area in Laxå Municipality

Hasselfors-Röfors

901 inhabitants · Average

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the register

Facts

municipalityLaxå

population901

area code1860R002

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 2% of areas901

Share 65++0.6 pp vs Laxå · higher than 89% of areas31.5 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+4.1 pp vs Laxå · higher than 11% of areas62.4 %

Share foreign background-8.1 pp vs Laxå · higher than 33% of areas14.2 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+6 % vs Laxå · higher than 35% of areas332 tkr

Share low economic standard-5.0 pp vs Laxå · higher than 58% of areas13.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-0.8 pp vs Laxå · higher than 5% of areas13.3 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+2.2 pp vs Laxå · higher than 80% of areas74.2 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-74 % vs Laxå · higher than 83% of areas33.2 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+4.5 pp vs Laxå · higher than 66% of areas89.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+18.6 pp vs Laxå · higher than 81% of areas89.8 %

Share rental housing-15.0 pp vs Laxå · higher than 32% of areas8.5 %

Share single-family houses+14.3 pp vs Laxå · higher than 75% of areas90.9 %

Share built before 1940+4.0 pp vs Laxå · higher than 79% of areas20.2 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 11% of areas627 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

477men

414women

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

Unmarried416

46 %

Married341

38 %

Divorced111

12 %

Widowed33

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Hasselfors-Röfors. 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 Sweden39 in 2011 → 37 in 2024percentile 37

Population 20251,028 in 2010901

Economic standard, medianin 2024317 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

86.9 %turnout

S35.3 %

SD30.8 %

M11.8 %

V5.7 %

KD5.4 %

C4.4 %

L3.4 %

MP2.0 %

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

Laxåurban area4.0 km Röforssmall locality5.8 km Finnerödjaurban area9.0 km Hasselforsurban area13 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Laxå norra3.2 km Laxå södra4.8 km Finnerödja-Tived15 km Vretstorp-Viby-omlandHallsberg16 km Askersund omland västerAskersund17 km Svartå-Solberga-KnutsbolDegerfors19 km Gullspång södraGullspång19 km Lekeberg södra landsbygdLekeberg22 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityLaxå 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 Laxå?

5,423population

375 tkrmedian income

47.8 yearsaverage age