Focus report Copenhagen - Colliers Denmark 2024

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COLLIERS FOCUS REPORT COPENHAGEN 2024

equalling a nominal increase of some 50,700 inhabitants. As Denmark’s leading science centre and home to the highest ranking university, Copenhagen has an overrep resentation of students and employable 30-49 year-olds. Like most of Denmark, however, the average age of inhabitants is climbing at a steady pace in Copenhagen. Seniors (60+ years) are expected to account for the largest percentage share of the projected population growth. Copenhagen, along with Aarhus, has the highest education levels in Denmark, with all of 20% of inhab itants here having completed medium- og long-cycle further education, greatly outperforming the national average. This is reflected in Copenhagen income brackets, as Copenhagen has a pronounced overrep resentation of high-income residents relative to Denmark in general. Similarly, average income levels are signif

icantly higher in Copenhagen relative to Denmark in general, in particular in Copenhagen environs, where the number of employed graduates is higher, unlike Copen hagen proper with its high concentration of students. For a number of years now, the infrastructure of Copen hagen proper has improved considerably, in part to accommodate the city’s growing population, but also to retain its position as a green frontrunner with some of the most ambitious climate goals in the world. The extension of the metro system, which is a hub for public transport in Copenhagen and has been named the best in the world on multiple occasions, is scheduled for completion in 2024. Further lines to connect the city in all directions are now being discussed. Reaching as far ahead as 2035, the plans involve the proposed expansion by an additional nine stations.