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Lillehammer

Lillehammer had 29,669 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 665,000 in 2024, 6% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 38,987/m² on average in 2025 (607 sales). 32% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 4.7% since 2020.

Municipality · Code 3405 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
29,669residents1 January 2026
NOK 665,000median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 38,987/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
38%green within 500 maverage
Lillehammer by neighbourhood
Map of Lillehammer: 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 57 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
Bekkefaret23721%8%1,24745%135
Berget16414%10%2,73335%164
Besserud11315%9%1799%2
Bjerkebæk23436%15%1,67130%180
Breiseth26424%17%1,88619%115
Brubakken29538%4%3,2788%200
Busmoen77531%11%2,76811%188
Dal17916%16%937%31
Dallerud1,4489%24%11748%46
Døsen40122%17%2789%1
Ekrom71021%20%2,84037%70
Fylkessykehuset21221%10%1,51419%181
Fåberg tettsted65514%18%50061%6
Fåberggata nord73133%8%3,0467%164
Fåberggata sør34316%13%3,43012%185
Hage1,28419%16%85037%49
Hammartun12014%12%1,0919%202
Holmbakken17315%18%2,88312%195
Holme40916%20%2,40610%153
Holmejordet32124%15%2,91830%170
Holteskogen1,00520%17%2,45126%79
Hov41016%15%5984%0
Hove41213%17%7726%7
Idrettsplassen17726%12%1,77015%179
Jevne73710%24%4544%17
Jørstad29016%17%3899%0
Jørstadmoen58916%17%6864%19
Kolberg17218%13%2198%0
Korgen47019%12%3825%112
Langseth37517%19%2,08316%91
Langsethagen35615%24%1,97842%82
Lunde74415%24%53545%56
Mathiesens gate34525%8%4,31216%197
Moen46723%15%2,59427%119
Nedre Nordsetervegen16934%15%2,11223%194
Nedre Nybu27218%16%1,51124%189
Nedre Saksumdal23418%17%364%4
Randgård1,03519%15%1,23244%64
Roland28712%16%2181%7
Roterud1,56612%22%16641%51
Skjellerud35722%14%1,78518%179
Smestad53021%19%2,78925%77
Smestadmoen1,70231%9%2,83710%76
Sorgendal37114%13%77334%168
Storgata nord53830%6%5,9788%205
Storgata sør47834%4%5,9759%201
Stortorget47720%6%5,3008%201
Suttestad59622%11%2,12923%145
Utsiktsbakken16128%10%2,68318%173
Vestre Buvollen9330%17%493%0
Vingnes22214%17%1,23357%32
Vårsetergrenda1,32419%20%35443%51
Østre Buvollen42716%20%2583%7
Øvre Nybu72523%14%1,81252%158
Øvre Saksumdal9126%14%191%1
Øvre Ålsbygda1,21520%17%3087%12
Øyre1,09513%21%13452%17

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

People.

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

16%
aged under 16
13%
aged 16–24
30%
aged 25–49
21%
aged 50–66
20%
aged 67 and over
6%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202028,345
202128,493
202228,425
202328,560
202428,768
202529,011
202629,669

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 665,000
median household income after tax
68%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school19%
Upper secondary33%
Vocational college3%
University or college, short31%
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.

16,400 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner56%
Co-operative or share owner12%
Renting32%

Homes by type of building

Detached house42%
Two-dwelling house12%
Terraced and other small houses12%
Block of flats22%
Communal housing8%
Other buildings4%
NOK 27,855/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 31,337/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 49,246/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
607sales2025

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.

85 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 38% green space within 500 metres.

16schoolsOpenStreetMap
33kindergartensOpenStreetMap
66residents per km² of land451.0 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 Lillehammer, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Class 70 and 73 at Lillehammer Station
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Class 70 and 73 at Lillehammer Station
Photo: ashfay from Washington, D.C., USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Mesna River
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Mesna River
Photo: Bernt Rostad from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.0
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View from Strandpromenaden, Lillehammer
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View from Strandpromenaden, Lillehammer
Photo: byggekloss from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.0
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