the register
Facts
municipalityGävle
population5,264
area code2180R017
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 88% of areas5,264
Share 65+-6.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 14% of areas15.2 %
Share foreign-born+15.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 86% of areas32.4 %
Share foreign background+18.8 pp vs Gävle · higher than 85% of areas41.8 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)-14 % vs Gävle · higher than 17% of areas302 tkr
Share low economic standard+16.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 94% of areas31.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years-0.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 58% of areas28.2 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24+2.9 pp vs Gävle · higher than 60% of areas69.0 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-18 % vs Gävle · higher than 31% of areas19.7 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament-7.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 12% of areas77.6 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing-24.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 16% of areas17.5 %
Share rental housing+20.2 pp vs Gävle · higher than 86% of areas58.1 %
Share of housing co-ops+4.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 68% of areas23.9 %
Share single-family houses-26.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 23% of areas27.3 %
Share built before 1940-10.6 pp vs Gävle · higher than 18% of areas2.3 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 75% of areas1,663 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 Stigslund-Gavlehov. 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 20242 · Socio-economic challenges
Relative position in Sweden8 in 2011 → 7 in 2024percentile 7
Population 20254,640 in 20105,264
Economic standard, medianin 2024252 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
80.1 %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 88% 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 municipalityGävle MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
103,838population
394 tkrmedian income
42.6 yearsaverage age
area in Gävle Municipality