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area in Eskilstuna Municipality

Skogsängen-Viptorp

1,880 inhabitants · Major socio-economic challenges

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the register

Facts

municipalityEskilstuna

population1,880

area code0484R020

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 32% of areas1,880

Share 65+-0.4 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 41% of areas20.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-2.9 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 30% of areas68.2 %

Share foreign background+17.4 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 92% of areas54.9 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-27 % vs Eskilstuna · higher than 3% of areas239 tkr

Share low economic standard+24.0 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 98% of areas43.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-9.9 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 9% of areas14.5 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-16.1 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 3% of areas46.1 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Eskilstuna · higher than 92% of areas38.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-9.3 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 5% of areas69.6 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-32.8 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 10% of areas7.6 %

Share rental housing+49.0 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 98% of areas89.5 %

Share of housing co-ops-12.8 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 15% of areas2.3 %

Share single-family houses-25.6 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 19% of areas18.4 %

Share built before 1940-11.5 pp vs Eskilstuna · higher than 18% of areas2.3 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 4% of areas512 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

920men

940women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,078

57 %

Married467

25 %

Divorced235

13 %

Widowed99

5 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Skogsängen-Viptorp. 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 Sweden2 in 2011 → 2 in 2024percentile 2

Population 20251,868 in 20101,880

Economic standard, medianin 2024208 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

67.8 %turnout

S42.4 %

SD24.0 %

V9.8 %

M9.7 %

C3.4 %

L3.3 %

MP3.2 %

KD2.5 %

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. Here 0% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Nybylundsmall locality1.4 km Gredbylund och Odlarenurban area1.7 km Eskilstunaurban area2.7 km Balstasmall locality3.8 km Skiftingeurban area4.5 km Grönstasmall locality4.6 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Eskilstuna söder1.1 km Snopptorp1.3 km Eskilstuna öster1.6 km Trumtorp-Odlaren-Hagnestahill1.8 km Östra Nyfors1.9 km Myrtorp-Västermalm-Brunnsbacken2.1 km Västra Nyfors2.3 km Eskilstuna centrum2.4 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityEskilstuna Municipality

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

what is it like to live in Eskilstuna?

107,203population

371 tkrmedian income

41.9 yearsaverage age