Approximately one in five children in the greater Copenhagen area is an only child, while this applies to only one in eight children nationwide. According to an expert, this is due to the housing market in Copenhagen.

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Children in the greater Copenhagen area have to be particularly active to find playmates.

The number of only children is clearly highest in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

Here, roughly one in five children is an only child, whereas this applies to only one in eight children nationwide, according to figures from Statistics Denmark.

And there is an obvious explanation for this trend—namely the housing market, says Laust Hvas Mortensen, research professor at the Rockwool Foundation.

"Many families start out in Copenhagen, but when the family grows, they move away from Copenhagen and Frederiksberg because housing prices are lower and homes are more accessible a bit away from the capital," he says.

The suburban municipalities of Høje-Taastrup, Glostrup, and Brøndby take the next spots in the statistics on only children, but they are not nearly as high as Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

And it is especially when the family plans to expand further that families move out of Copenhagen, says Laust Hvas Mortensen.

"People want to go where there is room for more than one child, so we see families with a single child moving when they want to realize the dream of having another," he says.

Since 2010, the number of only children nationwide has increased by 10 percent, according to the figures from Statistics Denmark.

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