Ås
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water740 m
- Distance to farmland50 m
- Distance to shoreline740 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway3.3 km
- Distance to industry640 m
- Distance to power line3.2 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store1 km
- Distance to school1.3 km
- Distance to train station7.8 km
Median across 66 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 280–422
- 615–932
- 6010–1446
- 8215–1960
- 2820–2429
- 1925–2910
- 1830–3431
- 4135–3945
- 3840–4447
- 4745–4950
- 7050–5468
- 4955–5943
- 5360–6467
- 4865–6941
- 3970–7426
- 2775–7955
- 5280+43
Men 760Women 715
Marital status
- Unmarried712 (48 %)
- Married628 (42 %)
- Divorced99 (7 %)
- Widowed46 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Ås, 1,475 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 106 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
- Gothenburg1 h 7 min
- Malmö2 h 17 min
- Municipal seat10 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
- Strömma damm9 ha8 km
- Stegasjön20 ha9.5 km
- Skärsjön301 ha10.2 km
- Ottersjön80 ha11.1 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone20.1 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)18.4 km
- Coastal erosion1.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land2 in the locality160 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1.2 km
- Natura 20001.2 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest7.5 km
- Water protection area10.9 km
- Habitat protection8.3 km
- National conservation interest1.2 km
- National heritage interest1.7 km
Services & safety
- School710 m
- Fire station4.4 km
- Police station7.7 km
- Civil defence shelter5.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.5 km
- Swimming pool5.4 km
- Campsite1.4 km
- Hiking trail7.3 km
- Cycle trail530 m
- Floodlit track23.5 km
- Birding site9.3 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant1.4 km
- Café980 m
- Petrol station1.1 km
- Library7.5 km
- Sports hall1.2 km
- Hotel1.1 km
- Care home6.8 km
- Recycling centre2.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road70 m
- Railway3.2 km
- Power line2.9 km
- Wind turbine3.3 km
- Mobile mast1.3 km
- Military area39.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3.2 km
- Quarry7.1 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark450 m
- Church2 km
- Community hall1.2 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
- Population69,070
- Median income413,800 kr/yr
- Average age44.2 years
The figures describe Varberg Municipality as a whole, not Ås.