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area in Norrköping Municipality

Såpkullen-Söderstaden-Vasaparken

5,740 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalityNorrköping

population5,740

area code0581R035

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 90% of areas5,740

Share 65++5.7 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 69% of areas25.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+0.8 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 70% of areas75.3 %

Share foreign background-5.1 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 63% of areas24.0 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-3 % vs Norrköping · higher than 37% of areas336 tkr

Share low economic standard0.0 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 70% of areas16.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+2.5 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 64% of areas29.7 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+5.4 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 73% of areas72.1 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-98 % vs Norrköping · higher than 45% of areas23.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.9 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 27% of areas83.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-40.2 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 3% of areas0.9 %

Share rental housing+23.5 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 89% of areas64.9 %

Share of housing co-ops+16.7 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 80% of areas33.3 %

Share single-family houses-45.5 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 7% of areas1.1 %

Share built before 1940+9.8 pp vs Norrköping · higher than 86% of areas23.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 86% of areas2,051 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

2,680men

3,044women

menagewomen

118

0–4

119

5–9

110

10–14

125

15–19

112

210

20–24

228

268

25–29

287

283

30–34

244

198

35–39

172

129

40–44

142

128

45–49

127

148

50–54

164

155

55–59

182

156

60–64

178

134

65–69

164

118

70–74

167

140

75–79

194

203

80+

359

marital status

Unmarried3,341

58 %

Married1,328

23 %

Divorced746

13 %

Widowed321

6 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Såpkullen-Söderstaden-Vasaparken. 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 20243 · Average

Relative position in Sweden59 in 2011 → 32 in 2024percentile 32

Population 20254,890 in 20105,740

Economic standard, medianin 2024293 tkr

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

81.7 %turnout

S29.3 %

M20.7 %

SD19.7 %

V9.1 %

MP5.7 %

C4.8 %

KD4.8 %

L4.7 %

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 52% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Norrköpingurban area770 m Bergaurban area4.1 km Luddensmall locality4.4 km Öbonäsurban area4.4 km Herstadbergurban area4.9 km Lindöurban area4.9 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Grönhög-Klingsberg540 m Strömbacken-Berget-Södertull590 m Gamla Staden-Centrum780 m Norra Ektorp920 m Djäknepark-Gustav Adolf990 m Södra Ektorp1.1 km Sydöstra Nordantill1.1 km Norra Ljura1.1 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityNorrköping 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 Norrköping?

144,980population

384 tkrmedian income

41.6 yearsaverage age