area in Lessebo Municipality

Hovmantorp

3,150 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalityLessebo

population3,150

area code0761R001

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 62% of areas3,150

Share 65+-2.6 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 55% of areas23.3 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+3.7 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 41% of areas70.5 %

Share foreign background-11.0 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 51% of areas19.4 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+10 % vs Lessebo · higher than 39% of areas339 tkr

Share low economic standard-7.0 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 62% of areas14.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+3.6 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 39% of areas21.4 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+2.1 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 88% of areas77.1 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-78 % vs Lessebo · higher than 62% of areas27.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+3.3 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 63% of areas88.9 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-2.0 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 53% of areas69.6 %

Share rental housing-0.9 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 55% of areas23.0 %

Share of housing co-ops+2.7 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 28% of areas5.0 %

Share single-family houses-2.3 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 54% of areas75.8 %

Share built before 1940-7.1 pp vs Lessebo · higher than 41% of areas8.4 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 72% of areas1,589 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

1,596men

1,548women

menagewomen

0–4

115

5–9

103

10–14

112

125

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

106

40–44

107

110

45–49

101

50–54

104

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

102

75–79

101

118

80+

121

marital status

Unmarried1,610

51 %

Married1,101

35 %

Divorced299

9 %

Widowed140

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Hovmantorp. 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 Sweden43 in 2011 → 33 in 2024percentile 33

Population 20253,035 in 20103,150

Economic standard, medianin 2024298 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

90.7 %turnout

S36.2 %

SD21.7 %

M19.5 %

KD5.8 %

V5.7 %

C5.0 %

MP2.9 %

L2.2 %

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 54% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Hovmantorpurban area70 m Lessebourban area8.9 km Furubyurban area9.9 km Årydurban area11 km Nöbbeleurban area13 km Linnerydurban area14 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Lessebo omland3.7 km Lessebo centralort8.6 km IngelstadVäxjö14 km Växjö landsbygdVäxjö15 km Kosta17 km Högstorp-HollstorpVäxjö20 km UniversitetsområdeVäxjö20 km Teleborg centrumVäxjö21 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityLessebo 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 Lessebo?

8,289population

355 tkrmedian income

44.0 yearsaverage age