area in Vänersborg Municipality

Dalsland landsbygd

5,372 inhabitants · Good conditions

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Facts

municipalityVänersborg

population5,372

area code1487R004

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 areas5,372

Share 65++2.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 71% of areas26.2 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-7.9 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 21% of areas65.8 %

Share foreign background-13.9 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 6% of areas7.3 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+5 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 55% of areas361 tkr

Share low economic standard-5.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 41% of areas10.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-6.5 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 29% of areas19.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-3.6 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 48% of areas66.5 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-93 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 86% of areas34.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+6.4 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 84% of areas91.6 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+40.2 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 90% of areas93.5 %

Share rental housing-25.3 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 17% of areas3.9 %

Share single-family houses+35.6 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 85% of areas94.1 %

Share built before 1940+3.8 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 78% of areas19.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 99% of areas3,774 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

2,812men

2,573women

menagewomen

127

0–4

134

129

5–9

145

159

10–14

178

152

15–19

124

20–24

106

25–29

151

30–34

148

172

35–39

145

156

40–44

161

152

45–49

146

184

50–54

146

236

55–59

189

231

60–64

237

233

65–69

198

70–74

153

154

75–79

141

174

80+

166

marital status

Unmarried2,668

50 %

Married2,012

37 %

Divorced481

9 %

Widowed217

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Dalsland landsbygd. 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 Sweden44 in 2011 → 53 in 2024percentile 53

Population 20255,262 in 20105,372

Economic standard, medianin 2024326 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

90.8 %turnout

SD35.7 %

S22.1 %

M17.2 %

C8.0 %

KD7.3 %

V3.4 %

MP2.6 %

L2.6 %

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 58% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Frändeforsurban area3.7 km Forsanesmall locality5.2 km Brålandaurban area5.8 km Stigsbergetsmall locality9.4 km Katrinedalurban area14 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Brålanda tätort5.8 km Vänersborg centrum14 km Nordkroken-Vänersnäs15 km Hagaparken-Holmängen15 km Fredriksberg15 km Bangatan-Marierovägen16 km Blåsut-Öxnered16 km Flanaden-Torpaområdet16 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityVänersborg 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 Vänersborg?

40,041population

390 tkrmedian income

43.6 yearsaverage age