the register
Facts
municipalityNorrtälje
population2,246
area code0188R021
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 44% of areas2,246
Share 65+-5.9 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 55% of areas23.2 %
Share foreign-born-3.6 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 28% of areas10.3 %
Share foreign background-3.4 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 33% of areas14.2 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+10 % vs Norrtälje · higher than 61% of areas370 tkr
Share low economic standard-5.0 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 23% of areas7.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+4.1 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 46% of areas23.9 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24-3.2 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 59% of areas68.8 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-18 % vs Norrtälje · higher than 46% of areas23.2 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+0.5 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 44% of areas86.5 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing-1.4 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 42% of areas58.5 %
Share rental housing-7.6 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 36% of areas10.4 %
Share of housing co-ops+10.0 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 77% of areas30.0 %
Share single-family houses-3.4 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 42% of areas60.9 %
Share built before 1940-7.5 pp vs Norrtälje · higher than 24% of areas3.9 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 40% of areas971 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 Övre Bryggårdsgärdet-Färsna. 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 20244 · Good conditions
Relative position in Sweden88 in 2011 → 71 in 2024percentile 71
Population 20251,557 in 20102,246
Economic standard, medianin 2024341 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
86.1 %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 58% 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 municipalityNorrtälje MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
66,585population
384 tkrmedian income
46.6 yearsaverage age