area in Gävle Municipality

Forsbacka-Överhärde

3,578 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityGävle

population3,578

area code2180R004

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 69% of areas3,578

Share 65++2.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 59% of areas24.1 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-12.5 pp vs Gävle · higher than 9% of areas61.5 %

Share foreign background-13.7 pp vs Gävle · higher than 13% of areas9.3 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+9 % vs Gävle · higher than 68% of areas382 tkr

Share low economic standard-7.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-2.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 55% of areas26.2 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+2.7 pp vs Gävle · higher than 64% of areas69.9 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Gävle · higher than 49% of areas24.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+5.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 75% of areas90.5 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+30.3 pp vs Gävle · higher than 55% of areas71.9 %

Share rental housing-18.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 50% of areas19.5 %

Share of housing co-ops-11.5 pp vs Gävle · higher than 37% of areas8.0 %

Share single-family houses+21.7 pp vs Gävle · higher than 54% of areas75.4 %

Share built before 1940+3.8 pp vs Gävle · higher than 70% of areas16.8 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 85% of areas2,032 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

1,846men

1,724women

menagewomen

0–4

107

5–9

107

10–14

107

124

15–19

20–24

25–29

111

30–34

111

121

35–39

120

40–44

115

45–49

112

127

50–54

126

133

55–59

108

124

60–64

124

115

65–69

101

70–74

115

75–79

121

116

80+

110

marital status

Unmarried1,920

54 %

Married1,207

34 %

Divorced328

9 %

Widowed125

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Forsbacka-Överhärde. 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 Sweden54 in 2011 → 63 in 2024percentile 63

Population 20253,707 in 20103,578

Economic standard, medianin 2024343 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

90.1 %turnout

S33.8 %

SD29.4 %

M16.3 %

KD5.6 %

C4.8 %

V4.0 %

L2.9 %

MP2.7 %

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

Överhärdeurban area1.5 km Källbergssmall locality1.5 km Ytterhärdesmall locality2.1 km Stackbosmall locality2.4 km Kusbosmall locality2.5 km Hammarsbackensmall locality3.2 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Valbo3.2 km Hagaström-Lexe5.2 km Villastaden-Fridhem8.1 km Andersberg8.1 km Furuvik-Sälgsjön8.6 km Norrtull-Nynäs9.1 km Gävle söder-Sörby9.5 km Sätra9.5 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityGävle 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 Gävle?

103,838population

394 tkrmedian income

42.6 yearsaverage age