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area in Skövde Municipality

Högskolan-Trängen

2,221 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalitySkövde

population2,221

area code1496R006

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 43% of areas2,221

Share 65+-5.7 pp vs Skövde · higher than 12% of areas14.5 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+10.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 98% of areas83.4 %

Share foreign background+7.4 pp vs Skövde · higher than 73% of areas30.1 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-17 % vs Skövde · higher than 21% of areas309 tkr

Share low economic standard+12.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 87% of areas23.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+4.2 pp vs Skövde · higher than 73% of areas34.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-31.7 pp vs Skövde · higher than 1% of areas35.7 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Skövde · higher than 52% of areas24.8 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.2 pp vs Skövde · higher than 36% of areas85.2 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-35.8 pp vs Skövde · higher than 14% of areas14.0 %

Share rental housing+28.7 pp vs Skövde · higher than 88% of areas62.1 %

Share of housing co-ops+7.6 pp vs Skövde · higher than 67% of areas23.2 %

Share single-family houses-37.3 pp vs Skövde · higher than 18% of areas17.7 %

Share built before 1940+9.7 pp vs Skövde · higher than 84% of areas22.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 23% of areas765 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

1,143men

1,073women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

239

20–24

202

137

25–29

114

127

30–34

101

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,488

67 %

Married491

22 %

Divorced184

8 %

Widowed56

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Högskolan-Trängen. 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 Sweden37 in 2011 → 28 in 2024percentile 28

Population 20252,268 in 20102,221

Economic standard, medianin 2024301 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

83.3 %turnout

S29.8 %

SD19.9 %

M19.6 %

V7.6 %

KD6.1 %

C5.9 %

L4.6 %

MP4.4 %

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

Skövdeurban area220 m Smedsgårdensmall locality4.5 km Ryttmästarboställetsmall locality6.0 km Fjälletsmall locality6.0 km Skultorpurban area6.5 km Herrekvarnsmall locality6.6 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Västra fältet360 m Skövde centrumkärna760 m Norrmalm-Rosenhaga1.3 km Dälderna-Havstena1.4 km Billingsluttningen-Kullen1.4 km Källegården1.9 km Ekängen-Aspö-Ulveket1.9 km Lunden-Trädgårdsstaden2.1 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalitySkövde 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 Skövde?

57,995population

415 tkrmedian income

41.3 yearsaverage age