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Bodø

Bodø had 53,638 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 689,600 in 2024, 6% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 48,899/m² on average in 2025 (1,179 sales). 28% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 6.2% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1804 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
53,638residents1 January 2026
NOK 689,600median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 48,899/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
24%green within 500 maverage
Bodø by neighbourhood
Map of Bodø: 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 147 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
A. G. Johnsons vei30415%22%6,0804%176
Alsgård 11,20712%24%3,77216%114
Alsgård 21684%20%2,40011%112
Alstad 193516%18%2,33814%97
Alstad 23387%16%4,22520%93
Aspmyra9427%7%1,3437%220
Aspåsen25322%13%1,4886%218
Bertnes1,7038%16%67822%99
Bjerkeng55716%13%9,2832%128
Bjørkåsen2499%20%2,49018%109
Bjørndalslia9498%20%2,20739%109
Bodin Leir 1500%28%29425%117
Bodøgård3319%16%2,20727%104
Bodøsjøen 138714%22%1,07536%88
Bodøsjøen 238026%12%3,16715%93
Breivik11329%20%180%0
Breivika52228%8%4,0155%171
Brækka1,2004%28%3,42933%87
Børelv5128%8%19%0
Domkirken32617%14%4,6574%205
Einmoen 133023%13%4,7147%104
Einmoen 211138%11%5,5505%102
Festvåg9624%16%351%0
Flatvold2808%14%7,0003%122
Forsveien5810%16%82932%75
Fugløyveien64312%18%4,5939%142
Furulia51814%22%1,29574%17
Galnåsen30721%18%3,83842%78
Galnåsmyra6137%20%6,81133%78
Gjerdet6069%20%4,3295%133
Gjæran1345%19%1,67543%125
Godøynes32816%19%2646%0
Greisdalslia33019%17%2,53835%116
Gråholten53213%17%3,54720%176
Grønnåsen1,5728%20%3,74323%110
Hammarlia1076%8%2,67559%112
Hammarvika28338%3%4,7176%50
Helligvær8621%20%70%4
Hellran45720%14%9,14023%58
Hernes 156312%16%4,3314%228
Hernes 25428%17%4507%127
Hokkåsen45712%18%4,57034%123
Hopen1425%23%2589%0
Hunstad1289%23%32836%79
Hunstad senter879%24%2,17531%87
Hunstadbukta1338%13%1,02315%42
Hunstadlia 147516%18%1,90039%36
Hunstadlia 223617%18%2,14538%38
Hunstadlia 349815%17%2,26449%51
Hunstadmoen6699%25%3,71715%41
Hyttebakken62112%20%3,45031%103
Høglia27511%24%2,75054%107
Høgåsen18018%25%40059%9
Jensvoll 133912%22%4,84316%110
Jensvoll 23695%21%3,07516%102
Jentofts gate35333%8%8,8255%216
Jordbruket70520%16%7,83312%206
Junkern388%21%270%85
Kirkhaugen5559%16%5,04522%71
Kjeldmyrlia51420%21%2,85642%111
Kjerringøy23835%9%324%10
Knaplund39921%14%6148%10
Kortneset13223%11%1,65012%199
Kvalvika16716%12%21729%19
Kvikstad6719%10%315%0
Kåsmo3941%10%073%1
Lagården69725%16%2,68124%50
Landegode3738%16%11%1
Langåsen34415%19%3,44025%58
Leif Aunes vei28124%11%2,34235%65
Leif Jensons plass40815%14%5,82910%176
Lillegjerdåsen12930%14%1,61237%112
Limyråsen25223%14%2,10051%72
Løding vestre23012%26%6879%18
Løding østre28813%20%1919%27
Løpsmarka1,0999%19%1,44630%30
Misten8226%7%141%1
Misvær25932%14%827%9
Mjønes8031%11%22%0
Moloen52841%2%4,0624%190
Myklebostad37414%15%2240%19
Myrvold54712%18%6,0784%123
Mælen10027%9%1,42910%26
Mørkved10516%14%15932%133
Mørkved sentrum 18614%15%78239%128
Mørkved sentrum 236715%4%1,11234%123
Naurstad12320%14%182%0
Nedre Fjellveien3799%17%4,73816%102
Neståsen1193%28%11,90028%82
Nordland p.sykehus1059%18%42025%86
Olahaugen47018%17%5,8758%121
Oldereid3355%0%034%0
Osphaugen25422%16%2,11746%113
Plassmyra2553%4%9118%110
Ramnfloget22025%13%3,66752%87
Reinsletta1,24825%12%4,8007%129
Rensmoen57911%15%4,8254%223
Rensåsen6810%4%1,13311%229
Roald Amundsens vei67320%15%6,73011%186
Rødbrekka3257%23%3,25043%47
Rønvikfjellet9410%26%3948%37
Rønvikleira 229853%4%1,4906%69
Saltvern skoler759%29%1,25019%99
Sand-Hoset5026%18%493%0
Sennvika4018%21%1,3374%12
Sentrum 171818%4%7,9784%201
Sentrum 266829%6%6,0734%207
Sjurahaugen1,00214%24%2,00420%28
Skaug57112%22%2034%6
Skavdalslia30230%12%1,77655%103
Skeid24811%20%3,10021%110
Skivika1,03515%20%1,64355%52
Skjerstad11635%11%816%4
Småtindveien30925%13%15,4508%214
Snippen37219%9%5,31411%217
Solparken16637%6%8,3005%214
Solslett41520%17%4,15012%197
Soløya9122%18%357%1
Speiderveien5145%6%1,70013%172
Stadion40447%9%6,7337%137
Stille Dal35511%18%1,97238%74
Stokkvika41215%17%2,42412%53
Stordalen33513%16%1,97131%68
Storgjerdåsen25717%19%2,85646%109
Stormyra 26210%16%2956%115
Straumøya28229%12%1074%5
Støvset4221%0%212%0
Svartlia9284%25%2,37959%86
Svenskebyen24114%16%8,0336%181
Symrahaugen57115%21%3,8078%104
Trollhaugen878%18%1,08840%89
Trollmyra65214%16%3,62228%126
Tuv18430%18%1751%2
Tverlandsbyen sentrum61423%17%1,30630%27
Urtegårdsgata39610%11%7,9207%213
Valle29516%21%5360%2
Valnes12227%16%295%0
Vasslia24417%18%87139%92
Vestvatn7733%17%230%1
Vikan4321%30%882%0
Vollen 110333%9%1,7179%96
Vollen 261914%23%5,15819%101
Vågønes550%27%7221%76
Zefyrhaugen49425%13%7,05710%225
Årnessletta43842%11%2,92022%84
Østbyen54212%14%6,77511%150
Østre Skolepark44437%5%11,1007%212

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

People.

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

17%
aged under 16
11%
aged 16–24
34%
aged 25–49
21%
aged 50–66
17%
aged 67 and over
5%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

201650,488
201751,022
201851,558
201952,024
202052,357
202152,560
202252,803
202353,259
202453,712
202553,725
202653,638

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 689,600
median household income after tax
71%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school22%
Upper secondary34%
Vocational college3%
University or college, short28%
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.

28,173 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner51%
Co-operative or share owner20%
Renting28%

Homes by type of building

Detached house36%
Two-dwelling house10%
Terraced and other small houses18%
Block of flats28%
Communal housing5%
Other buildings2%
NOK 35,920/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 38,616/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 55,515/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
1,179sales2025

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.

103 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 24% green space within 500 metres.

34schoolsOpenStreetMap
99kindergartensOpenStreetMap
41residents per km² of land1,311.0 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 Bodø, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Bodø Domkirke-front
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Bodø Domkirke-front
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Bodø Cathedral, South view 20150608 1
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Bodø Cathedral, South view 20150608 1
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Bodø Cathedral, Southeast view 20150608 1
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Bodø Cathedral, Southeast view 20150608 1
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Other municipalities in Nordland.