 Residents began to move out of the centre into the suburban areas which were included in Odense Municipality after boundaries were redefined in 1970 . As a result , the population declined slightly in the 1970s and 1980s , falling to 136 @,@ 646 in 1981 . It began climbing again in the late 1980s , and steadily grew to 144 @,@ 518 in 1996 and 145 @,@ 554 in 2004 . In 2010 Odense had a population of 166 @,@ 305 people . As of 2015 it had a population of 173 @,@ 814 . 
