area in Sandviken Municipality

Sandvikens norra omland

3,642 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalitySandviken

population3,642

area code2181R008

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 70% of areas3,642

Share 65+-2.3 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 54% of areas23.0 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+4.8 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 67% of areas74.8 %

Share foreign background-8.5 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 35% of areas14.7 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+13 % vs Sandviken · higher than 66% of areas378 tkr

Share low economic standard-8.0 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 29% of areas8.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-3.6 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 18% of areas16.8 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24+4.1 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 68% of areas70.9 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-93 % vs Sandviken · higher than 34% of areas20.5 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+4.5 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 58% of areas88.3 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+31.5 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 77% of areas88.1 %

Share rental housing-25.4 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 15% of areas3.4 %

Share of housing co-ops-11.9 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 3% of areas0.6 %

Share single-family houses+28.5 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 72% of areas89.0 %

Share built before 1940+1.8 pp vs Sandviken · higher than 76% of areas19.0 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 92% of areas2,442 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

2,045men

1,608women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

104

15–19

110

20–24

25–29

131

30–34

144

35–39

104

135

40–44

129

45–49

165

50–54

108

177

55–59

131

173

60–64

113

114

65–69

110

111

70–74

104

107

75–79

118

80+

marital status

Unmarried2,012

55 %

Married1,169

32 %

Divorced331

9 %

Widowed126

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Sandvikens norra omland. 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 Sweden58 in 2011 → 66 in 2024percentile 66

Population 20253,396 in 20103,642

Economic standard, medianin 2024340 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

85.6 %turnout

S33.0 %

SD30.0 %

M16.5 %

C4.9 %

V4.9 %

KD4.4 %

MP2.6 %

L2.5 %

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

Åshammarurban area4.3 km Järbourban area4.9 km Dalforssmall locality5.0 km Backberg och Norrbergurban area6.3 km Jäderforsurban area6.4 km Kungsgårdenurban area8.0 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Järbo4.9 km Kungsgården8.2 km Sandviken västra tätorten10 km Storvik10 km Sandviken centrum12 km Sandviken nordöstra tätorten13 km Sandviken östra tätort14 km Sandviken södra tätorten14 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalitySandviken 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 Sandviken?

38,360population

392 tkrmedian income

44.8 yearsaverage age