area in Järfälla Municipality

Skälby västra

6,482 inhabitants · Good conditions

Short answer: Skälby västra is an area in Järfälla Municipality. It has 6,482 residents.

the register

Facts

municipalityJärfälla
population6,482
area code0123R019

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

Demographics
Population (SCB)higher than 94% of areas6,482
Share 65+-3.9 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 6% of areas12.0 %
Share foreign-born-12.8 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 76% of areas24.2 %
Share foreign background-13.1 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 83% of areas39.1 %
Economy
Median income (earned)+21 % vs Järfälla · higher than 91% of areas454 tkr
Share low economic standard-7.0 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 11% of areas5.0 %
Education
Share post-secondary 3+ years+4.6 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 77% of areas37.5 %
Labour market
Share employed 20-24-6.6 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 20% of areas59.3 %
Health
Ill-health rate (20-64)-21 % vs Järfälla · higher than 14% of areas15.2 dgr
Elections
Voter turnout parliament+4.9 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 32% of areas84.5 %
Housing
Share owner-occupied housing+27.4 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 43% of areas59.7 %
Share rental housing-27.1 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 8% of areas1.9 %
Share of housing co-ops-8.0 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 74% of areas27.9 %
Share single-family houses+42.9 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 59% of areas79.9 %
Share built before 1940+0.3 pp vs Järfälla · higher than 17% of areas2.1 %
Transport
Passenger cars in usehigher than 93% of areas2,539 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

3,271men
3,208women
menagewomen
205
0–4
187
262
5–9
271
307
10–14
284
295
15–19
259
170
20–24
159
113
25–29
106
151
30–34
184
230
35–39
276
257
40–44
250
261
45–49
241
264
50–54
258
209
55–59
201
160
60–64
139
132
65–69
126
96
70–74
83
65
75–79
87
94
80+
97
marital status
Unmarried3,437
53 %
Married2,466
38 %
Divorced446
7 %
Widowed139
2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Skälby västra. A RegSO consists of whole DeSO, so the figures cover the area exactly.

six axes

The area's DNA

FlatsHouses
Owned homesRentals
Newer housingTurn of the century
Lower incomesHigher incomes
Shorter educationLonger education
YoungerMore 65+

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 20244 · Good conditions
Relative position in Sweden91 in 2011 → 81 in 2024percentile 81
Population 20255,603 in 20106,482
Economic standard, medianin 2024383 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

86.7 %turnout
S29.9 %
M24.4 %
SD13.2 %
V8.7 %
C7.0 %
L5.4 %
MP5.1 %
KD4.9 %

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.

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 municipalityJärfälla Municipality

The figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.

88,950population
406 tkrmedian income
39.3 yearsaverage age