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area in Linköping Municipality

Ekkällan-Garnisonen

5,978 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityLinköping

population5,978

area code0580R004

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 92% of areas5,978

Share 65++3.6 pp vs Linköping · higher than 47% of areas21.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+4.4 pp vs Linköping · higher than 96% of areas82.2 %

Share foreign background-2.5 pp vs Linköping · higher than 59% of areas22.4 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+13 % vs Linköping · higher than 78% of areas403 tkr

Share low economic standard-6.0 pp vs Linköping · higher than 35% of areas9.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+15.1 pp vs Linköping · higher than 96% of areas56.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+3.4 pp vs Linköping · higher than 19% of areas59.2 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-98 % vs Linköping · higher than 7% of areas12.2 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+4.7 pp vs Linköping · higher than 82% of areas91.3 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-34.1 pp vs Linköping · higher than 6% of areas3.6 %

Share rental housing+12.5 pp vs Linköping · higher than 83% of areas52.9 %

Share of housing co-ops+23.4 pp vs Linköping · higher than 87% of areas43.0 %

Share single-family houses-39.8 pp vs Linköping · higher than 10% of areas3.6 %

Share built before 1940-5.7 pp vs Linköping · higher than 28% of areas4.9 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 88% of areas2,162 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

2,970men

3,015women

menagewomen

158

0–4

145

5–9

10–14

102

15–19

101

234

20–24

269

394

25–29

358

363

30–34

289

232

35–39

180

145

40–44

135

145

45–49

140

154

50–54

152

140

55–59

164

154

60–64

169

137

65–69

153

141

70–74

183

135

75–79

173

164

80+

217

marital status

Unmarried3,408

57 %

Married1,786

30 %

Divorced541

9 %

Widowed239

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Ekkällan-Garnisonen. 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 Sweden77 in 2011 → 78 in 2024percentile 78

Population 20253,006 in 20105,978

Economic standard, medianin 2024362 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

91.4 %turnout

S32.8 %

M20.1 %

SD11.9 %

C8.7 %

MP7.4 %

V6.6 %

L5.9 %

KD5.4 %

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

Linköpingurban area770 m Slakaurban area4.7 km Tallbodaurban area5.1 km Malmslätturban area6.5 km Haddorpsmall locality6.5 km Sättunasmall locality6.6 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Ramshäll920 m Trädgårdsföreningen-Folkungavallen1.3 km Hejdegården1.5 km Domkyrkan-Slottet1.8 km Berga1.8 km Valla-T11.9 km Lilla Torget-Sankt Lars2.0 km Vimanshäll2.0 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityLinköping 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 Linköping?

168,035population

392 tkrmedian income

40.3 yearsaverage age