Number of commuters
- Number of commuters across Öresund
Source: The Öresund Bridge. Footnote: * 2008 and 2009 is predictive analyses made by the Öresund Bridge
In 2009 about 20 000 persons commuted daily between their homes and workplace on the other side of Öresund. Most of these persons, or 18 000, commuted via the Öresund Bridge.
Since the opening of the Öresund Bridge in 2000, commuting across Öresund has increased by about 600 percent. The increase in the number of commuters across Öresund was exceptionally large during 2006 and 2007, when both the Danish shortage of labour and differences in housing prices accelerated the movements across Öresund. However, in 2008 and 2009 the financial crisis and the resulting economic downturn caused a halt to the nearly explosive increase in commuting. In 2008 and 2009, the number of commuters across the Öresund Bridge increased by six and two percent respectively.
