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area in Boden Municipality

Bodsvedjan-Lejonbacken-Bodforsen

1,028 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityBoden

population1,028

area code2582R004

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 4% of areas1,028

Share 65+-5.8 pp vs Boden · higher than 36% of areas19.8 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+5.1 pp vs Boden · higher than 90% of areas79.5 %

Share foreign background-0.4 pp vs Boden · higher than 40% of areas16.1 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+11 % vs Boden · higher than 76% of areas398 tkr

Share low economic standard-3.0 pp vs Boden · higher than 23% of areas7.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+6.3 pp vs Boden · higher than 68% of areas31.7 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.1 pp vs Boden · higher than 90% of areas78.2 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-94 % vs Boden · higher than 47% of areas23.6 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament+4.3 pp vs Boden · higher than 67% of areas89.5 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-12.9 pp vs Boden · higher than 33% of areas47.0 %

Share rental housing-5.4 pp vs Boden · higher than 57% of areas24.5 %

Share of housing co-ops+14.6 pp vs Boden · higher than 67% of areas23.3 %

Share single-family houses+6.8 pp vs Boden · higher than 49% of areas70.3 %

Share built before 1940-3.1 pp vs Boden · higher than 30% of areas5.4 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 8% of areas574 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

554men

478women

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+

marital status

Unmarried564

55 %

Married357

35 %

Divorced82

8 %

Widowed23

2 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Bodsvedjan-Lejonbacken-Bodforsen. 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 Sweden84 in 2011 → 75 in 2024percentile 75

Population 2025986 in 20101,028

Economic standard, medianin 2024366 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

89.1 %turnout

S39.9 %

SD23.4 %

M15.5 %

V5.7 %

C5.3 %

KD4.6 %

MP2.4 %

L2.1 %

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

Bodenurban area2.1 km Trångforsen och Hedenurban area4.4 km Sävasturban area5.2 km Vittjärvurban area6.7 km Buddbynsmall locality7.3 km Norrigårdensmall locality8.1 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Lundagård-Sveafältet1.9 km Sanden-Torpgärdan2.0 km Södra Svartbyn-Gruvberget3.1 km Boden Central3.2 km Norra Svartbyn-Fagernäs-Erikslund3.3 km Prästholmen3.3 km Björkelund-Svartbjörnsbyn5.0 km Sävast-Sävastön-Gamla Sävast5.2 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityBoden 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 Boden?

28,049population

413 tkrmedian income

45.0 yearsaverage age