Skara tätort centrala södraPhoto taken 155 m from the locality centre: Albin Olsson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · licence
area in Skara Municipality

Skara tätort centrala södra

1,304 inhabitants · Average
the register

Facts

municipalitySkara
population1,304
area code1495R002

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 11% of areas1,304
Share 65++3.6 pp vs Skara · higher than 76% of areas27.3 %
Share foreign-born (20-64)-11.6 pp vs Skara · higher than 11% of areas62.4 %
Share foreign background-2.6 pp vs Skara · higher than 53% of areas20.0 %
Economy
Median income (earned)-4 % vs Skara · higher than 36% of areas334 tkr
Share low economic standard+4.0 pp vs Skara · higher than 79% of areas19.0 %
Education
Share post-secondary 3+ years-1.2 pp vs Skara · higher than 31% of areas19.7 %
Labour market
Share employed 20-24-1.4 pp vs Skara · higher than 40% of areas64.5 %
Health
Ill-health rate (20-64)-88 % vs Skara · higher than 97% of areas42.7 dgr
Elections
Voter turnout parliament+1.9 pp vs Skara · higher than 39% of areas85.7 %
Housing
Share owner-occupied housing-22.6 pp vs Skara · higher than 25% of areas32.9 %
Share rental housing+18.6 pp vs Skara · higher than 79% of areas46.5 %
Share of housing co-ops+5.9 pp vs Skara · higher than 62% of areas19.6 %
Share single-family houses-25.6 pp vs Skara · higher than 27% of areas34.7 %
Share built before 1940+7.7 pp vs Skara · higher than 91% of areas26.8 %
Transport
Passenger cars in usehigher than 10% of areas604 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

614men
699women
menagewomen
16
0–4
13
19
5–9
31
33
10–14
32
25
15–19
56
45
20–24
51
40
25–29
36
48
30–34
25
30
35–39
39
29
40–44
26
37
45–49
42
39
50–54
37
62
55–59
57
46
60–64
47
25
65–69
41
44
70–74
40
37
75–79
42
39
80+
84
marital status
Unmarried678
52 %
Married360
28 %
Divorced174
13 %
Widowed93
7 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Skara tätort centrala södra. 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 Sweden38 in 2011 → 20 in 2024percentile 20
Population 20251,336 in 20101,304
Economic standard, medianin 2024286 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

84.1 %turnout
S33.4 %
SD25.8 %
M19.0 %
C5.5 %
KD5.2 %
V4.7 %
MP2.7 %
L2.7 %

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

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalitySkara Municipality

The figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.

18,707population
390 tkrmedian income
43.7 yearsaverage age