
Vingåker
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest130 m
- Distance to water970 m
- Distance to farmland170 m
- Distance to shoreline970 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway930 m
- Distance to industry430 m
- Distance to power line1.5 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store1.3 km
- Distance to school660 m
- Distance to train station1.2 km
Median across 1,393 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 1420–4123
- 1835–9176
- 20810–14153
- 18715–19162
- 19020–24132
- 14325–29136
- 17330–34189
- 18735–39151
- 13040–44159
- 16045–49149
- 18150–54192
- 21855–59198
- 20360–64203
- 21165–69199
- 20370–74195
- 20875–79217
- 26480+279
Men 3,191Women 3,013
Marital status
- Unmarried3,211 (52 %)
- Married2,045 (33 %)
- Divorced602 (10 %)
- Widowed332 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 4 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Vingåker, 6,204 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 4,514 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
- Stockholm2 h 33 min
- Gothenburg4 h 30 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
- Kolsnaren986 ha2.2 km
- Gäringsjön115 ha5 km
- Viren1,043 ha5.3 km
- Vadstorpssjön63 ha5.8 km
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Associations and activities
- Vingåkers badhallbadhusSports
- Västra Vingåkers kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO VingåkerpensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone480 m
- Wildfire area (since 2018)7.2 km
- Potentially contaminated land47 in the locality140 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5 km
- Natura 200015.1 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest10.5 km
- Water protection area5.7 km
- Habitat protection4.4 km
- National conservation interest5.1 km
- National heritage interest6 km
Services & safety
- School5 in the locality170 m
- Fire station10.1 km
- Police station19.7 km
- Civil defence shelter9 in the locality40 m
- Vulnerable area (police)47.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site6.4 km
- Swimming pool2 in the locality310 m
- Campsite1 in the locality530 m
- Hiking trail17 km
- Cycle trail810 m
- Ski trail17.2 km
- Floodlit track30.3 km
- Birding site28.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant6 in the locality50 m
- Café1 in the locality80 m
- Petrol station4 in the locality410 m
- Library1 in the locality170 m
- Sports hall1 in the locality500 m
- Hotel1 in the locality200 m
- Care home2 in the locality1.2 km
- Recycling centre5.4 km
Disturbance
- Major road1.8 km
- Railway430 m
- Power line1.7 km
- Wind turbine2.4 km
- Mobile mast1.7 km
- Military area25 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4.6 km
- Mine7.4 km
- Quarry10.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality560 m
- Church2 in the locality930 m
- Community hall20.6 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
- Population8,750
- Median income363,900 kr/yr
- Average age45.9 years