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area in Göteborg Municipality

Kärrdalen

5,279 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityGöteborg

population5,279

area code1480R086

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 88% of areas5,279

Share 65+-0.7 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 16% of areas15.5 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-1.1 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 75% of areas76.2 %

Share foreign background-8.3 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 76% of areas31.9 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+23 % vs Göteborg · higher than 91% of areas453 tkr

Share low economic standard-11.0 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 6% of areas4.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+5.3 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 88% of areas46.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.4 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 19% of areas59.1 %

Health

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

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.9 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 61% of areas88.7 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+71.6 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 96% of areas95.9 %

Share rental housing-44.8 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 12% of areas2.7 %

Share of housing co-ops-25.8 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 4% of areas0.7 %

Share single-family houses+70.9 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 94% of areas97.0 %

Share built before 1940-3.2 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 33% of areas6.1 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 86% of areas2,075 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

2,735men

2,548women

menagewomen

139

0–4

138

209

5–9

168

222

10–14

188

209

15–19

189

166

20–24

125

25–29

109

30–34

133

158

35–39

197

227

40–44

210

224

45–49

183

200

50–54

202

193

55–59

191

161

60–64

160

152

65–69

131

70–74

75–79

80+

106

marital status

Unmarried2,642

50 %

Married2,187

41 %

Divorced326

6 %

Widowed123

2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Kärrdalen. 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 → 87 in 2024percentile 87

Population 20255,028 in 20105,279

Economic standard, medianin 2024401 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

88.0 %turnout

S29.2 %

M19.0 %

SD15.1 %

MP9.6 %

V9.3 %

C6.0 %

L5.7 %

KD4.2 %

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 83% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Smedjeholmsmall locality3.4 km Lerbäcksmall locality4.4 km Assmundtorp och Skändlaurban area4.6 km Nolvikurban area5.4 km Kvillehedsmall locality5.6 km Bärbysmall locality5.8 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Tuve västra1.2 km Länsmansgården norra1.2 km Svartedalen1.3 km Länsmansgården södra1.7 km Tuve Norumshöjd1.8 km Slättadamm1.9 km Tuve östra2.1 km Jättesten västra2.2 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