area in Gällivare Municipality

Vassara Älv

2,302 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityGällivare

population2,302

area code2523R010

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 45% of areas2,302

Share 65++4.7 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 88% of areas30.9 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+2.3 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 84% of areas77.9 %

Share foreign background+1.2 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 37% of areas15.3 %

Economy

Median income (earned)-9 % vs Gällivare · higher than 63% of areas373 tkr

Share low economic standard+1.0 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 35% of areas9.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+1.3 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 31% of areas19.5 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.9 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 98% of areas84.3 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-87 % vs Gällivare · higher than 66% of areas28.0 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-3.3 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 15% of areas79.7 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-22.6 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 23% of areas29.5 %

Share rental housing+20.5 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 82% of areas50.1 %

Share of housing co-ops+4.0 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 50% of areas12.6 %

Share single-family houses-23.5 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 25% of areas30.4 %

Share built before 1940+1.2 pp vs Gällivare · higher than 26% of areas4.4 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 53% of areas1,157 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

1,142men

1,152women

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+

184

marital status

Unmarried1,376

60 %

Married480

21 %

Divorced258

11 %

Widowed191

8 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Vassara Älv. 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 Sweden58 in 2011 → 52 in 2024percentile 52

Population 20251,625 in 20102,302

Economic standard, medianin 2024339 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

77.8 %turnout

S40.7 %

SD24.7 %

M12.8 %

V8.7 %

KD4.1 %

C3.2 %

MP3.1 %

L1.6 %

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

Gällivareurban area1.6 km Malmberget östraurban area4.4 km Malmberget västraurban area4.7 km Koskullskulleurban area6.5 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Gällivare centrum590 m Gällivare öst1.8 km Andra sidan2.2 km Repisvaara-Dundret2.3 km Gällivare väst3.1 km Malmberget-Mosebacke4.4 km Koskullskulle6.7 km Gällivare östra omland40 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityGällivare 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 Gällivare?

17,233population

492 tkrmedian income

45.2 yearsaverage age