Arås
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water70 m
- Distance to farmland260 m
- Distance to shoreline70 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway1.6 km
- Distance to industry750 m
- Distance to power line130 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store2.1 km
- Distance to school2.2 km
- Distance to train station2 km
Median across 42 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 430–437
- 555–939
- 3710–1443
- 4215–1942
- 3420–2423
- 2925–2929
- 4430–3448
- 5335–3957
- 4540–4441
- 5945–4939
- 6250–5451
- 7355–5971
- 6260–6467
- 5365–6942
- 5370–7437
- 3875–7946
- 4080+37
Men 822Women 749
Marital status
- Unmarried792 (51 %)
- Married561 (36 %)
- Divorced157 (10 %)
- Widowed58 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Arås, 1,571 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 80 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
- Stockholm5 h 19 min
- Gothenburg51 min
- Malmö3 h 47 min
- Municipal seat16 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
- Viaredssjön395 ha230 m
- Stora Ärtasjön7 ha1.3 km
- Västersjön139 ha2 km
- Eningen26 ha2.2 km
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Nearest localities
- Sjömarken och Viared3,855 inhabitants1.2 km
- Sandared3,640 inhabitants1.3 km
- Hultafors295 inhabitants2.3 km
- Olsfors607 inhabitants4.3 km
- Funningen och Bosnäs664 inhabitants4.5 km
- Borås75,565 inhabitants5.2 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone7.7 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)7.1 km
- Potentially contaminated land940 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.4 km
- Natura 200035.8 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest8.6 km
- Water protection area11.5 km
- Habitat protection3.6 km
- National conservation interest8.8 km
- National heritage interest7.6 km
Services & safety
- School1.6 km
- Fire station10.2 km
- Police station10.1 km
- Civil defence shelter1.9 km
- Vulnerable area (police)9.1 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.5 km
- Swimming pool2.7 km
- Campsite4.2 km
- Hiking trail1.7 km
- Cycle trail8.1 km
- Ski trail46.1 km
- Floodlit track9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant1.9 km
- Café960 m
- Petrol station1.9 km
- Library8.3 km
- Sports hall1.7 km
- Hotel8.3 km
- Care home2.4 km
- Recycling centre9.5 km
Disturbance
- Major road770 m
- Railway2 km
- Power line310 m
- Wind turbine6.8 km
- Mobile mast2.6 km
- Military area7.3 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)660 m
- Quarry6.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark5.2 km
- Church2 km
- Community hall2 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
- Population114,872
- Median income382,600 kr/yr
- Average age41.4 years
The figures describe Borås Municipality as a whole, not Arås.