the register
Facts
municipalityFagersta
population1,761
area code1982R004
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 27% of areas1,761
Share 65+-0.4 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 64% of areas24.9 %
Share foreign-born-13.1 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 48% of areas14.3 %
Share foreign background-17.1 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 55% of areas20.7 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+21 % vs Fagersta · higher than 74% of areas396 tkr
Share low economic standard-13.0 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 23% of areas7.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+7.7 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 44% of areas23.4 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24+4.3 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 67% of areas70.7 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-46 % vs Fagersta · higher than 17% of areas16.2 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+10.2 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 86% of areas91.9 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing+41.1 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 81% of areas89.7 %
Share rental housing-19.6 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 1% of areas0.3 %
Share of housing co-ops-21.6 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 39% of areas8.5 %
Share single-family houses+39.9 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 74% of areas89.9 %
Share built before 1940-3.1 pp vs Fagersta · higher than 52% of areas11.2 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 39% of areas951 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 (one statistical area) that make up Västanfors östra-Meling. 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 20244 · Good conditions
Relative position in Sweden84 in 2011 → 78 in 2024percentile 78
Population 20251,719 in 20101,761
Economic standard, medianin 2024329 tkr
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
88.6 %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 0% 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 municipalityFagersta MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
13,072population
380 tkrmedian income
44.0 yearsaverage age