RinkebyPhoto: Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · licence
area in Stockholm Municipality

Rinkeby

17,085 inhabitants · Major socio-economic challenges
the register

Facts

municipalityStockholm
population17,085
area code0180R076

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 100% of areas17,085
Share 65+-6.7 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 3% of areas10.0 %
Share foreign-born (20-64)+3.3 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 89% of areas79.2 %
Share foreign background+56.9 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 100% of areas92.2 %
Economy
Median income (earned)-47 % vs Stockholm · higher than 2% of areas218 tkr
Share low economic standard+32.0 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 98% of areas43.0 %
Education
Share post-secondary 3+ years-34.5 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 5% of areas13.3 %
Labour market
Share employed 20-24-0.3 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 23% of areas60.2 %
Health
Ill-health rate (20-64)-99 % vs Stockholm · higher than 52% of areas24.8 dgr
Elections
Voter turnout parliament-29.5 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 1% of areas57.7 %
Housing
Share owner-occupied housing-11.4 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 3% of areas1.4 %
Share rental housing+55.6 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 98% of areas94.0 %
Share of housing co-ops-43.9 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 20% of areas3.2 %
Share single-family houses-13.4 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 6% of areas0.7 %
Share built before 1940-17.2 pp vs Stockholm · higher than 0% of areas0.0 %
Transport
Passenger cars in usehigher than 87% of areas2,110 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

8,898men
8,183women
menagewomen
507
0–4
511
653
5–9
567
637
10–14
581
672
15–19
653
668
20–24
665
817
25–29
699
656
30–34
573
650
35–39
559
679
40–44
605
624
45–49
550
539
50–54
503
534
55–59
479
420
60–64
378
343
65–69
290
236
70–74
204
120
75–79
150
143
80+
216
marital status
Unmarried9,325
55 %
Married4,804
28 %
Divorced2,546
15 %
Widowed407
2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (9 statistical areas) that make up Rinkeby. 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 20241 · Major socio-economic challenges
Relative position in Sweden1 in 2011 → 1 in 2024percentile 1
Population 202515,644 in 201017,085
Economic standard, medianin 2024211 tkr
General trend2011–2024stable

Statistics Sweden's socio-economic index (TAB6586) per year, expressed as the area's percentile in Sweden — higher is better. The area type is Statistics Sweden's own 1–5 classification.

Election Authority

Parliamentary election 2022

52.4 %turnout
S33.1 %
V27.9 %
M6.0 %
MP4.1 %
SD3.7 %
C3.6 %
KD1.5 %
L0.9 %

Parliamentary election 2022, share of valid votes. Polling-district votes are allocated to the area in proportion to address points — an estimate, not an official area result.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityStockholm Municipality

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

995,574population
445 tkrmedian income
40.4 yearsaverage age