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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest70 m
- Distance to water1.5 km
- Distance to farmland170 m
- Distance to shoreline1.5 km
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway30.3 km
- Distance to industry260 m
- Distance to power line1.1 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store500 m
- Distance to school530 m
- Distance to train station30.3 km
Median across 686 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 550–452
- 565–970
- 5810–1455
- 5715–1957
- 4420–2443
- 3625–2942
- 7930–3465
- 7235–3966
- 4440–4457
- 4745–4948
- 5450–5446
- 5555–5956
- 6460–6459
- 6465–6964
- 5970–7461
- 5675–7965
- 9080+127
Men 990Women 1,033
Marital status
- Unmarried1,072 (53 %)
- Married647 (32 %)
- Divorced174 (9 %)
- Widowed135 (7 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Östervåla, 2,023 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 1,850 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
- Stockholm1 h 52 min
- Municipal seat39 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
- Tämnaren3,137 ha5.5 km
- Toften186 ha7.2 km
- Långhällssjön9 ha8.1 km
- Fännsjön29 ha8.5 km
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Associations and activities
- Equmenia ÖstervålascoutkårOutdoor life
- Östervåla hembygdsgårdhembygdsgardLocal heritage
- Östervåla StrongfitgymSports
- Östervåla hembygdsgårdmuseumCulture
- Equmeniakyrkan ÖstervålakyrkaReligion
- Östervåla kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO Östervåla-HarbopensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone5 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)13 km
- Potentially contaminated land25 in the locality130 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.7 km
- Natura 20005.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest12.5 km
- Water protection area480 m
- Habitat protection6.6 km
- National conservation interest5.3 km
- National heritage interest13.7 km
Services & safety
- School2 in the locality200 m
- Fire station13.9 km
- Police station25.5 km
- Civil defence shelter1 in the locality270 m
- Vulnerable area (police)46.4 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site8.7 km
- Swimming pool2.5 km
- Campsite17.7 km
- Hiking trail11.5 km
- Cycle trail30.1 km
- Ski trail41 km
- Floodlit track680 m
- Birding site22.4 km
- Geologically notable site25.7 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant8.6 km
- Café17.7 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality220 m
- Library14.4 km
- Sports hall2 in the locality680 m
- Hotel19.6 km
- Care home25 km
- Recycling centre2 in the locality620 m
Disturbance
- Major road170 m
- Railway25.8 km
- Power line1.1 km
- Wind turbine9.8 km
- Mobile mast8.2 km
- Military area21.3 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2 km
- Mine10.5 km
- Quarry10.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality1.2 km
- Church3 in the locality270 m
- Community hall5.4 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
- Population14,345
- Median income363,500 kr/yr
- Average age44.7 years
The figures describe Heby Municipality as a whole, not Östervåla.