area in Nässjö Municipality

Forserum

2,277 inhabitants · Good conditions

Short answer: Forserum is an area in Nässjö Municipality. It has 2,277 residents.

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the register

Facts

municipalityNässjö
population2,277
area code0682R002

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 45% of areas2,277
Share 65+-2.5 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 38% of areas20.0 %
Share foreign-born-6.9 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 43% of areas13.3 %
Share foreign background-9.8 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 44% of areas17.1 %
Economy
Median income (earned)+7 % vs Nässjö · higher than 55% of areas361 tkr
Share low economic standard-9.0 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %
Education
Share post-secondary 3+ years+1.2 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 30% of areas20.0 %
Labour market
Share employed 20-24+4.9 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 78% of areas73.5 %
Health
Ill-health rate (20-64)-5 % vs Nässjö · higher than 60% of areas26.6 dgr
Elections
Voter turnout parliament+4.0 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 68% of areas89.6 %
Housing
Share owner-occupied housing+10.7 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 57% of areas73.4 %
Share rental housing-3.7 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 56% of areas24.3 %
Share of housing co-ops-6.3 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 9% of areas1.4 %
Share single-family houses+11.3 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 54% of areas76.1 %
Share built before 1940-4.5 pp vs Nässjö · higher than 57% of areas12.8 %
Transport
Passenger cars in usehigher than 56% of areas1,218 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

1,213men
1,056women
menagewomen
75
0–4
52
84
5–9
75
81
10–14
65
64
15–19
58
72
20–24
58
48
25–29
60
103
30–34
81
104
35–39
87
74
40–44
60
67
45–49
53
69
50–54
58
68
55–59
73
74
60–64
48
50
65–69
36
53
70–74
51
51
75–79
58
76
80+
83
marital status
Unmarried1,223
54 %
Married799
35 %
Divorced184
8 %
Widowed76
3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Forserum. 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 Sweden36 in 2011 → 50 in 2024percentile 50
Population 20252,123 in 20102,277
Economic standard, medianin 2024313 tkr

Statistics Sweden's socio-economic index (TAB6586) per year, expressed as the area's percentile in Sweden, where higher is better. The area type is Statistics Sweden's own 1–5 classification.

Election Authority

Parliamentary election 2026

88.2 %turnout
SD28.4 %
S24.0 %
M19.1 %
KD9.8 %
V4.7 %
C4.3 %
L4.0 %
MP3.8 %

Parliamentary election 2026, share of valid votes. Polling-district votes are allocated to the area in proportion to address points. It is an estimate, not an official area result. Here 87% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

demographic statistical areas within the area

DeSO areas

Values in the order Economic standard (tkr), Post-secondary (%), Employment rate (%), Low economic standard (%) (latest year: 2024, 2025, 2024, 2024).

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityNässjö Municipality

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

31,587population
378 tkrmedian income
42.4 yearsaverage age