Salem
Salem is in Stockholm County. The municipality has 17,507 residents (Statistics Sweden 2024), making it Sweden's 137th largest. The population has grown by 1.5% over the past five years.
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1Living here
What is it like to live in Salem?
Salem is in Stockholm County. The municipality has 17,507 residents (Statistics Sweden 2024), making it Sweden's 137th largest. The population has grown by 1.5% over the past five years.
The median income is SEK 447,000 per year (2024). The average age is 40.0 years. The municipal tax rate is 32.05%. Unemployment was 4.4% in 2024.
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2Places
The localities in the municipality
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16Clubs
Get into the municipality through a club
The fastest way to become part of a new place is rarely the job. It is someone expecting you on Tuesdays. So we list all of it: clubs, choirs, local heritage societies, games nights and neighbourhood watch.
17Visiting
If you are only visiting
The selection is derived: places from OpenStreetMap and Wikidata that have a name, opening hours or visitor data, sorted by distance from the main locality. We do not rank experiences and we do not charge to appear here.
18News
What is happening here right now
Headlines from the local paper and the municipality's own feed, sorted by date. We write nothing ourselves.
Who covers the municipality?
media support decisions from the Swedish Agency for Press, Radio and TelevisionThere is no better shortcut to understanding a place than reading what is argued about locally. These are the newsrooms the state pays to cover this particular municipality.
19Events
What is happening here this month
Synced against the municipality's and the organisers' own calendars.
The list is synced weekly against the municipality's and the organisers' own calendars. Cancelled events are removed; they are never added manually. If you find nothing here, it is because nothing has been reported yet.
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20Questions
Common questions about Salem
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Salem has 17,507 residents and is in Stockholm County. The average age is 40.0 years. The median income is SEK 447,000 per year. 77% of residents say they feel safe in the municipality. The mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C.
17,507 people lived in Salem Municipality in 2024 according to Statistics Sweden, making it Sweden's 137th largest municipality. The population has risen by 1.5% in five years.
A condominium costs on average SEK 29,307 per m² (2024). A detached house costs on average SEK 5.4 million. The municipal tax rate is 32.05%.
Unemployment in Salem was 4.4% in 2024. The median income is SEK 447,000 per year. 48.7% of residents have post-secondary education.
48.7% of residents have post-secondary education. Condominium prices are SEK 29,307 per m².
86.2% of pupils in Salem qualify for upper secondary school (2024). The municipality spends SEK 97,673 per child per year on preschool. 77% feel safe in the municipality.
The mean annual temperature in Salem is 8.3 °C, with a recorded high of 27 °C and a low of -13 °C. 574 mm of precipitation falls each year, spread over 110 rainy days and 15 snowy days. The sun shines an average of 7.6 hours a day.
77% of residents in Salem say they feel safe (2023). Reported violent crimes stand at 862 per 100,000 residents.
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