Blokken
Blokken (Sortland - Suortá) had 77 residents on 1 January 2026. 44% of residents were 67 or over, against 19% across the municipality, and 4% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 1 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has fallen by 17% 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 Sortland - Suortá.
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 Sortland - Suortá as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
1 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.
Blokken and the nearest neighbourhoods in Sortland - Suortá, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blokken | 77 | 44% | 4% | 1 | 9% | 1 |
| Brekka | 1,046 | 16% | 18% | 429 | 3% | 63 |
| Bremnes | 48 | 13% | 17% | 2 | 42% | 0 |
| Bø | 228 | 19% | 17% | 22 | 22% | 3 |
| Frøskeland | 133 | 25% | 14% | 6 | 30% | 0 |
| Godfjord | 67 | 27% | 19% | 0 | 54% | 0 |
| Hognfjord | 156 | 17% | 14% | 3 | 95% | 0 |
| Holand | 254 | 19% | 14% | 19 | 5% | 3 |
| Holmstad | 197 | 13% | 14% | 16 | 13% | 4 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Sortland - Suortá.