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area in Gävle Municipality

Hedesunda

2,680 inhabitants · Good conditions

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Facts

municipalityGävle

population2,680

area code2180R010

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 54% of areas2,680

Share 65++7.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 81% of areas28.8 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-9.9 pp vs Gävle · higher than 16% of areas64.1 %

Share foreign background-16.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 5% of areas6.8 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-4 % vs Gävle · higher than 36% of areas334 tkr

Share low economic standard-5.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 41% of areas10.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-9.6 pp vs Gävle · higher than 27% of areas18.7 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+8.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 83% of areas75.2 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Gävle · higher than 51% of areas24.6 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+2.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 49% of areas87.2 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+43.8 pp vs Gävle · higher than 72% of areas85.4 %

Share rental housing-23.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 43% of areas14.4 %

Share single-family houses+35.5 pp vs Gävle · higher than 72% of areas89.2 %

Share built before 1940+10.6 pp vs Gävle · higher than 86% of areas23.6 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 76% of areas1,701 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

1,419men

1,281women

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

100

60–64

65–69

108

70–74

101

75–79

100

80+

109

marital status

Unmarried1,457

54 %

Married851

32 %

Divorced231

9 %

Widowed140

5 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Hedesunda. 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 Sweden40 in 2011 → 46 in 2024percentile 46

Population 20252,692 in 20102,680

Economic standard, medianin 2024314 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

87.2 %turnout

SD35.4 %

S24.3 %

M16.0 %

C7.3 %

KD7.2 %

V4.2 %

MP2.2 %

L2.0 %

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.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Hedesundaurban area740 m Bergurban area2.8 km Hällssmall locality3.3 km Ålbosmall locality5.5 km Österbyggebosmall locality6.8 km Finnbölesmall locality11 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

SöderforsTierp14 km Sandvikens södra omlandSandviken16 km ÅrsundaSandviken20 km Mehedeby-ToboTierp21 km Östervåla omlandHeby24 km Sandviken södra tätortenSandviken25 km Furuvik-Sälgsjön25 km Hofors östra omlandHofors25 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