area in Malå Municipality

Malå östra

966 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityMalå

population966

area code2418R003

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 3% of areas966

Share 65+-5.7 pp vs Malå · higher than 60% of areas24.1 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+5.8 pp vs Malå · higher than 68% of areas75.0 %

Share foreign background-2.6 pp vs Malå · higher than 26% of areas12.5 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+9 % vs Malå · higher than 55% of areas361 tkr

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

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+0.6 pp vs Malå · higher than 21% of areas17.4 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-2.5 pp vs Malå · higher than 97% of areas82.5 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-49 % vs Malå · higher than 58% of areas26.1 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+2.7 pp vs Malå · higher than 32% of areas84.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+1.2 pp vs Malå · higher than 58% of areas74.3 %

Share rental housing+2.7 pp vs Malå · higher than 55% of areas23.5 %

Share single-family houses+1.7 pp vs Malå · higher than 58% of areas79.8 %

Share built before 1940-2.4 pp vs Malå · higher than 29% of areas5.1 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 5% of areas513 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

501men

475women

menagewomen

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

marital status

Unmarried514

53 %

Married298

31 %

Divorced88

9 %

Widowed64

7 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Malå östra. 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 Sweden57 in 2011 → 42 in 2024percentile 42

Population 20251,027 in 2010966

Economic standard, medianin 2024309 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

85.2 %turnout

S37.7 %

SD25.1 %

M10.6 %

V9.2 %

KD5.5 %

C4.8 %

L4.7 %

MP1.8 %

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

Malåurban area660 m Rentjärnsmall locality15 km Rökåsmall locality15 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Malå västra1.6 km Malå7.8 km Norsjö omlandNorsjö42 km Norsjö tätortNorsjö46 km Arvidsjaur västraArvidsjaur49 km Arvidsjaur östraArvidsjaur50 km Arvidsjaur centralaArvidsjaur50 km Arvidsjaur omlandArvidsjaur59 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityMalå 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 Malå?

2,962population

392 tkrmedian income

46.2 yearsaverage age