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Herøy (Møre og Romsdal)

Herøy (Møre og Romsdal) had 9,003 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 737,000 in 2024, 8% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 20,367/m² on average in 2025 (76 sales). 20% of households rented their home. The population is almost unchanged since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1515 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
9,003residents1 January 2026
NOK 737,000median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 20,367/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
17%green within 500 maverage
Herøy (Møre og Romsdal) by neighbourhood
Map of Herøy (Møre og Romsdal): 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 28 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
Aurvåg17720%18%5539%1
Austre Moltustranda16817%20%450%2
Bø20924%13%6522%1
Dragsund53717%18%5714%8
Eggesbønes1,05420%15%42013%37
Elsebø67019%21%69127%46
Flusund32017%21%2760%1
Fosnavåg sentrum24826%12%2,2550%17
Frøystad54219%17%10423%9
Gjertnes7712%21%1643%10
Igesund54017%15%3940%25
Jøsok18623%10%1876%3
Kopparstad8923%23%167%0
Kvalsund55320%21%20618%5
Kvalsvik17825%8%280%0
Leikong38821%17%3243%1
Leinebygda60610%27%1436%9
Moltustranda sentrum35722%17%3410%6
Myklebustvatnet29522%20%70244%48
Nørvåg16126%14%4240%7
Remøy23726%22%12623%1
Runde10531%12%17100%1
Stokksund43919%15%4120%7
Straumane26117%17%5672%17
Sævik12124%12%704%0
Tjørvåg20919%18%2613%0
Voldsund13734%14%901%0
Øvre Fosnavåg13318%17%1,02311%41

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

People.

Age on 1 January 2026, next to the figure for Møre og Romsdal.

18%
aged under 16
11%
aged 16–24
29%
aged 25–49
23%
aged 50–66
20%
aged 67 and over
6%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

20168,972
20178,957
20188,965
20198,927
20208,900
20218,858
20228,765
20238,842
20248,968
20259,031
20269,003

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 737,000
median household income after tax
69%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school27%
Upper secondary41%
Vocational college7%
University or college, short20%
University or college, long5%
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.

4,310 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner80%
Co-operative or share owner0%
Renting20%

Homes by type of building

Detached house77%
Two-dwelling house8%
Terraced and other small houses6%
Block of flats3%
Communal housing1%
Other buildings5%
NOK 15,133/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 30,497/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 26,759/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
76sales2025

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.

15 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 17% green space within 500 metres.

10schoolsOpenStreetMap
12kindergartensOpenStreetMap
76residents per km² of land118.0 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 Herøy (Møre og Romsdal), shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Fosnavåg, Norway
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Fosnavåg, Norway
Photo: Kurth Brekke · CC BY 3.0
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