His 1
His 1 (Arendal) had 2,015 residents on 1 January 2026. 24% of residents were 67 or over, against 20% across the municipality, and 15% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 27 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has grown by 8.2% since 2020.
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © Norwegian Mapping Authority, basic statistical units (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
People.
Age on 1 January 2026, next to the figure for Arendal.
Population on 1 January
Basic statistical units (grunnkretser) are Statistics Norway’s smallest fixed areas. They usually follow housing estates, parts of towns and rural communities and have a few hundred residents. Income, house prices and education are not published for them; figures for the whole municipality are shown below.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
The whole municipality.
Figures for Arendal as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
27 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 79% green space within 500 metres.
Services and green space are measured from each area’s service centre: the point inside it with the most shops and services within 500 metres. District, municipal and county figures are averages weighted by population.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre.
The neighbourhood in figures.
His 1 and the nearest neighbourhoods in Arendal, side by side. Colour shows where each sits among the others in the table.
| Neighbourhood | Residents | 67+ | Under 16 | Per km² | Green 500 m | Services 15 min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alve-Sandå-Åmdal | 457 | 16% | 17% | 111 | 90% | 6 |
| Alvika | 299 | 11% | 16% | 235 | 93% | 4 |
| Asdal-Vrengen | 2,928 | 16% | 18% | 468 | 39% | 20 |
| Barbugård | 566 | 15% | 16% | 2,264 | 41% | 140 |
| Bendiksklev-Langbryggen | 306 | 26% | 10% | 7,650 | 6% | 145 |
| Bie | 838 | 20% | 16% | 342 | 36% | 23 |
| Birkenlund | 336 | 15% | 23% | 1,600 | 23% | 25 |
| Bjørnebo | 277 | 15% | 19% | 126 | 55% | 26 |
| His 1 | 2,015 | 24% | 15% | 521 | 79% | 27 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Arendal.