area in Orust Municipality

Varekil

1,011 inhabitants · Good conditions
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Facts

municipalityOrust
population1,011
area code1421R006

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 4% of areas1,011
Share 65+-6.7 pp vs Orust · higher than 70% of areas26.1 %
Share foreign-born (20-64)+7.8 pp vs Orust · higher than 44% of areas71.1 %
Share foreign background+2.9 pp vs Orust · higher than 34% of areas14.4 %
Economy
Median income (earned)+5 % vs Orust · higher than 56% of areas362 tkr
Share low economic standard-4.0 pp vs Orust · higher than 16% of areas6.0 %
Education
Share post-secondary 3+ years-3.1 pp vs Orust · higher than 25% of areas18.3 %
Labour market
Share employed 20-24+2.2 pp vs Orust · higher than 72% of areas72.0 %
Health
Ill-health rate (20-64)-85 % vs Orust · higher than 64% of areas27.5 dgr
Elections
Voter turnout parliament+1.2 pp vs Orust · higher than 63% of areas88.9 %
Housing
Share owner-occupied housing-0.6 pp vs Orust · higher than 64% of areas79.9 %
Share rental housing+1.1 pp vs Orust · higher than 43% of areas14.2 %
Share of housing co-ops+0.3 pp vs Orust · higher than 17% of areas2.7 %
Share single-family houses+2.6 pp vs Orust · higher than 69% of areas87.2 %
Share built before 1940-9.4 pp vs Orust · higher than 22% of areas3.4 %
Transport
Passenger cars in usehigher than 12% of areas646 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

520men
493women
menagewomen
22
0–4
21
26
5–9
22
41
10–14
31
29
15–19
30
26
20–24
17
23
25–29
18
27
30–34
33
37
35–39
27
25
40–44
22
31
45–49
33
38
50–54
35
30
55–59
33
35
60–64
40
43
65–69
36
31
70–74
44
31
75–79
32
25
80+
19
marital status
Unmarried498
49 %
Married348
34 %
Divorced132
13 %
Widowed34
3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Varekil. 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 Sweden52 in 2011 → 61 in 2024percentile 61
Population 20251,035 in 20101,011
Economic standard, medianin 2024344 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

89.9 %turnout
SD28.8 %
S26.4 %
M18.1 %
C7.2 %
KD6.2 %
V4.4 %
MP3.9 %
L3.7 %

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 0% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Varekilurban area400 mTegensmall locality2.9 kmGrenegårdsmall locality3.2 kmHjälmviksmall locality3.4 kmKlevedalensmall locality3.6 kmLilla Askerönsmall locality3.8 km
nearest

Neighbouring areas

Svanesund6.0 kmStenungsund centrum-Stenungsön-Stora AskerönStenungsund6.6 kmMorlanda-Tegneby-Stala7.7 kmÖdsmålStenungsund8.1 kmVästergård-Doteröd-NytorpshöjdStenungsund9.0 kmTjörn österTjörn9.5 kmKristinedalStenungsund9.7 kmHasselbackenStenungsund10 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityOrust 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 Orust?
15,352population
406 tkrmedian income
48.7 yearsaverage age
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