area in Gävle Municipality

Villastaden-Fridhem

5,738 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityGävle

population5,738

area code2180R022

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 90% of areas5,738

Share 65+-4.5 pp vs Gävle · higher than 23% of areas17.1 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+7.5 pp vs Gävle · higher than 96% of areas81.5 %

Share foreign background-6.8 pp vs Gävle · higher than 40% of areas16.2 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+13 % vs Gävle · higher than 74% of areas395 tkr

Share low economic standard-4.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 47% of areas11.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+17.4 pp vs Gävle · higher than 87% of areas45.7 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-22.7 pp vs Gävle · higher than 2% of areas44.5 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-98 % vs Gävle · higher than 7% of areas12.3 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+6.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 81% of areas91.2 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+4.6 pp vs Gävle · higher than 33% of areas46.2 %

Share rental housing-7.0 pp vs Gävle · higher than 65% of areas30.8 %

Share of housing co-ops+2.1 pp vs Gävle · higher than 65% of areas21.6 %

Share single-family houses+8.6 pp vs Gävle · higher than 43% of areas62.3 %

Share built before 1940-3.8 pp vs Gävle · higher than 44% of areas9.2 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 88% of areas2,199 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

2,898men

2,846women

menagewomen

129

0–4

111

151

5–9

136

166

10–14

168

220

15–19

193

395

20–24

313

181

25–29

159

153

30–34

149

178

35–39

182

167

40–44

179

159

45–49

165

184

50–54

196

174

55–59

205

174

60–64

170

130

65–69

141

120

70–74

126

104

75–79

113

80+

155

marital status

Unmarried3,503

61 %

Married1,638

29 %

Divorced446

8 %

Widowed156

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Villastaden-Fridhem. 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 Sweden89 in 2011 → 74 in 2024percentile 74

Population 20255,020 in 20105,738

Economic standard, medianin 2024357 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

91.0 %turnout

S28.5 %

M26.3 %

SD15.0 %

C7.8 %

L6.5 %

MP5.6 %

V5.2 %

KD4.3 %

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

Gävleurban area2.6 km Alborgasmall locality3.2 km Allmänningesmall locality4.3 km Sälgsjönurban area4.7 km Hammarsbackensmall locality5.0 km Kusbosmall locality5.6 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Gävle söder-Sörby1.4 km Andersberg1.7 km Gävle centrum1.9 km Norrtull-Nynäs2.1 km Södra Brynäs3.0 km Norra Brynäs3.4 km Gävle Strand-Näringen-Öster3.5 km Hemlingby-Hemsta-Järvsta3.7 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