area in Falkenberg Municipality

Vessigebro-Årstad

3,325 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityFalkenberg

population3,325

area code1382R012

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 64% of areas3,325

Share 65+-3.2 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 52% of areas22.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-1.9 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 40% of areas70.3 %

Share foreign background-6.3 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 31% of areas13.8 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+1 % vs Falkenberg · higher than 41% of areas341 tkr

Share low economic standard0.0 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 52% of areas12.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-2.0 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 30% of areas19.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.7 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 71% of areas71.6 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-93 % vs Falkenberg · higher than 56% of areas25.7 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.3 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 51% of areas87.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+22.0 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 73% of areas85.7 %

Share rental housing-10.0 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 39% of areas11.6 %

Share of housing co-ops-10.9 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 3% of areas0.6 %

Share single-family houses+22.5 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 75% of areas90.9 %

Share built before 1940+13.7 pp vs Falkenberg · higher than 88% of areas24.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 85% of areas2,013 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

1,699men

1,606women

menagewomen

0–4

118

114

5–9

108

10–14

15–19

100

20–24

25–29

118

30–34

111

127

35–39

117

102

40–44

45–49

106

50–54

120

55–59

101

60–64

106

65–69

107

70–74

75–79

102

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,781

53 %

Married1,145

34 %

Divorced285

9 %

Widowed118

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Vessigebro-Årstad. 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 Sweden38 in 2011 → 45 in 2024percentile 45

Population 20253,220 in 20103,325

Economic standard, medianin 2024311 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

85.3 %turnout

SD28.4 %

S22.9 %

M17.9 %

C13.0 %

KD5.7 %

MP4.5 %

V3.4 %

L3.3 %

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

Årstadurban area5.8 km Vessigebrourban area6.3 km Asigesmall locality8.5 km Hebergurban area10 km Bergagårdurban area11 km Slöingeurban area11 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Slöinge12 km Vinberg-Ljungby12 km Drängsered-Kinnared-BrännögårdHylte13 km Skrea14 km Tröingeberg-Fajans14 km Getinge tätortHalmstad15 km Falkenberg södra16 km Stafsinge-Gruebäcken16 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityFalkenberg 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 Falkenberg?

47,337population

384 tkrmedian income

44.3 yearsaverage age