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Vaxholm
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water440 m
- Distance to farmland700 m
- Distance to shoreline140 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway6.1 km
- Distance to industry590 m
- Distance to power line670 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store760 m
- Distance to school690 m
- Distance to train station6.2 km
Median across 800 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 1260–495
- 1625–9141
- 19910–14175
- 23515–19204
- 15320–24159
- 9525–29100
- 12630–34132
- 18935–39169
- 14740–44181
- 16645–49205
- 22950–54249
- 26555–59262
- 23860–64254
- 17465–69218
- 20270–74225
- 21775–79271
- 29280+372
Men 3,215Women 3,412
Marital status
- Unmarried3,010 (45 %)
- Married2,507 (38 %)
- Divorced765 (12 %)
- Widowed358 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 4 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Vaxholm, 6,627 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 6,025 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.
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Driving time
- Stockholm42 min
Modelled car route (MOTIS), not a navigator's ETA — the figures run systematically high but are comparable between localities. Destinations not listed are more than six hours away.
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Lakes nearby
- Stora Maren13 ha3.6 km
- Bodaträsket8 ha4.9 km
- Holmingeviken20 ha6.2 km
- Valsjön11 ha6.5 km
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Associations and activities
- Vaxholms biograf teaterbiografCulture
- Vaxholms fästnings museummuseumCulture
- Vaxholms stadsbibliotekbibliotekCulture
- Vaxholms kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO VaxholmpensionärsföreningSocial
Associations and activities carrying the locality's name, from the municipalities' own registers, the Swedish Sports Confederation and the Swedish Tax Agency. The list is not exhaustive: an association without the locality name in its name is not included.
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone18.5 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)7.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land43 in the locality90 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve760 m
- Natura 200013 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1 km
- Water protection area10.7 km
- Habitat protection5.3 km
- National conservation interest9.9 km
- National heritage interest840 m
Services & safety
- School5 in the locality350 m
- Fire station1 in the locality380 m
- Police station11.7 km
- Civil defence shelter54 in the locality190 m
- Vulnerable area (police)12.5 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site3 in the locality790 m
- Swimming pool1.1 km
- Campsite1.1 km
- Hiking trail140 m
- Cycle trail430 m
- Ski trail12.4 km
- Floodlit track6.4 km
- Birding site16.5 km
- Geologically notable site47 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant11 in the locality460 m
- Café4 in the locality1.2 km
- Petrol station2 in the locality340 m
- Library1 in the locality1.3 km
- Sports hall3 in the locality250 m
- Hotel1 in the locality1.7 km
- Care home3 in the locality650 m
- Recycling centre1 in the locality400 m
Disturbance
- Major road320 m
- Railway12.9 km
- Power line800 m
- Wind turbine19.7 km
- Mobile mast1.9 km
- Military area4.8 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.7 km
- Mine30.2 km
- Quarry2.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality1.1 km
- Church1 in the locality1.2 km
- Community hall8.4 km
Distances are measured from the locality's centre to the nearest point in the layer, capped at 50 km. Counts are exact within the locality boundary. A layer not listed has nothing within the cap.
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Applies to the whole municipality
- Population11,822
- Median income504,400 kr/yr
- Average age45.2 years