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Asker

Asker had 101,509 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 821,700 in 2024, 9% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 58,013/m² on average in 2025 (1,731 sales). 22% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 2.7% since 2024.

Municipality · Code 3203 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
101,509residents1 January 2026
NOK 821,700median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 58,013/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
24%green within 500 maverage
Asker by neighbourhood
Map of Asker: Share of land within 500 m that is green space
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 140 neighbourhoods.

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

NeighbourhoodResidents67+Under 16Per km²Green 500 mServices 15 min
Alfheim29750%5%2,97019%163
Arnestad1,29215%18%79324%42
Askenga2,51513%17%4,57318%57
Asker stasjon56545%4%1,20219%156
Asker terrasse84736%14%2,56710%118
Askerjordet54819%18%1,19118%107
Askerlia1,2157%23%6,39520%111
Askestad-Kjos74012%24%6012%32
Auke60111%18%52722%14
Berg1,24713%21%15784%11
Berger21620%16%5840%0
Bitehagen15313%20%51028%28
Bjerkås1,37511%20%9897%63
Bjørndalen62410%22%1,83536%57
Blakstadmarka9028%24%1,40924%60
Bleikeråsen1,15622%20%3,40026%134
Bondi47720%13%1,06016%178
Bondibroen98329%16%1,58522%124
Bondibråten67423%18%1,92623%169
Borgenbråten91623%19%1,1749%126
Borgenåsen66812%23%1,90915%147
Bruset49512%17%3,09428%67
Brusetkollen13112%18%1,31030%44
Brusetsvingen32612%20%1,55222%80
Bråten1,57714%21%1,1438%26
Brønnøya13621%10%9862%12
Båstad97016%21%1,64434%61
Bødalen-Nilsemarka8289%20%53834%60
Dagslet1,01410%19%79830%5
Dambo5807%22%1,61128%42
Dikemark56212%18%50644%18
Drengsrudveien29010%19%65916%62
Engelsrud1,15612%18%1,29920%12
Filtvet52623%13%1990%2
Finsrud1,2498%25%79117%34
Follestad22518%10%1940%2
Fossum1,23412%23%28046%8
Frydenlund75214%18%24338%14
Furubakken82811%22%1,10419%37
Gjellum1,11613%21%1,3619%38
Gjerdal21720%17%309%2
Gleinåsen-Katrineåsen1,75015%23%68911%23
Grønsund47716%19%1,90814%48
Gui30016%21%13030%23
Gullhella95414%13%2,21916%38
Haga5619%24%2,07819%26
Hagaløkka78910%24%15,78018%169
Hallenskog74410%24%18251%11
Halsåsen80314%21%2,36213%33
Haugbo49220%17%1,07023%32
Heggedal sentrum1,38123%14%2,38125%37
Heggedalsmarka83414%22%1,73836%37
Heggum96315%18%24815%55
Heia2308%26%16045%13
Hogstad2,02018%21%1,21017%129
Holmen98117%20%1,11523%59
Holmsbu33434%8%3711%8
Huseby-Bjørnstad-Solberg6223%10%949%1
Hval37415%19%45125%30
Hyggen96210%21%12321%7
Høn75314%23%1,50629%42
Hønskollen56414%23%1,88013%36
Høvik41514%19%2008%2
Jansløkka6816%21%4824%28
Kalkfjellet83615%23%2,61228%147
Kana20514%18%2952%3
Kistefoss69913%21%1,55316%38
Kjøia56713%23%2,57726%128
Klokkarstua1,06516%16%3069%4
Klokkerjordet49711%25%2,07132%51
Kodalen50017%18%1,11115%38
Konglungen29123%19%2145%5
Kongsdelen54114%17%19580%4
Kongsskogen64419%18%34349%37
Krillås1,20914%19%2,41820%117
Kullebunn61822%16%3,43331%74
Kunstnerdalen45013%24%1,09831%47
Lahell14822%14%1386%1
Landøya56315%23%1,52211%65
Linlandet1,50314%20%1,0167%38
Lunde88323%10%3,53222%70
Løkenes65223%17%58725%40
Mellom Nes75212%24%2,03213%65
Myhre66632%14%57911%39
Måsan92614%18%1,51831%27
Nedre Solstad6569%22%81013%41
Nordengen1,52211%23%2,81918%45
Nærsnes-nordre38621%13%29522%9
Nærsnes-søndre1,25414%24%29224%9
Odden38512%16%1,06917%63
Ove Jensens vei53212%22%13,30021%88
Reistad79518%20%1,52922%22
Risenga76137%10%1,69122%141
Rødsåsen5307%28%2,40959%8
Rødtangen3936%15%147%1
Røed97323%16%15165%4
Røstad-Ek7618%8%7100%0
Røyken54217%16%7263%47
Sagene32835%9%5417%8
Sebjørnsrud27515%19%9531%5
Sem4321%28%1548%3
Sikta69714%22%92931%49
Sjøstrand50116%21%45525%41
Skjellestad48014%21%70659%26
Slemmestad83239%10%1,36427%59
Slottsberget80512%19%94735%26
Solvang1,46819%18%2,87816%123
Spikkestad26730%14%7225%38
Stokker388%18%1485%0
Storsand38519%13%1632%3
Sætre2737%21%1,09228%36
Sætre nord1,76828%15%1,02212%20
Sætre syd1,55819%15%11310%20
Tjernåsen1,39019%17%1,47920%54
Tofte vest88627%16%28711%16
Tofte øst55614%18%6390%0
Torp8298%21%2,07238%24
Torstad71915%21%85622%60
Torvbråten3923%26%7045%15
Trollhaugen39718%15%1,58811%112
Tronstad11321%25%937%2
Undelstad4989%21%3,32019%30
Underland3110%10%4274%21
Vakås3939%24%2,31228%40
Vardåslia87118%20%77824%82
Vendla1,90117%20%1,33941%33
Verket25816%17%11620%46
Verpen4115%15%5522%3
Vinnulstad18517%15%5453%2
Wang72613%15%13624%54
vestre Nes32221%18%89422%66
Åby82515%24%3,05619%115
Åros1,73912%18%3939%15
Åsaker10719%13%6774%7
Åstad81516%19%1,45524%43
Ødegården1,96724%16%2,37013%56
Ølstad34015%15%2261%1
Østenstad68814%20%1,09225%39
Østskogen1,69412%22%2,11819%13
Øvre Nes1,56117%19%2,36511%70

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

People.

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

19%
aged under 16
11%
aged 16–24
31%
aged 25–49
23%
aged 50–66
16%
aged 67 and over
5%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202498,815
2025100,492
2026101,509

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 821,700
median household income after tax
70%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school18%
Upper secondary30%
Vocational college3%
University or college, short30%
University or college, long19%
Unknown or none completed0%

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.

42,220 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner75%
Co-operative or share owner3%
Renting22%

Homes by type of building

Detached house52%
Two-dwelling house9%
Terraced and other small houses14%
Block of flats22%
Communal housing1%
Other buildings1%
NOK 45,426/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 51,419/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 70,359/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
1,731sales2025

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.

51 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 24% green space within 500 metres.

61schoolsOpenStreetMap
129kindergartensOpenStreetMap
279residents per km² of land364.0 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.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Around here.

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

NSB type 69 ved Asker stasjon TRS 040413 008
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NSB type 69 ved Asker stasjon TRS 040413 008
Photo: Trond Strandsberg · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Asker railway station TRS 061028 031
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Asker railway station TRS 061028 031
Photo: Trond Strandsberg · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Utsikt fra skaugumsåsen
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Utsikt fra skaugumsåsen
Photo: Simenss · CC BY-SA 3.0
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