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People and new homes in Køge

In 2025 the population grew by 625 while 173 homes were finished: 3.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.6
Population change, 2025
+625

Population change and homes finished in Køge

The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. Statistics Denmark.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
2025625
2024481
2023411
2022739
2021248
2020492
2019294
2018315
2017245
2016244
2015571
2014910
2013618
2012451
201140
2010149
2009273
2008234
2007331
2006572

Homes finished

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YearHomes finished
2025173
2024288
2023268
2022369
2021275
2020551
2019316
2018256
2017281
2016217
201573
2014207
2013207
2012244
2011177
201075
200997
2008209
2007317
2006460

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes finished
2006+339+233+572460
2007+165+166+331317
2008+86+148+234209
2009+180+93+27397
2010+6+143+14975
2011+79−39+40177
2012+457−6+451244
2013+588+30+618207
2014+881+29+910207
2015+524+47+57173
2016+189+55+244217
2017+187+58+245281
2018+244+71+315256
2019+222+72+294316
2020+477+15+492551
2021+233+15+248275
2022+730+9+739369
2023+407+4+411268
2024+511−30+481288
2025+623+2+625173

Births, deaths and moves are Statistics Denmark's, from the population register: moves between municipalities and to and from abroad. Homes finished are dwellings completed in any building. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

Other reports for Køge

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 31,812/m² and DKK 36,752/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
DKK 34,282/m²
Chance of a rise
90%

At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 2,343,420. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 10,046 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
38%

Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 3.8% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +5.3%.

Gap today
+3.8%
Change in a year
−1.5 pp

64.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
109
Per 1,000 residents
1.7

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2004. The deepest began in January 2007.

Deepest fall
−36.0%
Recovery from the low
56 months

3.4% of the 29,210 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
3.4%
Empty homes
999

In 2025, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
11%