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area in Skövde Municipality

Skövde centrumkärna

1,832 inhabitants · Good conditions

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Facts

municipalitySkövde

population1,832

area code1496R015

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 30% of areas1,832

Share 65+-1.4 pp vs Skövde · higher than 31% of areas18.8 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+2.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 71% of areas75.4 %

Share foreign background-1.6 pp vs Skövde · higher than 56% of areas21.1 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-2 % vs Skövde · higher than 57% of areas364 tkr

Share low economic standard+3.0 pp vs Skövde · higher than 62% of areas14.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+1.5 pp vs Skövde · higher than 68% of areas31.6 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-2.6 pp vs Skövde · higher than 41% of areas64.8 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Skövde · higher than 46% of areas23.3 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.6 pp vs Skövde · higher than 39% of areas85.6 %

Housing

Share rental housing+37.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 92% of areas70.6 %

Share of housing co-ops+12.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 74% of areas27.7 %

Share single-family houses-52.1 pp vs Skövde · higher than 9% of areas2.9 %

Share built before 1940+1.8 pp vs Skövde · higher than 63% of areas14.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 19% of areas718 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

964men

869women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

145

20–24

128

130

25–29

100

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried1,195

65 %

Married373

20 %

Divorced194

11 %

Widowed66

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Skövde centrumkärna. 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 Sweden76 in 2011 → 57 in 2024percentile 57

Population 20251,716 in 20101,832

Economic standard, medianin 2024318 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

80.7 %turnout

S28.1 %

M21.3 %

SD17.8 %

V10.1 %

KD5.7 %

C5.2 %

L5.1 %

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 44% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Skövdeurban area970 m Smedsgårdensmall locality5.1 km Ryttmästarboställetsmall locality5.3 km Skultorpurban area5.8 km Herrekvarnsmall locality5.8 km Fjälletsmall locality6.8 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Högskolan-Trängen760 m Billingsluttningen-Kullen1.0 km Västra fältet1.1 km Källegården1.2 km Dälderna-Havstena1.7 km Mariesjö-Östermalm1.7 km Norrmalm-Rosenhaga1.9 km Hentorp-Våmb2.3 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