Rypdal-Kjersem
Rypdal-Kjersem (Vestnes) had 167 residents on 1 January 2026. 27% of residents were 67 or over, against 22% across the municipality, and 24% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 0 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has fallen by 8.9% 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 Vestnes.
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 Vestnes as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
0 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 87% 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.
Rypdal-Kjersem and the nearest neighbourhoods in Vestnes, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daugstad | 295 | 22% | 16% | 6 | 22% | 1 |
| Fiksdal | 317 | 21% | 16% | 20 | 26% | 6 |
| Fiksdalstrand | 65 | 14% | 12% | 4 | 59% | 6 |
| Flate-Furland | 159 | 19% | 14% | 11 | 28% | 1 |
| Frostad | 95 | 31% | 6% | 5 | 28% | 1 |
| Gjerde-Lid | 282 | 16% | 17% | 106 | 44% | 7 |
| Hagneset-Vestnesbukta | 1,148 | 15% | 18% | 248 | 8% | 30 |
| Helland-Remmemsvik | 1,350 | 30% | 17% | 150 | 6% | 36 |
| Rypdal-Kjersem | 167 | 27% | 24% | 3 | 87% | 0 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Vestnes.