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area in Gävle Municipality

Norra Brynäs

4,512 inhabitants · Socio-economic challenges

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the register

Facts

municipalityGävle

population4,512

area code2180R015

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 81% of areas4,512

Share 65+-6.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 14% of areas15.2 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+7.2 pp vs Gävle · higher than 95% of areas81.2 %

Share foreign background+15.9 pp vs Gävle · higher than 82% of areas38.9 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-13 % vs Gävle · higher than 19% of areas306 tkr

Share low economic standard+10.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 89% of areas25.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-4.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 48% of areas23.9 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+4.9 pp vs Gävle · higher than 73% of areas72.1 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-94 % vs Gävle · higher than 74% of areas30.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-9.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 9% of areas75.7 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-36.8 pp vs Gävle · higher than 7% of areas4.7 %

Share rental housing+38.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 94% of areas75.9 %

Share of housing co-ops-3.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 56% of areas16.5 %

Share single-family houses-44.3 pp vs Gävle · higher than 14% of areas9.4 %

Share built before 1940+2.9 pp vs Gävle · higher than 67% of areas15.8 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 69% of areas1,496 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

2,318men

2,202women

menagewomen

105

0–4

100

5–9

10–14

106

15–19

104

206

20–24

228

270

25–29

229

241

30–34

211

202

35–39

149

150

40–44

135

131

45–49

125

129

50–54

137

133

55–59

127

139

60–64

124

105

65–69

116

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried2,846

63 %

Married975

22 %

Divorced590

13 %

Widowed106

2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Norra Brynäs. 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 20242 · Socio-economic challenges

Relative position in Sweden11 in 2011 → 11 in 2024percentile 11

Population 20253,917 in 20104,512

Economic standard, medianin 2024260 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

74.7 %turnout

S34.3 %

SD21.9 %

M14.6 %

V12.0 %

MP4.2 %

C3.9 %

L3.5 %

KD3.1 %

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 85% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Gävleurban area1.2 km Forsbyurban area4.5 km Gråtnäsuddensmall locality5.0 km Murarhällsharensmall locality6.2 km Alborgasmall locality6.5 km Hillesjöstrandsmall locality7.0 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Södra Brynäs1,000 m Gävle Strand-Näringen-Öster1.1 km Gävle centrum1.9 km Gävle söder-Sörby2.1 km Jonstorp-Lindbacka-Strömsbro2.8 km Hemlingby-Hemsta-Järvsta2.9 km Norrtull-Nynäs3.0 km Stigslund-Gavlehov3.2 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