Mosjøen sør-vest
Mosjøen sør-vest (Vefsn) had 387 residents on 1 January 2026. 45% of residents were 67 or over, against 21% across the municipality, and 8% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 73 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has fallen by 11% 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 Vefsn.
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 Vefsn as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
73 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 19% 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.
Mosjøen sør-vest and the nearest neighbourhoods in Vefsn, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andås | 556 | 11% | 26% | 44 | 80% | 26 |
| Baustein | 200 | 17% | 17% | 909 | 13% | 24 |
| Bjørnådalen | 80 | 24% | 14% | 1 | 94% | 0 |
| Bjørnådalen nord | 62 | 10% | 32% | 15 | 72% | 0 |
| Breimoen | 252 | 25% | 19% | 600 | 30% | 31 |
| Drevvatn | 139 | 30% | 17% | 3 | 47% | 2 |
| Elsfjord | 68 | 34% | 15% | 1 | 57% | 1 |
| Forsjord | 112 | 20% | 18% | 0 | 14% | 0 |
| Mosjøen sør-vest | 387 | 45% | 8% | 3,225 | 19% | 73 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Vefsn.