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area in Göteborg Municipality

Masthugget övre Bangatan

3,994 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityGöteborg

population3,994

area code1480R103

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 76% of areas3,994

Share 65+-0.6 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 16% of areas15.6 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+4.5 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 96% of areas81.8 %

Share foreign background-20.6 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 51% of areas19.7 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+7 % vs Göteborg · higher than 74% of areas396 tkr

Share low economic standard-3.0 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 52% of areas12.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+18.1 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 97% of areas59.1 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-9.6 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 5% of areas49.9 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-99 % vs Göteborg · higher than 18% of areas16.4 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+9.6 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 89% of areas92.4 %

Housing

Share rental housing-13.8 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 67% of areas33.7 %

Share of housing co-ops+38.4 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 96% of areas64.9 %

Share single-family houses-26.1 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 2% of areas0.1 %

Share built before 1940+25.8 pp vs Göteborg · higher than 97% of areas35.1 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 31% of areas848 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

1,928men

2,068women

menagewomen

100

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

172

20–24

247

216

25–29

252

201

30–34

223

188

35–39

143

128

40–44

106

110

45–49

124

114

50–54

112

55–59

111

60–64

65–69

103

70–74

102

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried2,798

70 %

Married780

20 %

Divorced341

9 %

Widowed72

2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Masthugget övre Bangatan. 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 Sweden57 in 2011 → 71 in 2024percentile 71

Population 20253,602 in 20103,994

Economic standard, medianin 2024355 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

90.2 %turnout

S25.9 %

V22.4 %

MP18.3 %

M10.0 %

SD7.9 %

C6.6 %

L5.0 %

KD2.2 %

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 74% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Göteborgurban area3.9 km Västra Balltorpurban area8.7 km Lerbäcksmall locality8.7 km Smedjeholmsmall locality8.8 km Östra Balltorpurban area9.1 km Assmundtorp och Skändlaurban area9.6 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Stigberget300 m Masthugget Masthuggsterassen440 m Masthugget övre Vegagatan640 m Majorna Såggatan750 m Olivedal nordvästra820 m Olivedal Järntorget920 m Majorna Hängmattan990 m Olivedal Kommendantsängen1.1 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