the register
Facts
municipalityUmeå
population2,784
area code2480R016
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 55% of areas2,784
Share 65++8.3 pp vs Umeå · higher than 71% of areas26.3 %
Share foreign-born-4.3 pp vs Umeå · higher than 25% of areas9.6 %
Share foreign background-6.0 pp vs Umeå · higher than 21% of areas11.3 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+16 % vs Umeå · higher than 82% of areas417 tkr
Share low economic standard-8.0 pp vs Umeå · higher than 11% of areas5.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+14.7 pp vs Umeå · higher than 96% of areas58.0 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24+3.5 pp vs Umeå · higher than 9% of areas54.4 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-17 % vs Umeå · higher than 24% of areas17.8 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+6.2 pp vs Umeå · higher than 98% of areas94.5 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing+28.8 pp vs Umeå · higher than 55% of areas72.0 %
Share rental housing-35.6 pp vs Umeå · higher than 2% of areas0.7 %
Share of housing co-ops+7.5 pp vs Umeå · higher than 73% of areas27.3 %
Share single-family houses+32.9 pp vs Umeå · higher than 57% of areas78.5 %
Share built before 1940-7.0 pp vs Umeå · higher than 7% of areas0.1 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 55% of areas1,196 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 Mariehem västra. 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 20245 · Very good conditions
Relative position in Sweden97 in 2011 → 95 in 2024percentile 95
Population 20252,874 in 20102,784
Economic standard, medianin 2024361 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
87.1 %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 48% 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 municipalityUmeå MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
134,249population
390 tkrmedian income
39.9 yearsaverage age
area in Umeå Municipality