the register
Facts
municipalityKumla
population3,860
area code1881R005
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
DemographicsPopulation (SCB)higher than 74% of areas3,860
Share 65+-10.2 pp vs Kumla · higher than 4% of areas10.2 %
Share foreign-born-5.5 pp vs Kumla · higher than 21% of areas9.0 %
Share foreign background-6.4 pp vs Kumla · higher than 29% of areas13.2 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+23 % vs Kumla · higher than 88% of areas437 tkr
Share low economic standard-9.0 pp vs Kumla · higher than 2% of areas3.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+10.7 pp vs Kumla · higher than 67% of areas32.1 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24-5.3 pp vs Kumla · higher than 39% of areas64.3 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-51 % vs Kumla · higher than 10% of areas13.4 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+5.4 pp vs Kumla · higher than 94% of areas93.2 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing+12.8 pp vs Kumla · higher than 55% of areas71.7 %
Share rental housing-20.8 pp vs Kumla · higher than 31% of areas8.3 %
Share of housing co-ops-3.9 pp vs Kumla · higher than 16% of areas2.6 %
Share single-family houses+12.8 pp vs Kumla · higher than 54% of areas75.7 %
Share built before 1940-6.9 pp vs Kumla · higher than 40% of areas8.0 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 82% of areas1,920 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
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Oppegård-Skogstorp-Smedstorp. A RegSO consists of whole DeSO, so the figures cover the area exactly.
six axes
The area's DNA
Newer housingTurn of the century
Lower incomesHigher incomes
Shorter educationLonger education
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 20245 · Very good conditions
Relative position in Sweden92 in 2011 → 94 in 2024percentile 94
Population 20252,467 in 20103,860
Economic standard, medianin 2024344 tkr
General trend2011–2024stable
Statistics Sweden's socio-economic index (TAB6586) per year, expressed as the area's percentile in Sweden, where higher is better. The area type is Statistics Sweden's own 1–5 classification.
Election Authority
Parliamentary election 2026
93.4 %turnout
Parliamentary election 2026, share of valid votes. Polling-district votes are allocated to the area in proportion to address points. It is an estimate, not an official area result. Here 54% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.
urban areas and small localities
Localities nearby
demographic statistical areas within the area
DeSO areas
Values in the order Economic standard (tkr), Post-secondary (%), Employment rate (%), Low economic standard (%) (latest year: 2024, 2025, 2024, 2024).
nearest
Neighbouring areas
Distance between the areas' name points.
applies to the whole municipalityKumla MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
22,681population
398 tkrmedian income
41.5 yearsaverage age