area in Vänersborg Municipality

Vargön centrum

3,127 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityVänersborg

population3,127

area code1487R013

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 61% of areas3,127

Share 65+-0.2 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 59% of areas23.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-8.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 20% of areas65.7 %

Share foreign background-7.2 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 32% of areas14.0 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-2 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 38% of areas336 tkr

Share low economic standard-2.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 58% of areas13.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-5.5 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 34% of areas20.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-2.5 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 54% of areas67.6 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-92 % vs Vänersborg · higher than 95% of areas40.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.0 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 42% of areas86.2 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+6.3 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 43% of areas59.6 %

Share rental housing+6.6 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 70% of areas35.8 %

Share of housing co-ops-12.7 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 15% of areas2.4 %

Share single-family houses+6.7 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 45% of areas65.2 %

Share built before 1940-0.7 pp vs Vänersborg · higher than 65% of areas15.2 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 77% of areas1,709 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

1,603men

1,528women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

102

10–14

111

15–19

20–24

25–29

121

30–34

120

114

35–39

40–44

45–49

104

50–54

55–59

106

60–64

65–69

100

70–74

75–79

100

80+

162

marital status

Unmarried1,621

52 %

Married982

31 %

Divorced346

11 %

Widowed174

6 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Vargön 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 20244 · Good conditions

Relative position in Sweden48 in 2011 → 40 in 2024percentile 40

Population 20252,969 in 20103,127

Economic standard, medianin 2024288 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

85.1 %turnout

S34.1 %

SD29.0 %

M13.5 %

V6.1 %

KD6.0 %

C4.3 %

L3.4 %

MP2.4 %

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 0% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Vargönurban area580 m Nordkrokenurban area3.3 km Vänersborgurban area4.4 km Flogetsmall locality4.5 km Holsmall locality5.3 km Katrinedalurban area7.2 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Mariedal-Restad2.0 km Mariero-Kassaretorpet2.3 km Väneryr-Hol3.1 km Flanaden-Torpaområdet3.3 km Hagaparken-Holmängen4.0 km Bangatan-Marierovägen4.0 km Onsjö4.2 km Nabbensberg-Nordvästra Mariedal4.4 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