Sønder Årslev parish

Sønder Årslev parish (Aarhus) had 971 residents on 1 January 2026, with an average age of 44.1. 56% of residents aged 15 and over were in work, 11% below the municipal average. The population has fallen by 2.1% since 2016.

Parish (sogn) · Code 8129 · Danmarks Statistik · Updated 26 October 2026

971residents1 January 2026

44.1years, average age1 January 2026

56%in workresidents aged 15+

26%aged 65+DST

AarhusThe 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 Aarhus.

23%

aged under 18

aged 18–29

24%

aged 30–49

19%

aged 50–64

26%

aged 65 and over

aged 80 and over

7births2025

8deaths2025

195moved in2025

193moved out2025

Population on 1 January

2016992

2017994

2018999

2019979

2020980

2021965

2022988

2023984

2024992

2025980

2026971

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.

56%

of residents aged 15+ are in work

2.0%

of the labour force are unemployed

Highest completed education

Primary and lower secondary19%

Upper secondary (general)9%

Vocational23%

Short-cycle higher7%

Medium-cycle higher and bachelor20%

Master’s and PhD23%

797employed residents2025

3,142people working here2025

381commute 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.