area in Västervik Municipality

Brevik-Gertrudsvik

3,508 inhabitants · Good conditions

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Facts

municipalityVästervik

population3,508

area code0883R002

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 67% of areas3,508

Share 65+-3.5 pp vs Västervik · higher than 75% of areas27.1 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-0.8 pp vs Västervik · higher than 30% of areas68.3 %

Share foreign background-4.7 pp vs Västervik · higher than 18% of areas10.6 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+18 % vs Västervik · higher than 66% of areas379 tkr

Share low economic standard-7.0 pp vs Västervik · higher than 16% of areas6.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+11.6 pp vs Västervik · higher than 72% of areas33.8 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-10.7 pp vs Västervik · higher than 25% of areas60.7 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Västervik · higher than 44% of areas22.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+3.3 pp vs Västervik · higher than 59% of areas88.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+23.4 pp vs Västervik · higher than 70% of areas84.1 %

Share rental housing-18.0 pp vs Västervik · higher than 29% of areas7.6 %

Share of housing co-ops-6.0 pp vs Västervik · higher than 30% of areas5.6 %

Share single-family houses+21.7 pp vs Västervik · higher than 64% of areas84.2 %

Share built before 1940-12.2 pp vs Västervik · higher than 28% of areas4.8 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 74% of areas1,621 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

1,761men

1,759women

menagewomen

0–4

137

5–9

105

134

10–14

15–19

107

20–24

25–29

30–34

129

35–39

118

105

40–44

115

45–49

107

50–54

113

105

55–59

110

103

60–64

109

65–69

115

104

70–74

111

103

75–79

110

143

80+

176

marital status

Unmarried1,739

50 %

Married1,331

38 %

Divorced248

7 %

Widowed194

6 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Brevik-Gertrudsvik. 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 Sweden82 in 2011 → 85 in 2024percentile 85

Population 20253,144 in 20103,508

Economic standard, medianin 2024331 tkr

General trend2011–2024stable

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

86.2 %turnout

S35.5 %

SD20.0 %

M19.9 %

C5.9 %

KD5.9 %

L4.4 %

MP3.9 %

V3.5 %

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 47% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Piperskärrurban area1.3 km Västervikurban area2.2 km Solhällsmall locality6.0 km Lilla Örserumsmall locality6.9 km Gunnebourban area7.8 km Hornsuddesmall locality10.0 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Skogshaga1.2 km Peru-Arabien1.7 km Reginelund-Stenhagen2.0 km Västralund-Jenny2.2 km Västervik centrum2.6 km Piperskärr-Grantorpet2.8 km Södermalm-Karstorp3.6 km Östermalm-Johannesdal4.2 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityVästervik 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 Västervik?

36,447population

381 tkrmedian income

47.3 yearsaverage age