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area in Falköping Municipality

Falköping västra stad

3,900 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityFalköping

population3,900

area code1499R004

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 74% of areas3,900

Share 65+-3.3 pp vs Falköping · higher than 39% of areas20.2 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-1.9 pp vs Falköping · higher than 45% of areas71.2 %

Share foreign background-11.8 pp vs Falköping · higher than 11% of areas8.8 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+18 % vs Falköping · higher than 76% of areas398 tkr

Share low economic standard-8.0 pp vs Falköping · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+10.5 pp vs Falköping · higher than 66% of areas31.0 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+3.2 pp vs Falköping · higher than 83% of areas75.3 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-92 % vs Falköping · higher than 46% of areas23.2 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.1 pp vs Falköping · higher than 77% of areas90.8 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+12.6 pp vs Falköping · higher than 59% of areas75.0 %

Share rental housing-6.8 pp vs Falköping · higher than 55% of areas23.5 %

Share of housing co-ops-6.0 pp vs Falköping · higher than 3% of areas0.6 %

Share single-family houses+12.6 pp vs Falköping · higher than 55% of areas77.0 %

Share built before 1940-9.4 pp vs Falköping · higher than 50% of areas10.8 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 84% of areas2,005 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

1,941men

1,947women

menagewomen

0–4

125

5–9

124

145

10–14

114

157

15–19

142

112

20–24

25–29

113

30–34

113

115

35–39

121

126

40–44

119

108

45–49

124

146

50–54

142

147

55–59

139

120

60–64

139

113

65–69

112

70–74

75–79

80+

132

marital status

Unmarried2,091

54 %

Married1,378

35 %

Divorced300

8 %

Widowed131

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Falköping västra stad. 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 Sweden73 in 2011 → 73 in 2024percentile 73

Population 20254,148 in 20103,900

Economic standard, medianin 2024341 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

89.5 %turnout

S30.5 %

M21.2 %

SD19.3 %

KD7.0 %

C6.7 %

MP5.7 %

L4.5 %

V4.3 %

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.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Falköpingurban area1.5 km Odensbergurban area5.8 km Torbjörntorpurban area6.1 km Gudhemurban area6.2 km Vilske-Klevasmall locality6.4 km Karlebysmall locality6.8 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Falköping södra stad2.1 km Falköping norra stad2.6 km Falköping östra stad2.8 km Odensberg5.5 km Gudhem-Torbjörntorp6.3 km Vartofta-Kättilstorp11 km Floby13 km Stenstorp14 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityFalköping 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 Falköping?

32,806population

383 tkrmedian income

43.1 yearsaverage age