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area in Jönköping Municipality

Hovslätt

4,316 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityJönköping

population4,316

area code0680R012

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 79% of areas4,316

Share 65+-1.0 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 28% of areas18.4 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+0.9 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 85% of areas78.1 %

Share foreign background-7.8 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 54% of areas20.3 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+5 % vs Jönköping · higher than 66% of areas379 tkr

Share low economic standard-3.0 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 35% of areas9.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+2.8 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 74% of areas34.7 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.5 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 34% of areas63.2 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-97 % vs Jönköping · higher than 48% of areas23.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.5 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 71% of areas90.0 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+20.4 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 51% of areas67.4 %

Share rental housing-11.2 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 55% of areas23.5 %

Share of housing co-ops-8.3 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 38% of areas8.2 %

Share single-family houses+18.8 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 47% of areas67.7 %

Share built before 1940-6.3 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 34% of areas6.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 85% of areas2,023 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

2,183men

2,125women

menagewomen

139

0–4

122

174

5–9

143

169

10–14

152

154

15–19

145

108

20–24

105

25–29

141

30–34

140

149

35–39

149

144

40–44

136

150

45–49

139

162

50–54

139

116

55–59

135

110

60–64

106

65–69

70–74

75–79

124

119

80+

141

marital status

Unmarried2,230

52 %

Married1,632

38 %

Divorced278

6 %

Widowed173

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Hovslätt. 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 Sweden70 in 2011 → 64 in 2024percentile 64

Population 20254,159 in 20104,316

Economic standard, medianin 2024316 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

90.3 %turnout

S32.5 %

SD19.0 %

M16.3 %

KD9.8 %

C8.2 %

L4.7 %

MP4.6 %

V3.9 %

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

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Hulukvarn, Ulvstorp, Västersjön och Hedenstorpurban area3.8 km Barnarp och Odensjöurban area4.4 km Skinnersdalsmall locality5.0 km Jönköpingurban area5.0 km Axamosmall locality5.8 km Tabergurban area6.8 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Råslätt2.3 km Gräshagen-Tokarp2.9 km Norrahammar3.4 km Södra Munksjön-Kättilstorp3.6 km Samset-Mariebo4.1 km Barnarp4.2 km Ljungarum4.3 km Söder-Munksjöstaden5.1 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityJönköping 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 Jönköping?

147,654population

394 tkrmedian income

40.8 yearsaverage age