area in Sotenäs Municipality

Hunnebostrand-Bovallstrand

2,596 inhabitants · Good conditions

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Facts

municipalitySotenäs

population2,596

area code1427R001

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 52% of areas2,596

Share 65++1.1 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 98% of areas37.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+0.5 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 21% of areas66.0 %

Share foreign background+1.7 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 35% of areas14.7 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-4 % vs Sotenäs · higher than 41% of areas342 tkr

Share low economic standard+1.0 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 35% of areas9.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+1.8 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 44% of areas22.8 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+2.1 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 86% of areas76.4 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-44 % vs Sotenäs · higher than 73% of areas29.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+0.1 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 74% of areas90.3 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-7.9 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 43% of areas59.2 %

Share rental housing+6.7 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 66% of areas32.3 %

Share of housing co-ops+1.2 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 27% of areas4.9 %

Share single-family houses-4.5 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 51% of areas71.9 %

Share built before 1940-2.1 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 64% of areas15.0 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 69% of areas1,494 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

1,295men

1,304women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

101

55–59

101

60–64

102

65–69

101

121

70–74

135

111

75–79

115

134

80+

167

marital status

Unmarried1,079

42 %

Married963

37 %

Divorced334

13 %

Widowed215

8 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Hunnebostrand-Bovallstrand. 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 → 42 in 2024percentile 42

Population 20252,622 in 20102,596

Economic standard, medianin 2024340 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

90.4 %turnout

S30.6 %

SD25.2 %

M19.4 %

KD7.2 %

C5.7 %

L4.5 %

MP3.9 %

V2.5 %

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 73% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Hunnebostrandurban area990 m Bovallstrandurban area2.8 km Gerlesborgsmall locality4.5 km Björkenässmall locality5.6 km Heestrandsmall locality7.6 km Örnsmall locality7.9 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Brastad-BroLysekil12 km Sotenäs omland15 km LyseLysekil17 km Svarteborg-Munkedals omlandMunkedal17 km BadhusbergetLysekil20 km Kungshamn–Smögen-Hovenäset–Väjern21 km LysekilLysekil21 km Munkedals tätortMunkedal22 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalitySotenäs 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 Sotenäs?

9,104population

413 tkrmedian income

51.3 yearsaverage age