area in Skövde Municipality

Ryd barkvägen-Lövängen

3,721 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalitySkövde

population3,721

area code1496R012

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 72% of areas3,721

Share 65++3.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 55% of areas23.3 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-0.4 pp vs Skövde · higher than 56% of areas73.0 %

Share foreign background+34.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 92% of areas56.7 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-10 % vs Skövde · higher than 37% of areas336 tkr

Share low economic standard0.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 47% of areas11.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-10.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 33% of areas20.0 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+1.8 pp vs Skövde · higher than 61% of areas69.2 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-94 % vs Skövde · higher than 79% of areas31.5 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-7.6 pp vs Skövde · higher than 10% of areas76.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+14.2 pp vs Skövde · higher than 47% of areas64.0 %

Share rental housing-24.7 pp vs Skövde · higher than 32% of areas8.8 %

Share of housing co-ops+11.3 pp vs Skövde · higher than 73% of areas26.9 %

Share single-family houses+25.4 pp vs Skövde · higher than 59% of areas80.4 %

Share built before 1940-12.8 pp vs Skövde · higher than 7% of areas0.1 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 77% of areas1,717 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

1,835men

1,870women

menagewomen

0–4

138

5–9

132

110

10–14

126

128

15–19

127

20–24

103

25–29

107

30–34

103

35–39

121

126

40–44

139

114

45–49

106

50–54

100

105

55–59

108

105

60–64

119

120

65–69

109

106

70–74

119

75–79

114

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,747

47 %

Married1,554

42 %

Divorced294

8 %

Widowed128

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Ryd barkvägen-Lövängen. 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 Sweden46 in 2011 → 29 in 2024percentile 29

Population 20253,478 in 20103,721

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

73.6 %turnout

S41.3 %

SD16.1 %

M15.5 %

KD10.1 %

V4.8 %

C4.3 %

L3.4 %

MP2.9 %

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 63% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Smedsgårdensmall locality1.1 km Skövdeurban area3.2 km Fjälletsmall locality4.9 km Stöpenurban area5.6 km Ulvåkerurban area7.0 km Nymanstorpsmall locality7.7 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Ryds centrum1.6 km Ekängen-Aspö-Ulveket1.8 km Dälderna-Havstena2.6 km Västra fältet3.1 km Norrmalm-Rosenhaga3.3 km Högskolan-Trängen3.4 km Lunden-Trädgårdsstaden3.4 km Billingsluttningen-Kullen3.9 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