A door-mounted handrest is at the vehicle upper side relative to a door armrest of a side door of a vehicle. The door-mounted handrest projects toward a passenger compartment inner side from the side door. The handrest is configured to support the back of a hand of a vehicle occupant who is resting an elbow on the door armrest.

A vehicle door armrest apparatus is a door armrest provided on a luggage trim connected to a rear side of a door trim of a door of a vehicle, the vehicle door armrest apparatus including a housing portion on which an arm of a passenger is placed and which is provided on an internal side of the luggage trim and configured to rotate along an internal surface of the door trim, and a housing magnet operating to fix or release the housing portion to or from the door trim by generating or releasing a magnetic force depending on whether power is applied to the housing magnet with the door trim located between the housing magnet and a door magnet.