area in Kiruna Municipality

Sandstensberget

1,063 inhabitants · Good conditions

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the register

Facts

municipalityKiruna

population1,063

area code2584R012

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 5% of areas1,063

Share 65+-3.6 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 27% of areas18.1 %

Share foreign-born (20-64)+3.5 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 86% of areas78.3 %

Share foreign background+4.2 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 60% of areas22.9 %

Economy

Median income (earned)+6 % vs Kiruna · higher than 88% of areas438 tkr

Share low economic standard-2.0 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 23% of areas7.0 %

Education

Share post-secondary 3+ years+2.2 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 43% of areas22.4 %

Labour market

Share employed 20-24-0.4 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 86% of areas76.4 %

Health

Ill-health rate (20-64)-93 % vs Kiruna · higher than 18% of areas16.3 dgr

Elections

Voter turnout parliament-1.9 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 20% of areas81.6 %

Housing

Share owner-occupied housing-17.5 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 25% of areas34.0 %

Share rental housing+1.5 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 68% of areas34.4 %

Share of housing co-ops+20.8 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 79% of areas31.4 %

Share single-family houses-19.9 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 27% of areas34.4 %

Share built before 1940-4.7 pp vs Kiruna · higher than 0% of areas0.0 %

Transport

Passenger cars in usehigher than 9% of areas602 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

595men

473women

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

Unmarried670

63 %

Married270

25 %

Divorced87

8 %

Widowed34

3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the DeSO (one statistical area) that make up Sandstensberget. 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 Sweden76 in 2011 → 64 in 2024percentile 64

Population 2025990 in 20101,063

Economic standard, medianin 2024374 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

82.4 %turnout

S40.5 %

SD20.3 %

M13.2 %

V8.2 %

KD7.6 %

MP4.7 %

C2.6 %

L1.5 %

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

Kirunaurban area1.2 km Kurravaarasmall locality9.7 km Laxforsensmall locality10 km Rotivaarasmall locality11 km Laxforsensmall locality11 km Laxforsensmall locality12 km

nearest

Neighbouring areas

Östermalm890 m Högalid1.3 km Norrmalm1.6 km Triangeln2.4 km Luossavaara2.4 km Nya Kiruna centrum-Tuolluvaara2.5 km Lombolo västra2.7 km Lombolo mellersta3.0 km

Distance between the areas' name points.

applies to the whole municipalityKiruna 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 Kiruna?

22,426population

479 tkrmedian income

43.1 yearsaverage age