Valla-Marka
Valla-Marka (Ørsta) had 160 residents on 1 January 2026. 43% of residents were 67 or over, against 20% across the municipality, and 3% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 45 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population is almost unchanged since 2016.
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © Norwegian Mapping Authority, basic statistical units (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
People.
Age on 1 January 2026, next to the figure for Ørsta.
Population on 1 January
Basic statistical units (grunnkretser) are Statistics Norway’s smallest fixed areas. They usually follow housing estates, parts of towns and rural communities and have a few hundred residents. Income, house prices and education are not published for them; figures for the whole municipality are shown below.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
The whole municipality.
Figures for Ørsta as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
45 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 9% green space within 500 metres.
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). Within one kilometre.
The neighbourhood in figures.
Valla-Marka and the nearest neighbourhoods in Ørsta, side by side. Colour shows where each sits among the others in the table.
| Neighbourhood | Residents | 67+ | Under 16 | Per km² | Green 500 m | Services 15 min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakkane | 292 | 23% | 20% | 2,433 | 9% | 45 |
| Barstadvik | 266 | 26% | 12% | 6 | 45% | 1 |
| Bjørdal | 82 | 11% | 22% | 4 | 77% | 0 |
| Brautaset | 210 | 21% | 19% | 10 | 42% | 1 |
| Grepalia | 488 | 21% | 16% | 268 | 31% | 31 |
| Hovden 1 | 859 | 16% | 20% | 390 | 14% | 14 |
| Hovden 2 - Flyplassen | 80 | 23% | 11% | 23 | 18% | 14 |
| Hovdenakk-Vatne | 158 | 24% | 20% | 10 | 69% | 3 |
| Valla-Marka | 160 | 43% | 3% | 457 | 9% | 45 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Ørsta.