Ranking · Västra Götaland County

Best places to live in Västra Götaland County

Short answer: Number one is Öckerö with overall score 83 of 100. The middle in Västra Götaland County is 52 of 100, and last is Åmål with 32 of 100.

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49 municipalities by overall score, highest first.

Best places to live in Västra Götaland County
Rank	Municipality	Overall score, of 100	Population	Median income, SEK/yr	Unemployment, %
1	Öckerö	83	12,863	459,100	2.0
2	Karlsborg	77	7,047	410,400	2.9
3	Härryda	74	40,011	475,300	3.0
3	Lerum	74	43,752	467,700	2.7
5	Tjörn	72	16,003	442,200	2.2
5	Mölndal	72	72,128	457,400	3.4
7	Bollebygd	71	9,784	430,100	2.9
8	Partille	70	41,164	454,300	4.2
8	Hjo	70	9,322	395,700	3.0
10	Stenungsund	68	27,854	453,900	3.1
11	Orust	67	15,363	406,400	3.0
12	Kungälv	65	50,496	449,800	2.7
13	Alingsås	63	42,861	412,000	3.7
14	Lidköping	62	40,359	403,500	3.5
15	Ale	61	32,620	432,000	3.6
15	Skövde	61	58,272	414,800	3.9
17	Sotenäs	60	9,036	412,600	3.1
18	Tranemo	58	11,873	395,200	3.8
18	Ulricehamn	58	24,954	390,800	3.5
20	Dals-Ed	54	4,571	375,500	3.4
20	Grästorp	54	5,602	388,700	3.0
20	Mariestad	54	24,421	396,100	3.8
23	Götene	53	13,223	398,800	3.3
24	Essunga	52	5,559	377,700	3.7
24	Lysekil	52	13,796	406,900	3.9
26	Mark	51	35,134	388,500	3.9
26	Strömstad	51	13,557	398,500	3.6
28	Tanum	50	12,677	389,300	2.5
28	Herrljunga	50	9,509	387,600	3.0
28	Trollhättan	50	59,265	390,200	7.1
31	Vårgårda	49	12,472	402,300	3.9
32	Göteborg	47	613,278	398,200	6.4
32	Tidaholm	47	12,736	390,200	3.3
34	Vara	46	16,011	375,600	3.4
35	Vänersborg	45	40,078	390,100	5.9
36	Borås	42	115,238	382,600	6.0
37	Munkedal	41	10,272	384,200	3.8
37	Lilla Edet	41	14,398	399,100	4.3
37	Tibro	41	11,326	385,000	5.7
37	Uddevalla	41	56,744	392,400	6.0
37	Skara	41	18,753	389,500	4.8
42	Bengtsfors	39	8,955	374,500	5.9
42	Mellerud	39	9,038	360,600	5.7
44	Falköping	38	32,794	383,300	5.0
45	Gullspång	34	4,949	364,500	7.4
45	Töreboda	34	9,093	367,200	5.5
47	Svenljunga	33	10,616	368,200	4.6
48	Färgelanda	32	6,288	376,100	4.8
48	Åmål	32	11,679	368,900	6.6

Latest year: overall score 2026, population 2025, median income 2024, unemployment 2024. The measures and sources are on the statistics page.

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Overall score in Västra Götaland County.

Municipalities: 49; Västra Götaland County
Number one: 83 of 100; Öckerö
Middle: 52 of 100; Lysekil
Last: 32 of 100; Åmål

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