Sankt Catharinæ parish

Sankt Catharinæ parish (Hjørring) had 13,727 residents on 1 January 2026, with an average age of 45.4. 54% of residents aged 15 and over were in work, 8% below the municipal average. The population has fallen by 1.2% since 2016.

Parish (sogn) · Code 8454 · Danmarks Statistik · Updated 26 October 2026

13,727residents1 January 2026

45.4years, average age1 January 2026

54%in workresidents aged 15+

25%aged 65+DST

HjørringThe 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 Hjørring.

16%

aged under 18

17%

aged 18–29

23%

aged 30–49

20%

aged 50–64

25%

aged 65 and over

aged 80 and over

93births2025

221deaths2025

1,468moved in2025

1,492moved out2025

Population on 1 January

201613,888

201713,967

201814,077

201913,949

202013,957

202113,945

202213,811

202313,975

202413,848

202513,773

202613,727

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.

54%

of residents aged 15+ are in work

2.4%

of the labour force are unemployed

Highest completed education

Primary and lower secondary32%

Upper secondary (general)9%

Vocational31%

Short-cycle higher4%

Medium-cycle higher and bachelor18%

Master’s and PhD6%

12,066employed residents2025

16,118people working here2025

3,540commute 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.