area in Bengtsfors Municipality

Bengtsfors-Sidan södra

1,653 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityBengtsfors

population1,653

area code1460R004

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 24% of areas1,653

Share 65+-1.9 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 84% of areas29.5 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+0.4 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 14% of areas63.6 %

Share foreign background-3.8 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 48% of areas18.4 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+14 % vs Bengtsfors · higher than 48% of areas351 tkr

Share low economic standard-9.0 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 35% of areas9.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+3.3 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 38% of areas21.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+14.8 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 92% of areas79.0 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-86 % vs Bengtsfors · higher than 57% of areas25.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+3.2 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 53% of areas87.7 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+6.3 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 65% of areas80.3 %

Share rental housing-4.4 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 47% of areas17.1 %

Share single-family houses+7.5 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 63% of areas83.1 %

Share built before 1940-7.6 pp vs Bengtsfors · higher than 49% of areas10.5 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 42% of areas990 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

834men

803women

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

Unmarried842

51 %

Married570

35 %

Divorced137

8 %

Widowed101

6 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Bengtsfors-Sidan södra. 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 Sweden30 in 2011 → 61 in 2024percentile 61

Population 20251,800 in 20101,653

Economic standard, medianin 2024317 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

83.7 %turnout

S34.8 %

SD25.7 %

M17.3 %

KD6.9 %

C6.2 %

MP3.1 %

L3.0 %

V2.2 %

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

Bengtsforsurban area740 m Skåpaforsurban area3.2 km Närsbynsmall locality5.3 km Billingsforsurban area5.6 km Ekebolsmall locality9.5 km Dals Långedurban area13 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Bengtsfors centrum1.8 km Billingsfors5.7 km Bengtsfors norra kommundel8.5 km Dals Långed13 km Bengtsfors södra kommundel18 km Dals-Eds omlandDals-Ed20 km Dals-Ed-EdDals-Ed22 km Dals-Ed-ÄngDals-Ed24 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityBengtsfors 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 Bengtsfors?

9,076population

374 tkrmedian income

48.2 yearsaverage age