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Kongsberg

Kongsberg had 29,169 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 686,900 in 2024, 4% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 36,249/m² on average in 2025 (530 sales). 24% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 1.1% since 2024.

Municipality · Code 3303 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
29,169residents1 January 2026
NOK 686,900median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 36,249/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
30%green within 500 maverage
Kongsberg by neighbourhood
Map of Kongsberg: 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 55 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
Bergsliens gate50415%14%5931%93
Bergstaden78616%13%8441%139
Brenne23816%19%1536%3
Bævergrenda34218%17%3357%32
Drammensveien-Gamlegrendåsen42913%19%12647%55
Dyrgrav84515%12%1,17428%53
Dyrmyr85233%14%1,6380%161
Efteløt13014%20%521%10
Eid15723%11%5793%4
Gamle Eikervei4675%30%35438%34
Gamlegrendåsen 11,04224%17%1,86124%71
Gamlegrendåsen 284927%18%1,24936%76
Gamlegrendåsen 381913%16%1,48946%70
Gamlegrendåsen 49616%20%2,23543%47
Gomsrud65518%17%4589%121
Gravningen-Lofthus17417%13%771%5
Heistadmoen33310%19%73%7
Hillestad28714%15%4183%4
Hostvedt28519%17%1019%1
Hvittingfoss58521%12%8528%25
Hvål10418%16%4100%0
Jondalen16320%14%456%5
Kapermoen92515%20%2,31218%87
Komnes16619%16%496%0
Kongsgårdmoen69514%19%48922%32
Landverk27823%13%5967%21
Laugerud48510%27%15567%29
Liahengslet88911%22%47845%61
Ljøterud25418%19%496%0
Meheia6514%11%284%0
Moane36511%18%17531%30
Myrløkka75318%11%2,5975%165
Numedalsveien7914%20%898%0
Nymoen sentrum1,14140%7%3,0037%178
Passebekk25521%13%587%1
Postbrumoen97021%16%96012%68
Raumyr94919%17%2,0639%148
Saggrenda37122%17%3556%7
Saggrenda syd14921%13%998%0
Sandsværmoen41215%17%98128%43
Skarpåsskogen1,21918%17%1,56327%40
Skavangerskogen56218%21%1,22213%65
Skinnarberga80123%12%2,76213%111
Skollenborg12113%14%1831%1
Steglet51514%15%3,02951%31
Sulusåsen99316%16%86337%40
Svartås46114%14%85450%31
Tuft66125%16%4928%25
Ullandløkka68727%12%2,8622%151
Vestsiden sentrum1,03720%9%2,4697%176
Veungsdalen59715%19%1,04735%41
Vines23522%17%547%1
Wergelands vei67428%10%2,2471%160
Ås25912%21%798%0
Øvre Jondalen11024%13%274%1

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

People.

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

16%
aged under 16
11%
aged 16–24
32%
aged 25–49
22%
aged 50–66
19%
aged 67 and over
6%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202428,848
202529,011
202629,169

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 686,900
median household income after tax
68%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school20%
Upper secondary34%
Vocational college4%
University or college, short28%
University or college, long13%
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.

14,700 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner64%
Co-operative or share owner12%
Renting24%

Homes by type of building

Detached house52%
Two-dwelling house9%
Terraced and other small houses16%
Block of flats17%
Communal housing4%
Other buildings4%
NOK 27,948/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 31,735/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 43,010/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
530sales2025

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.

74 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 30% green space within 500 metres.

24schoolsOpenStreetMap
39kindergartensOpenStreetMap
39residents per km² of land754.0 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 Kongsberg, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Storgata bru Kongsberg
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Storgata bru Kongsberg
Photo: Knut Arne Gjertsen · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nybrua Kongsberg
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Nybrua Kongsberg
Photo: pv-ve · CC BY 3.0
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Damkrone nord Nybrufossen
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Damkrone nord Nybrufossen
Photo: Peulle · CC BY-SA 4.0
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