Once a year, the ministry of interior and housing announces the residential areas that are classified as “parallel societies”. To be classified as such, the following conditions need to be fulfilled: more than 50% of the residents have a non-Western background, the proportion of residents with a criminal record is three times the national average and the unemployment level is over 40%.
- There are 10 residential areas on the list – Tåstrupgård (Høje-Taastrup), Mjølnerparken (Copenhagen), Askerød (Greve), Vollsmose (Odense), Nørager/Søstjernevej (Sønderborg), Stengårdsvej (Esbjerg), Sundparken (Horsens), Skovvejen/Skovparken (Kolding), Bispehaven and Gellerupparken (Aarhus).