area in Årjäng Municipality

Årjäng

3,364 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalityÅrjäng

population3,364

area code1765R004

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 65% of areas3,364

Share 65+-0.8 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 70% of areas26.0 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-1.0 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 29% of areas68.1 %

Share foreign background+4.9 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 74% of areas30.9 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-6 % vs Årjäng · higher than 30% of areas325 tkr

Share low economic standard+5.0 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 74% of areas17.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-3.6 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 2% of areas11.5 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+0.1 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 95% of areas81.3 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-36 % vs Årjäng · higher than 73% of areas29.6 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+0.5 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 19% of areas81.3 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-18.2 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 38% of areas54.3 %

Share rental housing+17.7 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 70% of areas36.6 %

Share of housing co-ops+2.2 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 32% of areas6.1 %

Share single-family houses-19.2 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 38% of areas55.4 %

Share built before 1940-9.7 pp vs Årjäng · higher than 43% of areas8.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 77% of areas1,718 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

1,683men

1,695women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

106

10–14

106

15–19

103

20–24

116

25–29

111

30–34

113

35–39

110

40–44

45–49

50–54

109

55–59

101

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

117

80+

212

marital status

Unmarried1,918

57 %

Married853

25 %

Divorced350

10 %

Widowed235

7 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Årjäng. 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 Sweden9 in 2011 → 20 in 2024percentile 20

Population 20253,313 in 20103,364

Economic standard, medianin 2024283 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

80.0 %turnout

SD31.1 %

S27.1 %

M13.3 %

KD13.3 %

C6.3 %

V3.3 %

L2.6 %

MP2.1 %

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 0% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Årjängurban area750 m Tenviksmall locality6.4 km Borgåsensmall locality6.5 km Ägenbäcksmall locality7.3 km Sillerudsmall locality13 km Holmedalsmall locality14 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Trankil-Blomskog-Silbodal-Sillerud3.8 km Västra Fågelvik-Töcksmark-Östervallskog-Karlanda16 km Töcksfors21 km GlavaArvika25 km Rudsbyn-SvanskogSäffle29 km Bengtsfors norra kommundelBengtsfors31 km Koppom tätort-Koppom omlandEda33 km Långserud-Gillberga-NysäterSäffle33 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityÅrjäng Municipality

The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.

what is it like to live in Årjäng?

9,825population

391 tkrmedian income

45.5 yearsaverage age