Sandnes-Kroken
Sandnes-Kroken (Alstahaug) had 448 residents on 1 January 2026. 21% of residents were 67 or over, against 21% across the municipality, and 18% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 44 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has grown by 6.9% 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 Alstahaug.
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 Alstahaug as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
44 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 15% 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.
Sandnes-Kroken and the nearest neighbourhoods in Alstahaug, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austbø | 69 | 38% | 10% | 11 | 36% | 2 |
| Belsvåg-Hamnes | 48 | 31% | 10% | 1 | 32% | 2 |
| Botn | 50 | 24% | 16% | 3 | 5% | 3 |
| Hestøy | 34 | 29% | 0% | 2 | 0% | 0 |
| Horvnes | 251 | 20% | 16% | 147 | 15% | 43 |
| Kleiva-Breimo | 223 | 20% | 17% | 15 | 54% | 0 |
| Lyngåsen | 329 | 28% | 13% | 765 | 54% | 10 |
| Matstia-Høgåsen | 391 | 15% | 23% | 652 | 60% | 38 |
| Sandnes-Kroken | 448 | 21% | 18% | 1,358 | 15% | 44 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Alstahaug.