area in Växjö Municipality

Universitetsområde

4,769 inhabitants · Socio-economic challenges

Short answer: Universitetsområde is an area in Växjö Municipality. It has 4,769 residents.

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the register

Facts

municipalityVäxjö

population4,769

area code0780R017

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 84% of areas4,769

Share 65+-14.6 pp vs Växjö · higher than 1% of areas4.8 %

Share foreign-born+12.6 pp vs Växjö · higher than 87% of areas33.2 %

Share foreign background+11.4 pp vs Växjö · higher than 83% of areas39.0 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-75 % vs Växjö · higher than 0% of areas86 tkr

Share low economic standard+31.0 pp vs Växjö · higher than 99% of areas46.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+10.5 pp vs Växjö · higher than 85% of areas44.0 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-24.8 pp vs Växjö · higher than 0% of areas31.9 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-86 % vs Växjö · higher than 0% of areas3.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.2 pp vs Växjö · higher than 58% of areas88.3 %

Housing

Share rental housing+49.4 pp vs Växjö · higher than 97% of areas86.7 %

Share of housing co-ops-3.8 pp vs Växjö · higher than 48% of areas11.8 %

Share single-family houses-53.2 pp vs Växjö · higher than 3% of areas0.1 %

Share built before 1940-11.9 pp vs Växjö · higher than 0% of areas0.0 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 12% of areas645 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

2,542men

2,227women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

118

1,340

20–24

1,253

433

25–29

349

198

30–34

114

122

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried4,130

87 %

Married515

11 %

Divorced84

2 %

Widowed44

1 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Universitetsområde. 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 20242 · Socio-economic challenges

Relative position in Sweden7 in 2011 → 9 in 2024percentile 9

Population 20253,199 in 20104,769

Economic standard, medianin 2024203 tkr

General trend2011–2024stable

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

89.7 %turnout

M29.4 %

S25.8 %

V11.7 %

SD9.8 %

MP6.8 %

C6.1 %

L4.5 %

KD4.4 %

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.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Skirsmall locality1.8 km Växjöurban area4.1 km Bramstorpsmall locality4.7 km Notterydsmall locality6.4 km Dänningelandasmall locality7.1 km Hinnamålasmall locality7.3 km

demographic statistical areas within the area

DeSO areas

0780C10501,552 residents192 · 78.9 · 34.4 · 52.0 0780C1071955 residents330 · 64.2 · 79.2 · 12.0 0780C10722,262 residents183 · 77.5 · 30.0 · 59.0

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

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Teleborg centrum980 m Växjö öster1.5 km Teleborg2.1 km Högstorp-Hollstorp2.5 km Söder-Bäckaslöv2.5 km Växjö centrum-Väster-Spetsamossen3.3 km Gamla norr-Fagrabäck4.0 km Kungsmad-Pilbäcken4.4 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityVäxjö 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 Växjö?

98,334population

384 tkrmedian income

40.4 yearsaverage age