The 5000 plus residents of Denmark tend to call it the nicest place on earth. With a mild Mediterranean climate, white sandy beaches, forrested rolling hills, abundant wildlife and pleasant people, Denmark WA is one of the nicest places to live in Western Australia (in the world!).

1829: A British outpost has been set up in Albany in 1826 and the first European explorer to discover Denmark was Dr. Thomas Braidwood Wilson, a surgeon, and he named the town after his esteemed colleague Alexander Denmark.

Australia and Denmark established diplomatic relations in 1967 and share a likeminded global outlook underpinned by strong people-to-people links established over two centuries of migration. Australia and Denmark work together to promote and protect the international rules-based order and universal human rights.

Welcome to the Shire of Denmark Community Profile The Shire of Denmark Estimated Resident Population for 2023 is 6,618, with a population density of 3.56 persons per square km. The Shire of Denmark is located on the south coast of Western Australia, about 400 kilometres south of the Perth CBD.