area in Osby Municipality

Killeberg-Loshult-Hökön

1,279 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalityOsby

population1,279

area code1273R001

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 10% of areas1,279

Share 65+-1.7 pp vs Osby · higher than 64% of areas24.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-0.5 pp vs Osby · higher than 28% of areas67.8 %

Share foreign background+1.8 pp vs Osby · higher than 63% of areas24.1 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+7 % vs Osby · higher than 42% of areas342 tkr

Share low economic standard0.0 pp vs Osby · higher than 74% of areas17.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+1.2 pp vs Osby · higher than 33% of areas20.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+19.4 pp vs Osby · higher than 99% of areas87.5 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-78 % vs Osby · higher than 61% of areas26.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+2.5 pp vs Osby · higher than 53% of areas87.7 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+15.7 pp vs Osby · higher than 73% of areas85.7 %

Share rental housing-8.2 pp vs Osby · higher than 40% of areas12.7 %

Share single-family houses+11.9 pp vs Osby · higher than 71% of areas88.4 %

Share built before 1940+7.9 pp vs Osby · higher than 93% of areas28.1 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 22% of areas748 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

672men

612women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried638

50 %

Married466

36 %

Divorced119

9 %

Widowed56

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Killeberg-Loshult-Hökön. 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 Sweden25 in 2011 → 31 in 2024percentile 31

Population 20251,189 in 20101,279

Economic standard, medianin 2024302 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

88.5 %turnout

SD38.2 %

S27.7 %

M14.7 %

KD6.3 %

C4.8 %

V3.1 %

L2.3 %

MP2.2 %

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.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Killebergurban area3.6 km Loshultsmall locality3.7 km Hökönsmall locality4.5 km Älmhulturban area8.2 km Boaltsmall locality11 km Boastadsmall locality13 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Älmhult sydöstraÄlmhult6.5 km Älmhult östraÄlmhult8.1 km Älmhult västraÄlmhult8.3 km Osby omland10 km Älmhult norraÄlmhult10 km Lönsboda omland11 km Älmhults omlandÄlmhult13 km Lönsboda13 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityOsby 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 Osby?

12,947population

371 tkrmedian income

45.2 yearsaverage age