Kristiansand

Kristiansand had 119,287 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 657,200 in 2024, in line with the county level. Homes sold for NOK 43,843/m² on average in 2025 (2,628 sales). 29% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 6.9% since 2020.

Municipality · Code 4204 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026

119,287residents1 January 2026

NOK 657,200median income after taxper household, 2024

NOK 43,843/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025

41%green within 500 maverage

Kristiansand by neighbourhood

0%30%+

Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © Norwegian Mapping Authority, basic statistical units (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 195 neighbourhoods.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Neighbourhood	Residents	67+	Under 16	Per km²	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Andøya	1,308	10%	23%	1,869	25%	23
Augland	166	14%	17%	43	96%	0
Augland terrasse	1,315	14%	21%	1,934	36%	84
Auglandslia	908	10%	20%	2,929	16%	59
Aurebekk-Rypestøl	47	13%	17%	7	95%	1
Ausviga	629	8%	24%	886	73%	12
Beinestad vest	51	6%	18%	212	3%	30
Beinestad øst	531	2%	32%	1,295	35%	16
Berge	65	19%	20%	7	49%	8
Birkenes-Birkeli	109	15%	31%	22	58%	9
Bjørndalsheia	712	11%	13%	3,560	30%	62
Bleget-Fagerholt	299	12%	16%	1,068	35%	25
Boen-Drangsholt	201	16%	14%	23	64%	1
Breimyr	1,044	9%	24%	1,014	91%	20
Breivoll	133	18%	22%	7	79%	1
Brennåsen	225	10%	22%	336	59%	4
Brunvatne	53	19%	23%	4	90%	0
Bråvann	766	4%	23%	766	68%	19
Bukksteinsdalen	186	6%	19%	34	92%	0
Drange-Eftevåg	276	17%	21%	24	79%	0
Dvergsnes	1,839	6%	33%	1,342	7%	36
Dvergsnes øst	352	4%	23%	2,071	24%	51
Dønnestad	160	16%	18%	13	71%	9
Eg	634	13%	12%	1,268	100%	85
Eidsbukta	534	6%	25%	1,618	35%	28
Eidså	37	11%	16%	5	85%	0
Eik	545	14%	18%	599	53%	11
Eikeheia	355	11%	17%	1,690	41%	16
Eikeheia sør	151	15%	21%	839	42%	8
Eikeland	45	0%	31%	3	87%	0
Enrum-Paradis	486	15%	13%	1,620	100%	90
Erkleiv	84	23%	12%	8	95%	0
Fidjane	250	9%	18%	236	73%	0
Fiskåtangen-Fiskå	405	19%	16%	596	24%	69
Fjellro	268	3%	21%	1,576	57%	60
Flaten	420	13%	15%	7,000	25%	127
Foss	65	14%	9%	6	100%	0
Frikstad	400	14%	18%	104	84%	32
Føreid	249	17%	10%	11	54%	19
Galgeberg	493	15%	15%	3,081	8%	103
Gill	30	0%	20%	15	40%	31
Gimle	494	0%	5%	1,205	35%	79
Gimlekollen vest	994	10%	23%	1,169	44%	25
Gimlekollen øst	555	10%	26%	1,790	39%	30
Gimlemoen-Jegersberg	59	10%	5%	107	37%	81
Gimlevang	1,152	15%	16%	3,388	30%	137
Gislemyrområdet	834	12%	18%	3,336	41%	79
Gjervoldstad	66	18%	9%	9	92%	0
Greppestølsåsen	411	17%	21%	2,283	45%	31
Grim-Dueknipen	1,033	17%	14%	1,054	100%	105
Grimsmyra	1,175	15%	16%	2,733	100%	98
Grostøl	35	0%	17%	6	83%	0
Hagen-Haus	148	10%	19%	37	91%	0
Hamre-Moneheia	1,008	27%	17%	1,381	13%	20
Hamreheia	1,648	28%	10%	6,338	5%	189
Hannevik terrasse	262	7%	12%	1,139	41%	46
Hannevikåsen	442	10%	19%	2,105	72%	57
Heggland	57	0%	21%	5	60%	0
Hellemyr	424	12%	23%	1,927	96%	38
Hellemyr nordøst	741	6%	22%	1,044	100%	31
Hellemyr vest	942	11%	25%	2,944	90%	27
Hellemyrbakken	308	10%	22%	1,812	73%	57
Hånes nord-Bjørndalen	1,186	13%	24%	2,196	49%	58
Hånes nordvest	877	20%	17%	2,370	47%	60
Hånes sør	1,332	15%	20%	1,776	50%	56
Hånes vest	852	34%	12%	1,078	49%	56
Høietun-Mestad	663	12%	22%	53	49%	25
Hølledale	518	18%	20%	1,619	35%	21
Høllen	1,167	20%	18%	1,913	17%	12
Hønemyr	90	7%	22%	6	49%	0
Justnes-Dalsveien	472	9%	25%	317	32%	29
Justneshalvøya	2,262	3%	32%	3,376	33%	21
Justvik	483	7%	25%	833	41%	23
Jærnesheia	1,042	10%	20%	802	44%	20
Kartheia	633	15%	19%	3,165	32%	73
Kilen	421	12%	20%	27	63%	4
Kjempegravane	553	18%	12%	13,825	13%	126
Kjerrheia	856	20%	13%	4,280	29%	78
Kjevik	49	18%	6%	9	52%	5
Kjos	208	13%	17%	650	54%	31
Kjos Haveby nord	625	10%	21%	2,500	31%	48
Kjos Haveby sør	1,432	12%	19%	1,962	33%	54
Kjære-Andås	641	11%	22%	239	0%	0
Klepland	74	11%	14%	9	54%	31
Kokleheia-Skaugo	1,041	9%	23%	655	79%	13
Kolsberg	942	13%	13%	3,623	100%	58
Kongsgard 1-Vige	571	22%	15%	1,241	48%	37
Kongsgård 2	648	33%	10%	1,223	30%	15
Kongsgård 3	956	12%	24%	2,124	42%	26
Korsvik vest	845	13%	25%	1,363	27%	33
Korsvik øst	1,422	13%	20%	1,156	46%	32
Krossen-Dalane	175	7%	23%	192	100%	14
Krossnes	85	0%	25%	73	74%	4
Kuholmen	788	20%	14%	1,876	24%	85
Kvadraturen nordvest	1,305	22%	3%	2,510	8%	235
Kvadraturen nordøst	2,509	17%	7%	8,094	22%	251
Kvadraturen sørvest	1,544	27%	4%	1,499	7%	235
Kvadraturen sørøst	3,257	30%	3%	9,870	9%	248
Langenes	967	14%	19%	1,240	53%	10
Langenes øst	49	25%	14%	13	33%	3
Lauvsland	156	19%	17%	12	51%	8
Lauvåsen nord	1,055	2%	32%	1,702	44%	55
Leire	237	12%	17%	289	71%	11
Liane	836	47%	10%	1,212	10%	44
Lindebø-Skålevik	1,802	9%	24%	677	60%	10
Lindtjønn	331	1%	28%	1,839	48%	26
Lohne	143	13%	15%	36	89%	0
Lunde	572	20%	15%	99	73%	9
Marvikssletta	545	18%	16%	1,514	23%	77
Mosby	522	13%	16%	507	31%	26
Myran-Svemmeland	41	0%	22%	2	86%	1
Mæbø-Høyfjellet	1,334	19%	18%	538	32%	12
Møllevannet-Klappane	1,115	15%	17%	2,655	100%	77
Møvik	854	31%	14%	537	25%	24
Nedre Hortemo	627	10%	22%	158	22%	6
Nedre Kongsgård	117	37%	0%	183	23%	79
Nedre Lund	1,203	33%	12%	4,296	8%	278
Nodeland	1,165	28%	16%	489	27%	14
Nodelandsheia	1,470	8%	23%	253	71%	5
Nordtjønnåsen	208	11%	26%	693	46%	50
Nygårdsheia	503	16%	18%	1,437	24%	39
Oddemarka	405	24%	8%	5,786	17%	136
Odderhei	1,318	6%	23%	1,967	21%	40
Oftenes	286	7%	30%	397	45%	6
Oftenes nord	305	7%	33%	256	69%	8
Randesundøyane	49	18%	6%	15	42%	15
Repstad	50	14%	18%	14	77%	1
Rismyr-Greipstad	479	16%	23%	56	47%	14
Rosseland	281	10%	15%	43	52%	6
Ryen	930	10%	21%	183	34%	14
Røyrås	65	5%	23%	5	68%	0
Sangvik	354	19%	21%	253	25%	24
Skarpeid-Hallandvik	127	33%	9%	20	64%	2
Skinnarsmoen-Hagen	258	12%	21%	132	75%	7
Skråstad-Lian	50	18%	8%	9	96%	0
Skuteveien	359	14%	13%	2,992	62%	22
Skyllingsheia-Lumber	1,009	32%	9%	2,968	13%	71
Slettheia skole	360	9%	27%	1,636	27%	68
Slettheia sør	435	12%	18%	2,559	34%	76
Slettheitoppen midt	495	12%	20%	7,071	38%	32
Slettheitoppen vest	788	13%	19%	2,717	43%	32
Slettheitoppen øst	416	16%	18%	2,971	29%	49
Slettheiveien	309	18%	15%	3,862	32%	55
Solbygg	861	17%	6%	8,610	6%	154
Sommerro	139	0%	31%	232	85%	1
Stangenes-Kvarenes	177	18%	11%	39	52%	3
Stausland-Stokkeland	586	16%	21%	644	31%	19
Stokkeland-Gumpedalen	75	8%	21%	9	72%	0
Stokkelandsskogen	796	15%	20%	1,305	46%	15
Strai-Gangdalen	1,192	15%	20%	121	35%	14
Strømme	252	21%	18%	933	22%	42
Stypstad-Ålo-Tånevik	259	26%	13%	15	85%	1
Suldalen	523	11%	17%	3,487	100%	63
Sødal	423	19%	14%	282	56%	4
Søm nord	704	12%	18%	1,467	1%	36
Søm nordøst	1,385	9%	23%	2,473	0%	44
Søm sør	554	16%	19%	739	5%	0
Søm vest	753	17%	22%	1,537	6%	18
Søm øst	567	10%	20%	1,772	29%	14
Tangvall	427	53%	5%	1,708	15%	32
Tangvall øst	479	37%	10%	1,597	24%	32
Tinnheia nordvest	916	17%	17%	1,328	100%	53
Tinnheia sør	662	24%	14%	2,006	100%	73
Tinnheia øst	631	17%	13%	1,803	100%	63
Tobienborg	991	18%	13%	5,506	18%	94
Tofteland	138	17%	20%	29	93%	0
Torp	205	4%	30%	228	10%	31
Try-Tofte-Kleivset	152	20%	14%	9	84%	0
Trysnes	157	22%	14%	49	59%	4
Tveit-Solsletta	735	11%	21%	117	62%	8
Tømmerstø	2,061	11%	21%	1,610	48%	36
Utsogn-Fidje	42	7%	17%	4	88%	0
Valhalla midt	1,248	8%	20%	7,341	11%	108
Valhalla nord-Kongsgård	1,037	12%	14%	4,938	7%	125
Valhalla sør	489	10%	18%	6,112	7%	111
Ve	256	11%	20%	38	69%	14
Vedderheia	1,368	2%	28%	1,150	81%	10
Vestre Bjørndalen	721	30%	13%	1,567	59%	58
Voie	532	11%	19%	1,330	15%	30
Voiebyen-nordvest	662	13%	20%	1,273	49%	32
Voiebyen-nordøst	1,175	12%	20%	2,866	18%	25
Voiebyen-sørvest	671	18%	16%	919	76%	11
Voiebyen-sørøst	1,057	15%	23%	1,762	28%	30
Volleberg	565	16%	18%	1,487	64%	6
Vågsbygd sentrum	999	37%	10%	2,854	14%	76
Åros-Føreid	357	19%	17%	415	32%	18
Årosskogen	661	14%	18%	1,160	51%	16
Åsane	872	27%	17%	2,491	38%	49
Ødegård	90	3%	33%	346	8%	37
Øvland-Spikkeland	75	13%	17%	7	54%	0
Øvre Hortemo	246	11%	17%	311	58%	6
Øvre Mosby	982	11%	25%	869	31%	29
Øvre Strai-Hommeren	582	12%	20%	125	30%	10
Øygardsheia	166	14%	24%	638	67%	10
Øygardsheia nord	105	6%	23%	169	77%	8

Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Age on 1 January 2026, next to the figure for Agder.

18%

aged under 16

13%

aged 16–24

34%

aged 25–49

20%

aged 50–66

15%

aged 67 and over

aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

2020111,633

2021112,588

2022113,737

2023115,569

2024116,986

2025118,221

2026119,287

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

Income in 2024, employment in late 2025 and education in 2025.

NOK 657,200

median household income after tax

66%

of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school21%

Upper secondary35%

Vocational college3%

University or college, short27%

University or college, long13%

Unknown or none completed1%

Income after tax is a household’s total income minus tax and negative transfers, for private households in 2024. The median is the middle value, so a few high incomes do not pull it up.

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

56,692 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner59%

Co-operative or share owner12%

Renting29%

Homes by type of building

Detached house40%

Two-dwelling house10%

Terraced and other small houses16%

Block of flats28%

Communal housing4%

Other buildings3%

NOK 30,846/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025

NOK 31,217/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025

NOK 53,139/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025

2,628sales2025

The price per square metre is the average for homes sold in 2025, and depends on which homes happened to change hands.

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)

Everyday life.

60 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 41% green space within 500 metres.

72schoolsOpenStreetMap

108kindergartensOpenStreetMap

195residents per km² of land611.0 km²

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.

Around here.

Photographs taken near Kristiansand, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Other municipalities in Agder.

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