area in Vänersborg Municipality

Flanaden-Torpaområdet

3,232 inhabitants · Major socio-economic challenges

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the register

Facts

municipalityVänersborg

population3,232

area code1487R005

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 63% of areas3,232

Share 65+-8.7 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 15% of areas15.5 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)0.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 60% of areas73.7 %

Share foreign background+47.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 95% of areas68.3 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-30 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 3% of areas242 tkr

Share low economic standard+32.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 99% of areas47.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-12.7 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 5% of areas13.1 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-13.4 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 13% of areas56.7 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-91 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 97% of areas44.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-18.4 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 3% of areas66.8 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-50.3 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 5% of areas2.9 %

Share rental housing+23.5 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 83% of areas52.7 %

Share of housing co-ops+28.6 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 88% of areas43.8 %

Share single-family houses-42.3 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 17% of areas16.2 %

Share built before 1940-14.2 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 15% of areas1.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 42% of areas987 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

1,646men

1,603women

menagewomen

103

0–4

105

139

5–9

120

135

10–14

134

143

15–19

114

131

20–24

124

25–29

102

30–34

124

111

35–39

110

40–44

110

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,870

58 %

Married835

26 %

Divorced430

13 %

Widowed97

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Flanaden-Torpaområdet. 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 20241 · Major socio-economic challenges

Relative position in Sweden2 in 2011 → 1 in 2024percentile 1

Population 20252,782 in 20103,232

Economic standard, medianin 2024201 tkr

General trend2011–2024stable

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

61.8 %turnout

S45.4 %

SD21.4 %

V11.9 %

M9.1 %

KD3.2 %

C2.8 %

MP2.2 %

L1.8 %

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.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Vänersborgurban area1.1 km Vargönurban area3.3 km Katrinedalurban area4.0 km Nordkrokenurban area4.4 km Båberg och Kvarntorpsmall locality5.7 km Holsmall locality6.4 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Bangatan-Marierovägen870 m Mariero-Kassaretorpet1.1 km Nabbensberg-Nordvästra Mariedal1.2 km Hagaparken-Holmängen1.3 km Fredriksberg1.7 km Onsjö2.1 km Mariedal-Restad2.3 km Vänersborg centrum2.5 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