area in Vänersborg Municipality

Vänersborg centrum

4,615 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalityVänersborg

population4,615

area code1487R014

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 82% of areas4,615

Share 65++8.7 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 92% of areas32.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-4.4 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 35% of areas69.3 %

Share foreign background+0.2 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 57% of areas21.4 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-12 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 18% of areas303 tkr

Share low economic standard+4.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 79% of areas19.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-1.3 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 50% of areas24.5 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+6.5 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 87% of areas76.6 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-93 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 87% of areas35.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+0.3 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 38% of areas85.5 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-48.4 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 7% of areas4.9 %

Share rental housing+36.8 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 90% of areas66.0 %

Share of housing co-ops+12.4 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 74% of areas27.6 %

Share single-family houses-52.1 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 12% of areas6.4 %

Share built before 1940+11.8 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 92% of areas27.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 81% of areas1,869 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

2,132men

2,502women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

104

15–19

112

194

20–24

178

197

25–29

173

169

30–34

154

149

35–39

123

40–44

100

45–49

111

50–54

126

116

55–59

143

124

60–64

129

118

65–69

141

120

70–74

155

157

75–79

212

208

80+

411

marital status

Unmarried2,389

52 %

Married1,140

25 %

Divorced688

15 %

Widowed396

9 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Vänersborg centrum. 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 20243 · Average

Relative position in Sweden41 in 2011 → 22 in 2024percentile 22

Population 20254,120 in 20104,615

Economic standard, medianin 2024278 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

84.6 %turnout

S36.0 %

SD21.4 %

M15.2 %

V6.8 %

C5.6 %

KD5.1 %

L4.6 %

MP4.1 %

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 47% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Katrinedalurban area2.1 km Vänersborgurban area2.1 km Stigsbergetsmall locality4.8 km Nordkrokenurban area5.0 km Vargönurban area5.2 km Båberg och Kvarntorpsmall locality6.7 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Fredriksberg1.2 km Hagaparken-Holmängen1.5 km Bangatan-Marierovägen1.7 km Nabbensberg-Nordvästra Mariedal2.4 km Blåsut-Öxnered2.4 km Flanaden-Torpaområdet2.5 km Mariero-Kassaretorpet3.3 km Onsjö4.1 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