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area in Göteborg Municipality

Heden västra

4,626 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityGöteborg

population4,626

area code1480R046

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 82% of areas4,626

Share 65++9.4 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 68% of areas25.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-4.5 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 55% of areas72.8 %

Share foreign background-13.8 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 67% of areas26.4 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+18 % vs Göteborg · higher than 88% of areas436 tkr

Share low economic standard-7.0 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+2.3 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 85% of areas43.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-1.2 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 17% of areas58.3 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-99 % vs Göteborg · higher than 25% of areas18.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.2 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 55% of areas88.0 %

Housing

Share rental housing+7.3 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 84% of areas54.9 %

Share of housing co-ops+15.0 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 86% of areas41.5 %

Share single-family houses-26.2 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 0% of areas0.0 %

Share built before 1940+30.5 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 99% of areas39.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 51% of areas1,135 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

2,258men

2,353women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

146

20–24

145

165

25–29

175

172

30–34

175

136

35–39

120

118

40–44

119

143

45–49

115

179

50–54

185

195

55–59

204

201

60–64

198

151

65–69

171

122

70–74

164

126

75–79

145

131

80+

170

marital status

Unmarried2,430

52 %

Married1,399

30 %

Divorced649

14 %

Widowed154

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Heden västra. 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 Sweden79 in 2011 → 74 in 2024percentile 74

Population 20254,569 in 20104,626

Economic standard, medianin 2024417 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

83.8 %turnout

M30.3 %

S21.1 %

SD18.0 %

L7.6 %

V6.3 %

C5.3 %

KD5.3 %

MP5.1 %

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 32% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Göteborgurban area4.4 km Lerbäcksmall locality8.2 km Västra Balltorpurban area8.4 km Östra Balltorpurban area8.6 km Smedjeholmsmall locality9.2 km Assmundtorp och Skändlaurban area9.4 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Lorensberg-Vasastaden övre600 m Heden östra700 m Vasastaden västra850 m Stampen östra860 m Inom Vallgraven1.1 km Landala norra1.1 km Landala södra1.2 km Johanneberg Chalmers1.3 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityGöteborg 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 Göteborg?

608,993population

398 tkrmedian income

39.6 yearsaverage age