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area in Umeå Municipality

Sofiehem-Gimonäs-Carlshem södra

3,902 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityUmeå

population3,902

area code2480R021

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 74% of areas3,902

Share 65++4.8 pp vs Umeå · higher than 52% of areas22.7 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)-0.1 pp vs Umeå · higher than 80% of areas77.0 %

Share foreign background+2.7 pp vs Umeå · higher than 52% of areas19.9 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-2 % vs Umeå · higher than 49% of areas352 tkr

Share low economic standard-1.0 pp vs Umeå · higher than 52% of areas12.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+14.2 pp vs Umeå · higher than 96% of areas57.5 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-9.7 pp vs Umeå · higher than 4% of areas48.0 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-98 % vs Umeå · higher than 31% of areas19.7 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+1.6 pp vs Umeå · higher than 66% of areas89.4 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing+11.3 pp vs Umeå · higher than 38% of areas54.5 %

Share rental housing-2.5 pp vs Umeå · higher than 67% of areas33.7 %

Share of housing co-ops-9.3 pp vs Umeå · higher than 45% of areas10.5 %

Share single-family houses+9.1 pp vs Umeå · higher than 38% of areas54.7 %

Share built before 1940-2.1 pp vs Umeå · higher than 28% of areas5.0 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 63% of areas1,357 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

1,971men

1,923women

menagewomen

0–4

115

5–9

100

125

10–14

127

15–19

132

199

20–24

212

127

25–29

114

124

30–34

100

124

35–39

122

123

40–44

111

130

45–49

50–54

118

100

55–59

100

60–64

65–69

70–74

109

75–79

120

144

80+

180

marital status

Unmarried2,171

56 %

Married1,304

34 %

Divorced253

7 %

Widowed164

4 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (2 statistical areas) that make up Sofiehem-Gimonäs-Carlshem södra. 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 Sweden80 in 2011 → 66 in 2024percentile 66

Population 20253,477 in 20103,902

Economic standard, medianin 2024338 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

88.5 %turnout

S38.8 %

V13.8 %

M12.4 %

MP10.1 %

C9.6 %

SD6.5 %

L4.6 %

KD2.8 %

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 45% of the votes came from districts fully inside the area.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

Yttertavlesmall locality4.1 km Dingnäsetsmall locality4.2 km Umeåurban area4.3 km Sandsmall locality4.4 km Innertavleurban area4.6 km Degernäsurban area4.7 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Ålidhem södra970 m Carlshem norra990 m Ålidhem norra1.6 km Teg östra-Ön2.3 km Tomtebo västra2.5 km Tomtebo norra2.5 km Universitetet-sjukhusområdet-Nydalahöjden2.6 km Öst på stan3.1 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityUmeå 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 Umeå?

134,249population

390 tkrmedian income

39.9 yearsaverage age