area in Skellefteå Municipality

Byske tätort

1,832 inhabitants · Good conditions
the register

Facts

municipalitySkellefteå
population1,832
area code2482R009

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 30% of areas1,832
Share 65++5.6 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 84% of areas29.5 %
Share foreign-born (20-64)-13.8 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 21% of areas65.8 %
Share foreign background0.0 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 36% of areas15.0 %
Economy
Median income (earned)-15 % vs Skellefteå · higher than 25% of areas316 tkr
Share low economic standard+2.0 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 47% of areas11.0 %
Education
Share post-secondary 3+ years-9.2 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 28% of areas19.0 %
Labour market
Share employed 20-24+0.1 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 83% of areas75.3 %
Health
Ill-health rate (20-64)-95 % vs Skellefteå · higher than 77% of areas31.1 dgr
Elections
Voter turnout parliament-3.3 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 29% of areas83.9 %
Housing
Share owner-occupied housing+3.3 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 45% of areas62.0 %
Share rental housing+11.7 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 68% of areas34.2 %
Share single-family houses+5.1 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 46% of areas66.5 %
Share built before 1940+0.9 pp vs Skellefteå · higher than 54% of areas12.0 %
Transport
Passenger cars in usehigher than 33% of areas871 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

893men
936women
menagewomen
45
0–4
51
48
5–9
39
73
10–14
60
46
15–19
51
41
20–24
22
55
25–29
53
50
30–34
44
54
35–39
52
47
40–44
52
47
45–49
48
62
50–54
55
44
55–59
55
52
60–64
49
48
65–69
57
46
70–74
56
46
75–79
64
89
80+
128
marital status
Unmarried927
50 %
Married608
33 %
Divorced156
8 %
Widowed146
8 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Byske tätort. 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 Sweden39 in 2011 → 42 in 2024percentile 42
Population 20251,791 in 20101,832
Economic standard, medianin 2024289 tkr
General trend2011–2024stable

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

84.5 %turnout
S48.4 %
SD19.4 %
M11.3 %
V5.4 %
C4.9 %
KD4.6 %
L2.4 %
MP2.0 %

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.

urban areas and small localities

Localities nearby

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalitySkellefteå Municipality

The figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.

78,150population
424 tkrmedian income
43.1 yearsaverage age