the register
Facts
municipalityKungälv
population1,594
area code1482R003
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
DemographicsPopulation (SCB)higher than 21% of areas1,594
Share 65++4.0 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 64% of areas25.0 %
Share foreign-born-2.2 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 22% of areas9.2 %
Share foreign background-2.2 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 28% of areas13.1 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+7 % vs Kungälv · higher than 87% of areas432 tkr
Share low economic standard-3.0 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 6% of areas4.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+3.7 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 69% of areas33.0 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24-12.9 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 21% of areas59.7 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)+19 % vs Kungälv · higher than 70% of areas28.8 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+2.9 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 91% of areas92.7 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing+8.8 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 51% of areas67.8 %
Share rental housing-16.7 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 6% of areas1.4 %
Share of housing co-ops+5.0 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 71% of areas25.5 %
Share single-family houses+25.5 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 82% of areas93.2 %
Share built before 1940-5.8 pp vs Kungälv · higher than 17% of areas2.0 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 20% of areas731 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
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Komarken södra. A RegSO consists of whole DeSO, so the figures cover the area exactly.
six axes
The area's DNA
Newer housingTurn of the century
Lower incomesHigher incomes
Shorter educationLonger education
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 Sweden88 in 2011 → 89 in 2024percentile 89
Population 20251,514 in 20101,594
Economic standard, medianin 2024402 tkr
General trend2011–2024stable
Statistics Sweden's socio-economic index (TAB6586) per year, expressed as the area's percentile in Sweden, where higher is better. The area type is Statistics Sweden's own 1–5 classification.
Election Authority
Parliamentary election 2026
85.5 %turnout
Parliamentary election 2026, share of valid votes. Polling-district votes are allocated to the area in proportion to address points. It is 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
demographic statistical areas within the area
DeSO areas
Values in the order Economic standard (tkr), Post-secondary (%), Employment rate (%), Low economic standard (%) (latest year: 2024, 2025, 2024, 2024).
nearest
Neighbouring areas
Distance between the areas' name points.
applies to the whole municipalityKungälv MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
50,313population
450 tkrmedian income
42.1 yearsaverage age
area in Kungälv Municipality