area in Skövde Municipality

Lunden-Trädgårdsstaden

3,303 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalitySkövde

population3,303

area code1496R009

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 64% of areas3,303

Share 65+-10.7 pp vs Skövde · higher than 3% of areas9.4 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+3.3 pp vs Skövde · higher than 78% of areas76.7 %

Share foreign background+4.3 pp vs Skövde · higher than 68% of areas27.0 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+14 % vs Skövde · higher than 85% of areas425 tkr

Share low economic standard-3.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+9.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 80% of areas39.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+5.6 pp vs Skövde · higher than 76% of areas73.0 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Skövde · higher than 50% of areas24.2 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+2.9 pp vs Skövde · higher than 47% of areas86.9 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-4.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 32% of areas45.7 %

Share rental housing-7.9 pp vs Skövde · higher than 58% of areas25.6 %

Share of housing co-ops+11.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 72% of areas26.7 %

Share single-family houses+3.2 pp vs Skövde · higher than 40% of areas58.1 %

Share built before 1940-11.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 16% of areas1.8 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 63% of areas1,361 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

1,664men

1,619women

menagewomen

124

0–4

138

158

5–9

148

166

10–14

143

133

15–19

110

20–24

25–29

134

30–34

148

170

35–39

172

130

40–44

128

110

45–49

120

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried2,057

62 %

Married956

29 %

Divorced235

7 %

Widowed58

2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Lunden-Trädgårdsstaden. 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 Sweden70 in 2011 → 65 in 2024percentile 65

Population 20251,588 in 20103,303

Economic standard, medianin 2024337 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

86.2 %turnout

S31.0 %

M25.1 %

SD18.4 %

KD6.9 %

C6.2 %

V4.5 %

L3.5 %

MP3.1 %

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 61% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Skövdeurban area2.0 km Fjälletsmall locality4.1 km Smedsgårdensmall locality4.5 km Igelstorpurban area5.3 km Skogslundsmall locality7.4 km Nymanstorpsmall locality7.9 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Norrmalm-Rosenhaga810 m Västra fältet1.8 km Ryds centrum2.0 km Högskolan-Trängen2.1 km Skövde centrumkärna2.7 km Ekängen-Aspö-Ulveket2.9 km Dälderna-Havstena2.9 km Mariesjö-Östermalm3.2 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