Households in Denmark 2014-2024, by type of household

Single person households were the most common type of household in Denmark at the beginning of 2024, with nearly 1.3 million. Of these, 735,000 were female households. The second most common type of household was married couples, counting 938,000. In Denmark, the total number of households in Denmark increased by over 210,000 over the past decade. 

Households with children

In 2023, most households in Denmark were without children, reaching roughly two million. The largest number of households with children had two children, amounting to around 332,000. It was closely followed by households with one child. There were 4,000 households with five children or more in 2023. 

 Marriages and divorces 

While the number of single person households in Denmark has increased over the past decade, the number of marriages and partnerships have fallen over the past 20 years, even though there was an increase from 2013 to 2018. Moreover, the number of divorces decreased from 2014 to 2019, but increased again in 2020, before stabilizing after that.