area in Sotenäs Municipality

Sotenäs omland

1,556 inhabitants · Good conditions

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Facts

municipalitySotenäs

population1,556

area code1427R003

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 20% of areas1,556

Share 65+-1.6 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 96% of areas35.0 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-4.6 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 8% of areas60.9 %

Share foreign background-1.9 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 20% of areas11.1 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+2 % vs Sotenäs · higher than 58% of areas366 tkr

Share low economic standard0.0 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+4.1 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 51% of areas25.0 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-20.5 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 9% of areas53.8 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-56 % vs Sotenäs · higher than 47% of areas23.7 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-0.7 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 67% of areas89.5 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+20.3 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 76% of areas87.3 %

Share rental housing-20.2 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 22% of areas5.3 %

Share of housing co-ops-2.0 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 11% of areas1.7 %

Share single-family houses+13.5 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 74% of areas89.9 %

Share built before 1940+0.4 pp vs Sotenäs · higher than 72% of areas17.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 43% of areas1,008 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

816men

742women

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

Unmarried633

41 %

Married700

45 %

Divorced143

9 %

Widowed83

5 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Sotenäs omland. 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 Sweden47 in 2011 → 64 in 2024percentile 64

Population 20251,357 in 20101,556

Economic standard, medianin 2024350 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

83.4 %turnout

SD27.5 %

S26.0 %

M20.2 %

KD7.9 %

C5.9 %

MP4.5 %

L3.6 %

V3.2 %

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

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Skäret i sundsmall locality9.8 km Smögen, Kungshamn och Väjernurban area11 km Hunnebostrandurban area15 km Örnsmall locality15 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Kungshamn–Smögen-Hovenäset–Väjern7.0 km Hunnebostrand-Bovallstrand15 km SkaftöLysekil20 km LyseLysekil23 km BadhusbergetLysekil24 km Brastad-BroLysekil25 km LysekilLysekil26 km Tanums kustområdeTanum27 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