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Västeråker
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest10 m
- Distance to water320 m
- Distance to farmland40 m
- Distance to shoreline320 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway13 km
- Distance to industry9.3 km
- Distance to power line4.4 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store9.3 km
- Distance to school6.1 km
- Distance to train station14.2 km
Median across 32 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 450–451
- 755–969
- 7510–1492
- 6315–1967
- 2920–2424
- 1525–2919
- 4030–3446
- 6535–3961
- 7640–4481
- 7845–4982
- 5750–5459
- 4455–5956
- 6360–6451
- 4865–6941
- 4870–7434
- 3575–7936
- 4780+42
Men 903Women 911
Marital status
- Unmarried949 (52 %)
- Married713 (39 %)
- Divorced116 (6 %)
- Widowed45 (2 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Västeråker, 1,814 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 70 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 24 min
- Gothenburg5 h 55 min
- Municipal seat26 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
- Mälaren107,455 ha3.5 km
- Alasjön17 ha13.7 km
- Fibysjön40 ha17.8 km
- Ruddammen8 ha22.5 km
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Nearest localities
- Björkdala gård54 inhabitants1.1 km
- Per-Turesvreten62 inhabitants1.3 km
- Viggeby104 inhabitants2.8 km
- Hässleudd106 inhabitants2.9 km
- Säby57 inhabitants3.7 km
- Ytternäs och Vreta845 inhabitants4.6 km
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Associations and activities
- Dalby VästeråkerbygdegårdLocal heritage
- Västeråker BKSports
- Västeråkers kyrkakyrkaReligion
- Dalby Västeråker BygdegårdsföreningFritid-Kultur-Social verkSocial
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 zone8.4 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)3.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land2.7 km
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve2.7 km
- Natura 20009.7 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1.8 km
- Water protection area9 km
- Habitat protection4.6 km
- National conservation interest2.7 km
- National heritage interest2 km
Services & safety
- School6.2 km
- Fire station15.5 km
- Police station14.4 km
- Civil defence shelter4.8 km
- Vulnerable area (police)4 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site3.2 km
- Swimming pool8.6 km
- Campsite5.4 km
- Hiking trail3.5 km
- Cycle trail2.5 km
- Ski trail7.7 km
- Floodlit track9.3 km
- Birding site12.5 km
- Geologically notable site6.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5.4 km
- Café7.5 km
- Petrol station6.2 km
- Library9.3 km
- Sports hall7.7 km
- Hotel5.8 km
- Care home9.8 km
- Recycling centre9.7 km
Disturbance
- Major road6.1 km
- Railway13.3 km
- Power line4.4 km
- Wind turbine12.3 km
- Mobile mast5.6 km
- Military area11.9 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)910 m
- Mine15.8 km
- Quarry7.3 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.1 km
- Church150 m
- Community hall9.2 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
- Population248,016
- Median income382,900 kr/yr
- Average age39.4 years
The figures describe Uppsala Municipality as a whole, not Västeråker.