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area in Sollefteå Municipality

Sollefteå centrum-Övergård

4,476 inhabitants · Socio-economic challenges

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the register

Facts

municipalitySollefteå

population4,476

area code2283R006

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 areas4,476

Share 65+-0.1 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 86% of areas30.4 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+1.6 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 50% of areas72.1 %

Share foreign background+7.6 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 60% of areas22.7 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-7 % vs Sollefteå · higher than 11% of areas288 tkr

Share low economic standard+5.0 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 85% of areas22.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years-0.1 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 22% of areas17.5 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-1.7 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 83% of areas75.5 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-73 % vs Sollefteå · higher than 97% of areas43.4 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-3.9 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 18% of areas81.0 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-42.2 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 23% of areas30.1 %

Share rental housing+28.7 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 80% of areas48.1 %

Share of housing co-ops+13.0 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 62% of areas19.5 %

Share single-family houses-42.7 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 25% of areas30.3 %

Share built before 1940-4.1 pp vs Sollefteå · higher than 50% of areas10.7 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 86% of areas2,087 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

2,145men

2,311women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

110

10–14

128

15–19

115

170

20–24

157

155

25–29

116

146

30–34

116

134

35–39

145

119

40–44

118

45–49

107

106

50–54

110

116

55–59

133

121

60–64

136

143

65–69

178

119

70–74

168

123

75–79

140

164

80+

320

marital status

Unmarried2,576

58 %

Married1,019

23 %

Divorced555

12 %

Widowed326

7 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (3 statistical areas) that make up Sollefteå centrum-Övergård. 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 Sweden18 in 2011 → 12 in 2024percentile 12

Population 20254,651 in 20104,476

Economic standard, medianin 2024261 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

78.5 %turnout

S41.6 %

SD23.4 %

V9.2 %

C8.5 %

M7.1 %

KD5.1 %

MP1.7 %

L1.7 %

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 83% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Sollefteåurban area2.0 km Tjällsmall locality4.5 km Önsmall locality10 km Edsmall locality11 km Långseleurban area12 km Forsmosmall locality13 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Skedom-Skärvsta-Prästbordet3.9 km Långsele12 km Sollefteå omland15 km Älven västraKramfors22 km BollstabrukKramfors25 km Graninge-Helgum26 km Väja-DynäsKramfors28 km Nyland-SandslånKramfors29 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalitySollefteå 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 Sollefteå?

18,396population

366 tkrmedian income

47.2 yearsaverage age