Housing benefit
How many households receive housing benefit in Denmark, and which types of households are they? How large are the amounts involved? The statistics on housing benefit include recipients of housing subsidy and housing allowance.,
Housing subsidy
, Housing benefit granted to citizens who are not retired.,
Housing allowance
, Housing benefit granted to retired senior citizens., Development in housing benefit recipients, The figure shows how many households have received housing benefit in the month of December over a number of years. The granted housing allowance is calculated according to any reductions due to the cash assistance ceiling (kontanthjælpsloftet)., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Housing benefit (BOST63), More about the figure, Last update, 13.3.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The source of data is an administrative register on housing benefits operated by Udbetaling Danmark., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Housing Benefits (monthly, Development in recipients of housing subsidy and allowance, The figure shows the development in recipients of housing subsidy and housing allowance, respectively, over a number of years. 'Early retirees’ shows the number of early retirees who receive housing subsidy., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Housing benefit (BOST63), More about the figure, Last update, 13.3.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The source of data is an administrative register on housing benefits operated by Udbetaling Danmark., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Housing Benefits (monthly, Development in housing benefit, The figure shows the development in the average amount of housing benefit paid per household., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Housing benefit (BOST63), More about the figure, Last update, 13.3.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The source of data is an administrative register on housing benefits operated by Udbetaling Danmark., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Housing Benefits (monthly, Housing benefit amount across age groups, The figure shows the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of housing benefit recipients across age groups. The lower quartile is the quarter of housing benefit recipients who are paid the least, while the upper quartile is the quarter that is paid the most., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Housing benefit (BOST64), More about the figure, Last update, 13.3.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The source of data is an administrative register on housing benefits operated by Udbetaling Danmark., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Housing Benefits (monthly, On the statistics – documentation, sources and method, Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published., See the documentation of statistics to learn more:, Housing benefits, Housing benefit is a tax free subsidy granted to households with high housing expenses relative to the household income. The purpose of the statistics on housing benefit is to elucidate the number of beneficiaries of housing benefit and the amount received in benefit. The housing benefit statistics date back to 1967, but is in the current format comparable back to 2007., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Housing benefits, Housing Benefits (monthly, Housing benefit is a tax free subsidy granted to households with high housing expenses relative to the household income. The purpose of the statistics on housing benefit is to elucidate the number of beneficiaries of housing benefit and the amount received in benefit. The housing benefit statistics date back to 1967, but is in the current format comparable back to 2007., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Housing Benefits (monthly, Need more data on Housing benefit?, You can find more information in StatBank Denmark with more detailed figures, e.g. about the size of the benefit, housing types, area, and more., Go to the statbank, Contact, Morten Steenbjerg Kristensen , Phone: +45 20 40 38 73, Mail: , mrt@dst.dk
https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/sociale-forhold/social-stoette/boligstoette
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