small locality in Sala Municipality
Åsen
Short answer: Åsen is in Sala Municipality, Västmanland County. It has 50 residents.
Living here
Åsen is a small locality (småort) in Sala municipality in Västmanland County, with about fifty inhabitants. There is no shop, school, café or other service within three kilometres, so daily life requires a car. The surrounding area has an older population: just under a third are over sixty-five and about a fifth are under twenty. The municipality's median income is below the middle of the country and the level of education is also below the middle of the country. Åsen suits those who want to live quietly in the countryside in Sala municipality and who drive to jobs and shopping. Anyone who wants services within walking distance should look at a built-up area.
Draft. Based on a place profile from Lantmäteriet, SCB, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia and the municipality's register of associations. To be reviewed before publication.
Facts
What it is like to live here
median in the locality
Median across 46 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
Age distribution
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Åsen, 2,065 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 50 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.
From here and away
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.
Lakes nearby
Nearest localities
Surroundings
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.
The figures describe the municipality, not the locality. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.