area in Ale Municipality

Södra Älvängen

3,030 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityAle

population3,030

area code1440R012

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 59% of areas3,030

Share 65+-6.8 pp vs Ale · higher than 5% of areas10.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+3.8 pp vs Ale · higher than 87% of areas78.5 %

Share foreign background-5.8 pp vs Ale · higher than 57% of areas21.4 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+15 % vs Ale · higher than 90% of areas445 tkr

Share low economic standard-4.0 pp vs Ale · higher than 6% of areas4.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+7.1 pp vs Ale · higher than 70% of areas33.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+3.9 pp vs Ale · higher than 71% of areas71.6 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Ale · higher than 14% of areas15.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.4 pp vs Ale · higher than 87% of areas92.0 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-3.4 pp vs Ale · higher than 43% of areas59.6 %

Share rental housing-17.4 pp vs Ale · higher than 15% of areas3.4 %

Share of housing co-ops+21.6 pp vs Ale · higher than 83% of areas36.6 %

Share single-family houses+17.4 pp vs Ale · higher than 73% of areas89.4 %

Share built before 1940-5.8 pp vs Ale · higher than 19% of areas2.9 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 61% of areas1,312 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

1,536men

1,496women

menagewomen

138

0–4

112

173

5–9

162

163

10–14

129

104

15–19

20–24

25–29

103

30–34

134

154

35–39

162

153

40–44

147

45–49

114

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,719

57 %

Married1,068

35 %

Divorced189

6 %

Widowed49

2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Södra Älvängen. 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 Sweden92 in 2011 → 90 in 2024percentile 90

Population 20251,671 in 20103,030

Economic standard, medianin 2024356 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

91.7 %turnout

S29.9 %

M22.4 %

SD20.4 %

V5.7 %

KD5.6 %

C5.5 %

L5.1 %

MP4.2 %

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 61% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Älvängenurban area2.1 km Solbergsmall locality2.2 km Starrkärrsmall locality2.5 km Nyhemsmall locality3.7 km Häljerödsmall locality4.1 km Nödinge-Nolurban area4.4 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Centrala Älvängen1.7 km Alafors2.1 km Norra Älvängen2.7 km Nol4.1 km RomelandaKungälv4.2 km Skepplanda5.5 km Centrala Nödinge5.9 km Östra Nödinge6.3 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityAle 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 Ale?

32,576population

432 tkrmedian income

40.1 yearsaverage age