |
| Italy | 611 | 2.2% |
| Afghanistan | 568 | 2.0% |
| Iceland | 541 | 1.9% |
| Pakistan | 539 | 1.9% |
| Norway | 430 | 1.5% |
| India | 429 | 1.5% |
| Bangladesh | 371 | 1.3% |
| United Kingdom | 351 | 1.3% |
| China | 334 | 1.2% |
| Nepal | 331 | 1.2% |
| Lithuania | 318 | 1.1% |
| Sweden | 280 | 1.0% |
| Thailand | 277 | 1.0% |
| Bulgaria | 272 | 1.0% |
| Philippines | 263 | 0.9% |
| Hungary | 262 | 0.9% |
| Albania | 258 | 0.9% |
| USA | 244 | 0.9% |
| Russia | 231 | 0.8% |
| Spain | 228 | 0.8% |
| Sri Lanka | 220 | 0.8% |
| Yugoslavia | 217 | 0.8% |
| France | 199 | 0.7% |
| Eritrea | 199 | 0.7% |
| Portugal | 182 | 0.7% |
| Brazil | 180 | 0.6% |
| Greece | 177 | 0.6% |
| Netherlands | 163 | 0.6% |
| Kuwait | 148 | 0.5% |
| Morocco | 126 | 0.5% |
| Ghana | 122 | 0.4% |
| Latvia | 122 | 0.4% |
| Croatia | 118 | 0.4% |
| Czech Republic | 113 | 0.4% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 102 | 0.4% |
| Slovakia | 100 | 0.4% |
| Egypt | 88 | 0.3% |
| Serbia | 81 | 0.3% |
| Kosovo | 76 | 0.3% |
| Nigeria | 72 | 0.3% |
| Middle East not stated | 71 | 0.3% |
| Finland | 69 | 0.2% |
| Canada | 69 | 0.2% |
| Israel | 69 | 0.2% |
| Algeria | 67 | 0.2% |
| Ireland | 64 | 0.2% |
| Mexico | 58 | 0.2% |
| Argentina | 54 | 0.2% |
| Myanmar | 54 | 0.2% |
| Armenia | 54 | 0.2% |
| Japan | 53 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 51 | 0.2% |
| Venezuela | 50 | 0.2% |
| Jordan | 50 | 0.2% |
| Belgium | 48 | 0.2% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 48 | 0.2% |
| Kenya | 46 | 0.2% |
| Uganda | 45 | 0.2% |
| Ethiopia | 44 | 0.2% |
| Australia | 44 | 0.2% |
| Indonesia | 43 | 0.2% |
| Chile | 40 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 40 | 0.1% |
| Sudan | 38 | 0.1% |
| Moldova | 38 | 0.1% |
| Slovenia | 36 | 0.1% |
| South Africa | 35 | 0.1% |
| Estonia | 35 | 0.1% |
| Switzerland | 34 | 0.1% |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 0.1% |
| South Korea | 34 | 0.1% |
| Belarus | 34 | 0.1% |
| Peru | 31 | 0.1% |
| Cameroon | 29 | 0.1% |
| Tanzania | 28 | 0.1% |
| Gambia, The | 27 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 26 | 0.1% |
| New Zealand | 25 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 0.1% |
| Soviet Union | 23 | 0.1% |
| Zambia | 22 | 0.1% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 21 | 0.1% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 20 | 0.1% |
| Cuba | 20 | 0.1% |
| Singapore | 20 | 0.1% |
| Ecuador | 18 | 0.1% |
| Malaysia | 18 | 0.1% |
| Montenegro | 17 | 0.1% |
| Stateless | 15 | 0.1% |
| Libya | 15 | 0.1% |
| Mozambique | 15 | 0.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 15 | 0.1% |
| Czechoslovakia | 14 | 0.1% |
| Asia not stated | 14 | 0.1% |
| Bolivia | 12 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 12 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Republic | 11 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 11 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 0.0% |
| Palestine | 10 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 10 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 10 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 10 | 0.0% |
| Yemen | 10 | 0.0% |
| Bhutan | 10 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 9 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 0.0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 7 | 0.0% |
| Namibia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 6 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.0% |
| Not stated | 6 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 5 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 5 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 5 | 0.0% |
| Senegal | 5 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 5 | 0.0% |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 4 | 0.0% |
| South Sudan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 4 | 0.0% |
| Mongolia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 3 | 0.0% |
| Chad | 3 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 3 | 0.0% |
| Panama | 3 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 3 | 0.0% |
| North Korea | 3 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.0% |
| Comoros | 2 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 2 | 0.0% |
| Niger | 2 | 0.0% |
| Malawi | 2 | 0.0% |
| Guyana | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| Brunei | 2 | 0.0% |
| Samoa | 2 | 0.0% |
| Botswana | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mali | 1 | 0.0% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maldives | 1 | 0.0% |
| Qatar | 1 | 0.0% |
| Belize | 1 | 0.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source1
Ancestry or ethnicity
Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Persons of Danish origin · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 174,181 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 174,181 | 100.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source1
Is Odense 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.
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Portal Url | https://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url | 27 Aug 2026 | nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)7Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Odense 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 guideCommon questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Odense?
The published population was 213,168 people in 2026. Source: Statistics Denmark.
How much does it cost to rent in Odense?
Average net cold rent is 7.7 EUR/m² per month (2012), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 539 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Eurostat.
How safe is Odense?
Police recorded about 8,856 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 Odense?
The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.
How many foreign residents live in Odense?
22,507 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..
How much is public transport in Odense?
A monthly transport pass is 46.82 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Numbeo.
Is Odense a good place to live?
Odense 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.
How many people are in the Total citizenship group in Odense?
The official citizenship distribution records 213,140 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 12). Odense, Denmark: rent, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/odense/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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Sources
- 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. api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-07-15
- EEA air quality statistics — DK NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Odense/9159") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
- EEA air quality statistics — DK PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Odense/9155") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
- Eurostat ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-27
- NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
- NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology NASA POWER · power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-09-12
- nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English) nyidanmark.dk · nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-06-10
- OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
- StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force StatBank Denmark AUP02 · api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-07-26
- StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types StatBank Denmark STRAF11 · api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-07-27
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- Statistics Denmark api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-08-05
- Statistics Denmark (Statbank) api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-08-07
- Statistics Denmark (Statbank) api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-08-07
- Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter) api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-09-05
- Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences) api.statbank.dk · checked 2026-09-05
- WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station H_C_ANDERSEN_AIRPORT_06120.csv WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
- Numbeo numbeo.com · checked 2026-08-03
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