Sønder Lem parish

Sønder Lem parish (Ringkøbing-Skjern) had 726 residents on 1 January 2026, with an average age of 41.6. 73% of residents aged 15 and over were in work, 18% above the municipal average. The population has fallen by 7.6% since 2016.

Parish (sogn) · Code 8770 · Danmarks Statistik · Updated 26 October 2026

726residents1 January 2026

41.6years, average age1 January 2026

73%in workresidents aged 15+

18%aged 65+DST

Ringkøbing-SkjernThe 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 Ringkøbing-Skjern.

22%

aged under 18

13%

aged 18–29

23%

aged 30–49

24%

aged 50–64

18%

aged 65 and over

aged 80 and over

9births2025

3deaths2025

45moved in2025

81moved out2025

Population on 1 January

2016786

2017796

2018792

2019773

2020779

2021792

2022779

2023769

2024773

2025749

2026726

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

0.4%

of the labour force are unemployed

Highest completed education

Primary and lower secondary25%

Upper secondary (general)6%

Vocational41%

Short-cycle higher6%

Medium-cycle higher and bachelor15%

Master’s and PhD5%

623employed residents2025

499people working here2025

342commute 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.