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Thisted

Thisted had 42,572 residents on 1 January 2026. Average disposable income was DKK 252,934 per person in 2024, 3% below the regional average. 63% of occupied homes were lived in by their owner, and 10% were social housing (almene boliger). The population has fallen by 3.2% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 787 · Danmarks Statistik · Updated 26 October 2026
42,572residents1 January 2026
DKK 252,934disposable incomeavg. per person, 2024
63%owner-occupiedof occupied homes
19%green within 500 maverage
Thisted · North Denmark RegionThisted highlighted; the rest of the region in grey
Map of North Denmark Region with Thisted highlighted

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

All 53 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
Agger31543%10%56.550%3%36%20
Arup24642%9%56.549%6%20%3
Bedsted-Grurup1,21229%17%48.155%2%5%0
Boddum25029%26%44.262%16%21%3
Hansted2,00726%19%44.958%3%74%45
Harring13916%26%38.067%4%2%0
Hassing17824%15%46.666%3%0%0
Helligsø-Gettrup25338%12%52.955%5%3%0
Heltborg34925%19%45.964%4%2%1
Hillerslev86821%21%42.268%4%17%9
Hjardemål14126%20%44.550%7%34%0
Hundborg75227%18%46.954%5%2%14
Hunstrup30616%23%41.069%2%25%2
Hurup2,79535%17%49.651%2%22%48
Hvidbjerg Vesten Å26526%16%42.149%6%––
Hørdum1,10529%17%47.359%2%2%17
Hørsted8116%19%42.372%0%2%0
Jannerup12520%21%42.270%14%2%0
Kallerup12818%16%43.379%2%5%1
Klitmøller1,33222%26%40.259%21%28%12
Kåstrup9316%24%38.179%4%10%1
Lild25244%13%53.452%10%0%1
Lodbjerg3132%19%45.673%15%92%0
Nors1,42124%24%42.366%3%2%23
Nørhå16124%17%45.669%4%0%0
Ræhr67227%15%47.560%3%8%7
Sennels1,38324%27%41.366%7%16%11
Sjørring1,23220%23%41.768%4%21%12
Skinnerup24413%27%36.178%3%11%0
Skjoldborg48924%16%46.268%5%3%0
Skyum23819%22%41.366%4%11%4
Snedsted1,57028%20%46.358%3%17%19
Stagstrup91031%17%48.856%3%10%0
Stenbjerg17941%8%54.650%9%12%2
Sønderhå26523%20%44.069%7%3%2
Thisted12,15826%18%44.657%5%18%86
Thorsted23215%30%37.477%9%12%7
Tilsted1,75727%23%44.959%5%7%8
Tved22822%22%42.575%5%70%3
Tømmerby97829%16%48.853%4%61%0
Vang39324%22%43.268%7%12%3
Vesløs43422%17%45.357%2%22%3
Vester Vandet20427%17%47.069%9%5%2
Vestervig1,22834%14%50.455%4%0%14
Vigsø6050%17%55.643%4%36%14
Villerslev23129%16%49.961%2%4%1
Visby7418%24%39.382%11%1%1
Vorupør66335%15%50.955%6%34%21
Ydby58624%18%45.564%4%16%6
Ørum12724%19%46.369%2%5%0
Øsløs33734%15%49.553%4%3%4
Øster Vandet17819%23%40.971%5%6%0
Østerild68329%16%47.858%3%16%14

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 North Denmark Region.

19%
aged under 18
12%
aged 18–29
22%
aged 30–49
21%
aged 50–64
27%
aged 65 and over
7%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

201643,991
201743,826
201843,716
201943,660
202043,423
202143,160
202243,089
202343,383
202442,989
202542,698
202642,572

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 252,934
average disposable income per person
59%
of residents aged 15+ are in work
2.0%
of the labour force are unemployed
2.1%
full-time unemployed, 2025

Highest completed education

Primary and lower secondary31%
Upper secondary (general)6%
Vocational38%
Short-cycle higher4%
Medium-cycle higher and bachelor14%
Master’s and PhD5%

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.

20,515 occupied homes in 2026.

Lived in by owner63%
Rented36%
Social housing (almene boliger)10%
Co-operative housing (andelsboliger)3%

Types of home

Detached houses and farmhouses69%
Terraced and semi-detached houses13%
Flats16%
Student halls and care homes0%
Other1%

Year built

Before 19009%
1900–193926%
1940–195911%
1960–197930%
1980–199914%
2000–20095%
2010 or later6%
535cars per 1,000 residents2026
3,796summer housesholiday homes
40residents per km²1,072.4 km²

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

Everyday life.

35 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 19% 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 Thisted, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Gågaden Thisted
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Gågaden Thisted
Photo: Navid Martin Thomsen · Public domain
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Skovgade 20, Thisted (1900)
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Skovgade 20, Thisted (1900)
Photo: Paul Wenzel · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Christen Kolds foedested Thisted ubt-002
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Christen Kolds foedested Thisted ubt-002
Photo: Tomasz Sienicki [user: tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com] · CC BY 3.0
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Other municipalities in North Denmark Region.