the register
Facts
municipalityKalmar
population6,248
area code0880R011
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
DemographicsPopulation (SCB)higher than 93% of areas6,248
Share 65+-1.5 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 33% of areas19.2 %
Share foreign-born-5.4 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 30% of areas10.6 %
Share foreign background-5.9 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 34% of areas14.6 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+8 % vs Kalmar · higher than 66% of areas378 tkr
Share low economic standard-7.0 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 23% of areas7.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+3.1 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 73% of areas35.4 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24+3.6 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 36% of areas63.5 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-14 % vs Kalmar · higher than 34% of areas20.4 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+2.8 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 75% of areas90.5 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing+34.3 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 66% of areas81.5 %
Share rental housing-24.3 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 36% of areas10.3 %
Share of housing co-ops-10.3 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 33% of areas6.7 %
Share single-family houses+37.9 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 73% of areas89.3 %
Share built before 1940-10.6 pp vs Kalmar · higher than 22% of areas3.4 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 96% of areas3,020 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
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (4 statistical areas) that make up Lindsdal. A RegSO consists of whole DeSO, so the figures cover the area exactly.
six axes
The area's DNA
Newer housingTurn of the century
Lower incomesHigher incomes
Shorter educationLonger education
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 Sweden79 in 2011 → 74 in 2024percentile 74
Population 20255,653 in 20106,248
Economic standard, medianin 2024316 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
89.6 %turnout
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 83% 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 municipalityKalmar MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
72,704population
385 tkrmedian income
41.6 yearsaverage age