Vesterbro parish

Vesterbro parish (Copenhagen) had 46,812 residents on 1 January 2026, with an average age of 35.8. 73% of residents aged 15 and over were in work, 6% above the municipal average. The population has grown by 6.1% since 2016.

Parish (sogn) · Code 9185 · Danmarks Statistik · Updated 26 October 2026

46,812residents1 January 2026

35.8years, average age1 January 2026

73%in workresidents aged 15+

7%aged 65+DST

CopenhagenThe municipality the parish is in

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 Copenhagen.

17%

aged under 18

25%

aged 18–29

35%

aged 30–49

17%

aged 50–64

aged 65 and over

aged 80 and over

780births2025

142deaths2025

6,861moved in2025

7,032moved out2025

Population on 1 January

201644,140

201744,631

201845,187

201945,576

202046,091

202146,586

202244,611

202345,701

202446,000

202546,076

202646,812

Parishes (sogne) are the smallest fixed areas for which Statistics Denmark publishes population figures. Parish boundaries cannot be downloaded as open data without registering, so the map shows the municipality with the parish church marked.

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.

73%

of residents aged 15+ are in work

3.2%

of the labour force are unemployed

Highest completed education

Primary and lower secondary13%

Upper secondary (general)16%

Vocational10%

Short-cycle higher4%

Medium-cycle higher and bachelor25%

Master’s and PhD31%

39,481employed residents2025

56,527people working here2025

23,833commute out2025

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.