Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy had 11,606 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 657,800 in 2024, in line with the county level. Homes sold for NOK 26,737/m² on average in 2025 (147 sales). 28% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 3.6% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1860 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026

11,606residents1 January 2026

NOK 657,800median income after taxper household, 2024

NOK 26,737/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025

13%green within 500 maverage

Vestvågøy by neighbourhood

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 41 neighbourhoods.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Neighbourhood	Residents	67+	Under 16	Per km²	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Ballstad	520	17%	20%	658	0%	8
Bolle	63	14%	18%	18	0%	2
Borgfjord	94	26%	9%	9	13%	1
Buksnes	887	20%	18%	287	20%	31
Bø-Opdøl-Skullbru	193	16%	20%	26	19%	4
Bøstad	446	23%	18%	66	12%	17
Eggum	82	22%	21%	7	31%	1
Eltoft	164	9%	18%	19	0%	4
Gjerstad	132	22%	20%	51	19%	2
Haug-Lilleeide-Storeide	1,122	17%	17%	146	32%	27
Haukland	63	27%	5%	5	7%	2
Himmelstein	627	12%	19%	285	6%	79
Hol	397	16%	21%	28	16%	30
Horn-Sund-Vetting	114	23%	16%	14	10%	1
Kangerud-Justad	105	15%	14%	9	0%	0
Klepstad	128	8%	29%	25	5%	4
Knutstad	72	33%	4%	4	34%	1
Leknes vest	2,071	21%	18%	717	4%	90
Leknes øst	966	19%	19%	458	5%	89
Li	64	23%	13%	4	24%	1
Liland	127	25%	17%	17	65%	0
Lyngedal	49	43%	6%	2	7%	3
Ostad-Skjerpen-Nymarken	114	18%	14%	12	21%	0
Petvik	177	11%	16%	21	1%	1
Reine	270	21%	18%	42	0%	13
Rise-Vold-Farstad	275	16%	20%	13	43%	0
Rolvsfjord	48	19%	19%	3	1%	1
Saupstad	56	13%	5%	7	0%	1
Sennesvik	105	18%	18%	19	0%	2
Skotnes-Skarsjø	210	13%	20%	40	0%	10
Smedvik	67	21%	19%	7	0%	0
Stamsund	173	22%	22%	85	27%	8
Steine	56	25%	5%	12	0%	0
Storfjord	97	27%	16%	14	22%	0
Storosnes	97	29%	16%	32	2%	0
Svarholt	858	22%	18%	259	19%	12
Ure	64	20%	22%	12	1%	2
Vaagen	88	16%	17%	140	8%	8
Valberg	55	44%	6%	4	37%	1
Valberget	103	18%	14%	9	20%	0
Vik-Reppe	67	18%	21%	4	2%	2

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

People.

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

18%

aged under 16

11%

aged 16–24

31%

aged 25–49

21%

aged 50–66

19%

aged 67 and over

aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

201611,198

201711,294

201811,397

201911,480

202011,433

202111,521

202211,566

202311,551

202411,619

202511,582

202611,606

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 657,800

median household income after tax

69%

of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school28%

Upper secondary38%

Vocational college4%

University or college, short22%

University or college, long8%

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.

6,252 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner69%

Co-operative or share owner3%

Renting28%

Homes by type of building

Detached house76%

Two-dwelling house8%

Terraced and other small houses10%

Block of flats3%

Communal housing1%

Other buildings2%

NOK 22,391/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025

NOK 34,263/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025

NOK 37,781/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025

147sales2025

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.

37 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 13% green space within 500 metres.

12schoolsOpenStreetMap

27kindergartensOpenStreetMap

29residents per km² of land407.0 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.

Around here.

Photographs taken near Vestvågøy, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Vestvågøy

All 41 neighbourhoods.

People.

Population on 1 January

Income and work.

Education, aged 16 and over

Homes.

Households by tenure, 2025

Homes by type of building

Everyday life.

Around here.

Other municipalities in Nordland.