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Helsingør

Helsingør had 64,244 residents on 1 January 2026. Average disposable income was DKK 310,173 per person in 2024, 4% below the regional average. 49% of occupied homes were lived in by their owner, and 28% were social housing (almene boliger). The population has grown by 3.5% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 217 · Danmarks Statistik · Updated 26 October 2026
64,244residents1 January 2026
DKK 310,173disposable incomeavg. per person, 2024
49%owner-occupiedof occupied homes
13%green within 500 maverage
Helsingør · Capital Region of DenmarkHelsingør highlighted; the rest of the region in grey
Map of Capital Region of Denmark with Helsingør highlighted

Sources: Own calculations based on figures from Statistics Denmark (StatBank) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); municipal and regional boundaries from OpenStreetMap

All 10 parishes.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

ParishResidents65+Under 18Avg. ageIn workMaster’s levelGreen 500 mServices 15 min
Egebæksvang4,68025%20%46.666%27%28%40
Gurre98119%20%44.272%13%61%4
Hellebæk6,24329%19%47.860%14%15%12
Hornbæk5,39933%17%50.258%13%9%37
Mørdrup9,81423%23%43.461%17%7%82
Sankt Mariæ4,85541%12%54.348%11%8%117
Sankt Olai9,61422%16%44.663%11%6%112
Sthens8,11525%20%44.855%9%21%73
Tikøb2,99523%21%44.766%10%10%17
Vestervang11,41826%18%45.556%7%15%81

Sources: Own calculations based on figures from Statistics Denmark (StatBank) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); municipal and regional boundaries from OpenStreetMap

People.

Age on 1 January 2026, next to the figure for Capital Region of Denmark.

19%
aged under 18
11%
aged 18–29
21%
aged 30–49
23%
aged 50–64
26%
aged 65 and over
8%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

201662,092
201762,443
201862,686
201962,567
202062,695
202163,000
202262,875
202363,399
202463,838
202563,953
202664,244

Source: Own calculations based on figures from Statistics Denmark (StatBank)

Work, income and education.

Work on 1 January 2025 and highest completed education on 1 October 2025, residents aged 15 and over.

DKK 310,173
average disposable income per person
59%
of residents aged 15+ are in work
2.2%
of the labour force are unemployed
2.6%
full-time unemployed, 2025

Highest completed education

Primary and lower secondary23%
Upper secondary (general)10%
Vocational29%
Short-cycle higher5%
Medium-cycle higher and bachelor20%
Master’s and PhD12%

Disposable income is what is left for spending and saving once tax and interest have been paid. The figure is an average for everyone in the area in 2024.

Parish unemployment comes from residents’ socio-economic status on 1 January 2025. The municipal rate is full-time unemployment averaged over 2025. The two are measured differently.

Source: Own calculations based on figures from Statistics Denmark (StatBank)

Homes.

30,896 occupied homes in 2026.

Lived in by owner49%
Rented50%
Social housing (almene boliger)28%
Co-operative housing (andelsboliger)4%

Types of home

Detached houses and farmhouses33%
Terraced and semi-detached houses18%
Flats45%
Student halls and care homes2%
Other2%

Year built

Before 19008%
1900–193915%
1940–195915%
1960–197938%
1980–199912%
2000–20096%
2010 or later7%
453cars per 1,000 residents2026
2,244summer housesholiday homes
540residents per km²118.9 km²

Source: Own calculations based on figures from Statistics Denmark (StatBank)

Everyday life.

70 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 13% green space within 500 metres.

Shops and services are counted within 1.2 km in a straight line from the parish church, green space within 500 metres. Municipal and regional figures are averages weighted by population.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); municipal and regional boundaries from OpenStreetMap

Around here.

Photographs taken near Helsingør, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Sankt Mariae Helsingoer
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Sankt Mariae Helsingoer
Photo: Nico /Nils Jepsen · CC BY 3.0
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Sct. mariæ kirke (Helsingor)
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Sct. mariæ kirke (Helsingor)
Photo: Pequod76 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Helsingoer bymuseum
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Helsingoer bymuseum
Photo: René Blumensaadt Blumensaadt at da.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5
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