area in Tanum Municipality

Tanums kustområde

3,645 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityTanum

population3,645

area code1435R002

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 70% of areas3,645

Share 65++8.5 pp vs Tanum · higher than 99% of areas40.3 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-8.1 pp vs Tanum · higher than 3% of areas56.1 %

Share foreign background-4.7 pp vs Tanum · higher than 14% of areas9.5 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+2 % vs Tanum · higher than 44% of areas345 tkr

Share low economic standard-3.0 pp vs Tanum · higher than 35% of areas9.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+5.5 pp vs Tanum · higher than 55% of areas26.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.6 pp vs Tanum · higher than 72% of areas71.8 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-81 % vs Tanum · higher than 36% of areas21.2 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+4.4 pp vs Tanum · higher than 75% of areas90.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+0.2 pp vs Tanum · higher than 62% of areas77.7 %

Share rental housing+0.5 pp vs Tanum · higher than 46% of areas16.5 %

Share of housing co-ops0.0 pp vs Tanum · higher than 18% of areas2.8 %

Share single-family houses-0.9 pp vs Tanum · higher than 59% of areas79.9 %

Share built before 1940-1.8 pp vs Tanum · higher than 56% of areas12.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 88% of areas2,160 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

1,818men

1,820women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

103

50–54

110

116

55–59

120

154

60–64

146

176

65–69

178

170

70–74

185

179

75–79

178

80+

220

marital status

Unmarried1,474

40 %

Married1,488

41 %

Divorced445

12 %

Widowed233

6 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Tanums kustområde. 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 Sweden45 in 2011 → 63 in 2024percentile 63

Population 20253,698 in 20103,645

Economic standard, medianin 2024355 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

88.3 %turnout

S26.9 %

M22.9 %

SD18.3 %

C7.5 %

KD6.9 %

MP6.6 %

L5.8 %

V4.7 %

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 75% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Grebbestad16 km Tanumshede22 km Hunnebostrand-BovallstrandSotenäs27 km Sotenäs omlandSotenäs27 km Tjärnö-Koster-KebalStrömstad30 km Tanums landsbygd33 km Kungshamn–Smögen-Hovenäset–VäjernSotenäs33 km Svarteborg-Munkedals omlandMunkedal35 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityTanum 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 Tanum?

12,773population

389 tkrmedian income

48.0 yearsaverage age