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Housing stock in Denmark

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings3,071,987
Occupied2,666,250
Unoccupied405,73713.2 %

Building type

One-dwelling building47.6 %
Two-dwelling building3.6 %
3+ dwelling building46.7 %

Construction period

Before 191917.1 %
1919–194514.8 %
1946–196011.5 %
1961–198030.1 %
1981–200013.3 %
2001–20107.0 %
2011–20152.1 %
2016 and after4.0 %
EUROSTAT · STOCK

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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