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area in Åmål Municipality

Åmål sydvästra

1,586 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityÅmål

population1,586

area code1492R006

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 21% of areas1,586

Share 65++3.8 pp vs Åmål · higher than 93% of areas33.3 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-3.7 pp vs Åmål · higher than 8% of areas60.5 %

Share foreign background-3.3 pp vs Åmål · higher than 37% of areas15.2 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+1 % vs Åmål · higher than 25% of areas316 tkr

Share low economic standard-4.0 pp vs Åmål · higher than 62% of areas14.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-1.5 pp vs Åmål · higher than 25% of areas18.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+3.5 pp vs Åmål · higher than 75% of areas72.9 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-86 % vs Åmål · higher than 72% of areas29.3 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-0.5 pp vs Åmål · higher than 29% of areas83.8 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-7.9 pp vs Åmål · higher than 40% of areas56.6 %

Share rental housing-18.7 pp vs Åmål · higher than 27% of areas6.9 %

Share of housing co-ops+27.4 pp vs Åmål · higher than 82% of areas35.8 %

Share single-family houses-8.7 pp vs Åmål · higher than 41% of areas59.6 %

Share built before 1940-5.5 pp vs Åmål · higher than 61% of areas14.0 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 28% of areas815 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

781men

802women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

110

marital status

Unmarried834

53 %

Married455

29 %

Divorced166

10 %

Widowed127

8 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Åmål sydvästra. 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 Sweden42 in 2011 → 45 in 2024percentile 45

Population 20251,715 in 20101,586

Economic standard, medianin 2024290 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

83.6 %turnout

S34.7 %

SD27.2 %

M14.5 %

KD6.5 %

V5.6 %

C4.9 %

MP2.9 %

L2.8 %

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

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Åmålurban area1.2 km Höganässmall locality2.8 km Kasenbergsmall locality4.6 km Tösseurban area8.3 km Edsleskogsmall locality13 km Fengersforsurban area13 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Åmål centrum västra1.6 km Åmål södra2.0 km Åmål centrum östra2.2 km Åmål norra2.9 km Åmål landsbygd norra5.9 km Åmål landsbygd södra12 km Västra Kila-TvetaSäffle13 km Höglunda-Hermes-NorelundSäffle15 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityÅmål 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 Åmål?

11,906population

369 tkrmedian income

46.7 yearsaverage age