the register
Facts
municipalityPiteå
population2,377
area code2581R002
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 47% of areas2,377
Share 65+-7.3 pp vs Piteå · higher than 25% of areas17.6 %
Share foreign-born-3.0 pp vs Piteå · higher than 2% of areas4.5 %
Share foreign background-3.6 pp vs Piteå · higher than 1% of areas5.3 %
EconomyMedian income (earned)+13 % vs Piteå · higher than 81% of areas413 tkr
Share low economic standard-5.0 pp vs Piteå · higher than 2% of areas3.0 %
EducationShare post-secondary 3+ years+6.3 pp vs Piteå · higher than 64% of areas30.7 %
Labour marketShare employed 20-24+3.8 pp vs Piteå · higher than 93% of areas79.5 %
HealthIll-health rate (20-64)-43 % vs Piteå · higher than 23% of areas17.6 dgr
ElectionsVoter turnout parliament+3.7 pp vs Piteå · higher than 87% of areas92.1 %
HousingShare owner-occupied housing+14.9 pp vs Piteå · higher than 69% of areas82.9 %
Share rental housing-15.7 pp vs Piteå · higher than 37% of areas10.9 %
Share of housing co-ops-1.4 pp vs Piteå · higher than 12% of areas1.9 %
Share single-family houses+16.3 pp vs Piteå · higher than 66% of areas85.4 %
Share built before 1940-3.2 pp vs Piteå · higher than 32% of areas5.8 %
TransportPassenger cars in usehigher than 66% of areas1,430 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 Bergsviken. 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 Sweden95 in 2011 → 97 in 2024percentile 97
Population 20252,320 in 20102,377
Economic standard, medianin 2024336 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
89.5 %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 52% 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 municipalityPiteå MunicipalityThe figures describe the municipality, not the area. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.
42,447population
420 tkrmedian income
44.3 yearsaverage age