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Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta

Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta had 11,391 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 681,600 in 2024, 4% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 27,770/m² on average in 2025 (209 sales). 32% of households rented their home. The population is almost unchanged since 2024.

Municipality · Code 5603 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
11,391residents1 January 2026
NOK 681,600median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 27,770/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
3%green within 500 maverage
Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta by neighbourhood
Map of Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta: 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 39 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
Akkarfjord7512%9%20%5
Blinken24511%21%4450%54
Blåsenborg2286%21%2,8500%62
Breilia22210%20%4830%59
Dalen2357%23%960%23
Eidvågeidet-Hønseby7841%4%113%0
Elvestrand31617%15%6325%47
Forsøl21510%21%20%5
Fuglenes30112%9%1,3680%28
Fuglenesveien21530%14%8270%72
Halsen7617%15%18%0
Indre Repparfjord-Erdal13525%8%180%4
Kokelv-Selkop9840%6%014%6
Komagnes-Neverfjord7740%8%026%1
Kvalsund39025%13%2215%7
Lia16713%17%460%0
Mian26821%12%4250%28
Midtbyen49132%8%1,4030%65
Molla30213%16%3920%33
Nedre Hauen34540%8%1,6430%61
Rairo47913%17%2,2810%61
Reindalen3107%31%1550%18
Rossmolla21812%16%4841%36
Rypefjord 143121%13%25710%5
Rypefjord 233915%18%3905%12
Rypefjord 344919%18%6806%15
Rypefjord 44327%22%97%15
Rypefjord 512317%12%350%0
Salheim31814%16%3610%61
Sandøybotn3129%0%00%0
Stadion2829%19%2,3501%59
Stallogargo11628%9%10%1
Storfjellet78511%24%580%21
Strømsnes1956%30%70%1
Sætergamdalen25213%15%4200%12
Tåkeheimen9367%17%1,4861%48
Utsikten38214%14%1,0610%32
Veien59222%13%7,4000%64
Øvre Hauen17417%9%6210%40

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

People.

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

16%
aged under 16
11%
aged 16–24
34%
aged 25–49
22%
aged 50–66
16%
aged 67 and over
5%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202411,338
202511,324
202611,391

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 681,600
median household income after tax
71%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school27%
Upper secondary36%
Vocational college4%
University or college, short23%
University or college, long9%
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.

6,339 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner54%
Co-operative or share owner13%
Renting32%

Homes by type of building

Detached house46%
Two-dwelling house11%
Terraced and other small houses17%
Block of flats15%
Communal housing7%
Other buildings6%
NOK 21,657/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 25,056/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 36,107/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
209sales2025

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.

33 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 3% green space within 500 metres.

13schoolsOpenStreetMap
14kindergartensOpenStreetMap
4residents per km² of land2,558.0 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 Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Hammerfest - Urban Reindeer
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Hammerfest - Urban Reindeer
Photo: Manxruler · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Hammerfest-panorama
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Hammerfest-panorama
Photo: Øyvind A. Holm (Sunny256) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Hammerfest from ridge of Salen, 2012 June
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Hammerfest from ridge of Salen, 2012 June
Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Other municipalities in Finnmark.