area in Jönköping Municipality

Jönköping centrum Öster

7,002 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityJönköping

population7,002

area code0680R017

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 95% of areas7,002

Share 65++4.2 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 57% of areas23.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+2.4 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 90% of areas79.6 %

Share foreign background+1.2 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 72% of areas29.3 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+2 % vs Jönköping · higher than 58% of areas366 tkr

Share low economic standard0.0 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 52% of areas12.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+3.5 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 75% of areas35.4 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-8.6 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 10% of areas55.1 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-97 % vs Jönköping · higher than 37% of areas21.3 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+3.1 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 52% of areas87.6 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-46.5 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 2% of areas0.5 %

Share rental housing+24.2 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 87% of areas58.8 %

Share of housing co-ops+23.5 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 85% of areas40.0 %

Share single-family houses-47.7 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 7% of areas1.3 %

Share built before 1940+0.3 pp vs Jönköping · higher than 59% of areas13.2 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 92% of areas2,472 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

3,471men

3,525women

menagewomen

119

0–4

5–9

10–14

155

15–19

139

414

20–24

449

436

25–29

370

350

30–34

265

203

35–39

184

169

40–44

158

154

45–49

151

183

50–54

207

190

55–59

222

195

60–64

227

167

65–69

198

174

70–74

199

179

75–79

203

228

80+

308

marital status

Unmarried3,908

56 %

Married2,006

29 %

Divorced769

11 %

Widowed319

5 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Jönköping centrum Öster. 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 → 57 in 2024percentile 57

Population 20255,019 in 20107,002

Economic standard, medianin 2024335 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

84.7 %turnout

S29.2 %

M23.4 %

SD16.6 %

KD7.7 %

C7.3 %

L5.9 %

V4.8 %

MP4.0 %

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

Jönköpingurban area2.1 km Skinnersdalsmall locality4.5 km Kortebourban area4.8 km Hulukvarn, Ulvstorp, Västersjön och Hedenstorpurban area5.8 km Axamosmall locality6.5 km Barnarp och Odensjöurban area7.9 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Liljeholmen-Västra Rosenlund1.3 km Jönköping centrum Väster1.4 km Söder-Munksjöstaden1.6 km Bäckalyckan-Västra Torpa2.1 km Bymarken2.2 km Ljungarum2.8 km Södra Munksjön-Kättilstorp2.8 km Rosenlund-Vättersnäs3.0 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