area in Munkfors Municipality

Munkfors yttre områden

686 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityMunkfors

population686

area code1762R003

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 0% of areas686

Share 65+-2.3 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 73% of areas26.7 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-2.6 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 4% of areas57.8 %

Share foreign background+2.2 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 56% of areas21.1 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+5 % vs Munkfors · higher than 31% of areas326 tkr

Share low economic standard-4.0 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 66% of areas15.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+7.8 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 35% of areas20.6 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-33.5 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 2% of areas43.8 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-65 % vs Munkfors · higher than 49% of areas24.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.2 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 70% of areas89.9 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+18.6 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 88% of areas92.7 %

Share rental housing-10.2 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 26% of areas6.6 %

Share single-family houses+17.0 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 83% of areas93.6 %

Share built before 1940+6.3 pp vs Munkfors · higher than 95% of areas30.2 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 3% of areas462 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

360men

321women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried369

54 %

Married236

34 %

Divorced57

8 %

Widowed26

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Munkfors yttre områden. 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 Sweden50 in 2011 → 48 in 2024percentile 48

Population 2025704 in 2010686

Economic standard, medianin 2024290 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

82.5 %turnout

S36.3 %

SD21.7 %

M14.1 %

C7.3 %

V6.3 %

KD6.3 %

MP4.6 %

L2.5 %

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

Ransätersmall locality5.0 km Munkforsurban area6.0 km Mossängensmall locality8.0 km Södra Bogerudsmall locality8.7 km Göåsensmall locality9.6 km Mjönässmall locality9.9 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Munkerud-Munkebol4.8 km Munkfors centrala områden6.8 km BorgebySunne12 km Sunne tätort östraSunne16 km LeranSunne17 km Sunne södra kommundelSunne17 km HeaSunne18 km Forshaga omlandForshaga19 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityMunkfors 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 Munkfors?

3,625population

371 tkrmedian income

47.1 yearsaverage age