area in Gullspång Municipality

Hova

1,192 inhabitants · Socio-economic challenges

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the register

Facts

municipalityGullspång

population1,192

area code1447R004

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 8% of areas1,192

Share 65+-1.7 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 94% of areas33.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+1.6 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 6% of areas59.4 %

Share foreign background+1.4 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 59% of areas22.6 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-5 % vs Gullspång · higher than 10% of areas284 tkr

Share low economic standard+3.0 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 87% of areas23.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-2.2 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 3% of areas12.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+2.0 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 46% of areas66.0 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-68 % vs Gullspång · higher than 90% of areas36.9 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-1.7 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 19% of areas81.1 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-7.9 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 52% of areas69.0 %

Share rental housing+11.5 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 61% of areas28.0 %

Share of housing co-ops-2.9 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 11% of areas1.8 %

Share single-family houses-7.4 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 52% of areas73.6 %

Share built before 1940-8.7 pp vs Gullspång · higher than 53% of areas11.5 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 9% of areas596 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

589men

598women

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

Unmarried574

48 %

Married398

33 %

Divorced130

11 %

Widowed94

8 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Hova. 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 20242 · Socio-economic challenges

Relative position in Sweden15 in 2011 → 10 in 2024percentile 10

Population 20251,331 in 20101,192

Economic standard, medianin 2024256 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

83.7 %turnout

SD32.8 %

S27.5 %

M16.8 %

C7.1 %

KD5.8 %

V4.5 %

L1.8 %

MP1.6 %

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

Hovaurban area90 m Älgaråsurban area4.9 km Källarbroängensmall locality6.8 km Hassleflosmall locality9.9 km Lyrestadurban area11 km Guntorpsmall locality12 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Gullspång södra5.7 km Töreboda norra-ÄlgaråsTöreboda9.3 km Sjötorp-LyrestadMariestad9.6 km Gullspång-Skagersvik14 km Töreboda centrum norra-Berget-KårtorpTöreboda16 km Töreboda centrum östra-KilenTöreboda17 km Finnerödja-TivedLaxå17 km Töreboda centrum sydvästra-BjörkängTöreboda18 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityGullspång 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 Gullspång?

5,031population

364 tkrmedian income

49.9 yearsaverage age