the register
Facts
municipalityUpplands Väsby
population2,443
area code0114R008
A RegSO (regional statistical area) is Statistics Sweden's division of the country into 3,363 areas of roughly equal population. The boundaries do not always follow what the place is called day to day.
Statistics Sweden · area statistics
Who lives here
DemographicsPopulation (SCB)higher than 49% of areas2,443
Share 65++3.0 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 35% of areas19.6 %
Share foreign-born+7.3 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 93% of areas43.3 %
Share foreign background+8.7 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 92% of areas57.8 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)-11 % vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 32% of areas328 tkr
Share low economic standard+2.0 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 62% of areas14.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years-4.6 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 47% of areas24.3 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24-7.8 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 18% of areas58.7 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)+56 % vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 80% of areas31.9 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament-5.2 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 9% of areas75.3 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing-33.3 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 2% of areas0.7 %
Share rental housing-5.4 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 59% of areas26.4 %
Share of housing co-ops+40.1 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 97% of areas72.0 %
Share single-family houses-38.1 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 9% of areas2.6 %
Share built before 1940+0.2 pp vs Upplands Väsby · higher than 21% of areas3.3 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 24% of areas773 st
Statistics Sweden figures per RegSO area. The reference compares with the municipality as a whole; the percentile with all other areas in Sweden.
the population
Age distribution
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Smedby södra-Älvsunda. A RegSO consists of whole DeSO, so the figures cover the area exactly.
six axes
The area's DNA
Newer housingTurn of the century
Lower incomesHigher incomes
Shorter educationLonger education
The bar shows where the area sits between the poles, as a percentile among Sweden's 3,363 areas. The poles describe; they do not grade.
2011 to today
Development over time
Area typeStatistics Sweden classification 20243 · Average
Relative position in Sweden35 in 2011 → 26 in 2024percentile 26
Population 20252,163 in 20102,443
Economic standard, medianin 2024290 tkr
Statistics Sweden's socio-economic index (TAB6586) per year, expressed as the area's percentile in Sweden, where higher is better. The area type is Statistics Sweden's own 1–5 classification.
Election Authority
Parliamentary election 2026
75.2 %turnout
Parliamentary election 2026, share of valid votes. Polling-district votes are allocated to the area in proportion to address points. It is an estimate, not an official area result. Here 0% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.
urban areas and small localities
Localities nearby
demographic statistical areas within the area
DeSO areas
Values in the order Economic standard (tkr), Post-secondary (%), Employment rate (%), Low economic standard (%) (latest year: 2024, 2025, 2024, 2024).
nearest
Neighbouring areas
Distance between the areas' name points.
applies to the whole municipalityUpplands Väsby MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
50,323population
404 tkrmedian income
39.9 yearsaverage age