Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad had 86,243 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 647,800 in 2024, in line with the county level. Homes sold for NOK 40,626/m² on average in 2025 (1,545 sales). 27% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 1.2% since 2024.

Municipality · Code 3107 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026

86,243residents1 January 2026

NOK 647,800median income after taxper household, 2024

NOK 40,626/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025

15%green within 500 maverage

Fredrikstad 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 168 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
Aasgård - nordre Bjølstad	1,229	27%	7%	2,195	5%	216
Alshus - Femdal	439	20%	19%	95	45%	5
Ambjørnrød - Krabberød Syd	1,042	6%	23%	1,053	26%	23
Ambjørnrød - Krabberød nord	881	8%	21%	688	34%	23
Apenesfjellet	591	19%	9%	5,373	6%	215
Begby	1,786	14%	24%	1,786	6%	27
Bekkhus	438	18%	14%	2,433	8%	78
Berg	526	22%	22%	92	24%	14
Bilettberget	205	13%	20%	2,929	2%	74
Bjølstad vest	598	17%	17%	1,993	28%	175
Bjølstad øst	517	27%	14%	1,988	11%	216
Bossum	288	26%	14%	28	52%	5
Bratthammeren	743	28%	7%	2,972	0%	154
Brønnerød	132	13%	13%	73	13%	32
Buskogen	828	10%	18%	1,762	42%	3
Bydalen	646	12%	13%	4,307	6%	226
Byens Marker	491	10%	22%	265	13%	59
Christianslund	993	17%	16%	3,424	0%	75
Cicignon nord	1,093	27%	11%	5,205	9%	230
Cicignon syd	400	24%	12%	4,000	17%	197
Dale	273	15%	18%	86	41%	1
Damyr	457	23%	17%	3,808	5%	221
Engalsvik	790	27%	15%	429	6%	8
Enhuus - Strålsund	89	16%	11%	19	47%	44
Evenrød	31	19%	10%	10	79%	1
Falchåsen	443	19%	15%	2,606	11%	46
Fredrikstad mek.verksted	42	36%	0%	66	3%	197
Fuglevik	223	16%	19%	2,230	21%	37
Fuglevik 2	145	21%	17%	690	60%	48
Fuglevik 3	292	31%	12%	1,718	19%	53
Gamlebyen	287	27%	5%	1,435	30%	140
Glemmen kirke	260	15%	9%	2,000	4%	207
Glombo	529	21%	15%	1,290	22%	39
Gluppe - Pettersand	832	17%	17%	1,891	25%	29
Gressvik	1,136	29%	14%	2,272	2%	48
Grimstad nord	471	20%	20%	449	10%	8
Grimstad syd	30	20%	0%	10	41%	3
Grønli	176	18%	8%	409	17%	27
Gudevold	599	36%	10%	3,993	15%	104
Gullskåret	197	14%	18%	9,850	5%	30
Hassingen	590	20%	16%	3,933	9%	183
Hatteveien	530	14%	16%	1,205	10%	24
Hauge - Evje	1,086	14%	16%	1,597	10%	34
Haugerød	247	12%	15%	29	51%	2
Haugsten	838	20%	15%	2,205	6%	67
Haugsten	1,408	20%	15%	945	14%	57
Hellene	902	19%	16%	828	9%	55
Holm	269	18%	24%	106	24%	8
Holmen vest	471	12%	12%	3,623	1%	181
Holmen øst	819	25%	9%	5,850	2%	206
Holte - Kallera - Holme	230	25%	14%	180	32%	3
Huth	584	18%	22%	1,390	15%	46
Høyendal	273	19%	14%	1,187	42%	48
Kapellfjellet	577	14%	16%	3,847	5%	197
Kile	269	23%	12%	26	33%	2
Kirkeby	684	16%	16%	1,244	8%	41
Kirken - Rolvsøysund	710	8%	22%	1,732	2%	26
Kjevelsrød	89	25%	20%	32	87%	4
Kjærre	344	19%	18%	257	31%	20
Kjærsåsen	128	6%	23%	366	21%	61
Kjøkøy	189	30%	11%	73	48%	4
Kjølberg	132	21%	11%	25	24%	5
Kjølberg	592	16%	17%	1,910	7%	59
Kjølstad	389	9%	15%	572	9%	58
Kniple	1,094	13%	17%	3,315	9%	195
Kongsten nord	448	15%	17%	1,867	33%	96
Kongsten syd	599	13%	20%	1,664	25%	74
Krossnes	336	24%	16%	357	6%	22
Kviberg	487	15%	20%	1,804	5%	60
Labråten - Riisløkka	857	16%	17%	2,597	2%	51
Lahellemoen	681	16%	10%	3,584	1%	112
Langøya	1,367	18%	19%	943	26%	34
Leca	52	0%	25%	73	15%	9
Leie nord	1,020	15%	19%	2,684	14%	57
Leie syd	241	40%	10%	927	0%	60
Lervik	450	23%	10%	195	7%	2
Lillebæk	1,038	26%	15%	2,966	8%	55
Lisleby nord	625	12%	22%	4,167	4%	58
Lisleby syd	852	11%	20%	3,156	1%	61
Lislebyberget	808	13%	17%	3,848	10%	68
Lislebystranda	50	18%	0%	116	21%	78
Lunde	447	9%	25%	263	59%	7
Lundheim	330	12%	21%	1,065	29%	49
Lykkeberg	685	41%	4%	4,281	7%	218
Løen	209	46%	7%	1,493	6%	68
Løkkeberg	300	13%	17%	476	11%	62
Løkkeberg - Huseby	505	30%	12%	5,050	21%	58
Manstad	1,143	14%	27%	952	18%	20
Mineberget	533	46%	8%	1,719	29%	97
Molteberg	88	27%	10%	30	20%	1
Moum	147	9%	18%	52	25%	7
Moum søndre	371	9%	25%	1,767	1%	19
Møklegård	288	24%	14%	78	46%	4
Møllerodden	301	21%	15%	2,007	12%	32
Nabbetorp	612	11%	18%	1,974	15%	48
Nedre Sellebakk	484	15%	18%	3,723	9%	81
Nes	382	17%	15%	932	2%	14
Nesskogen	722	13%	20%	2,674	27%	35
Nylende	489	17%	18%	51	30%	6
Nysted - Høyum	48	38%	6%	10	74%	0
Nøkleby syd	544	18%	19%	3,022	6%	67
Nøkleby vest	434	8%	27%	4,822	18%	54
Nøklebyberget	327	13%	18%	4,088	6%	77
Oksrød	733	21%	22%	255	22%	4
Omberg nord	132	21%	17%	213	0%	30
Onsøy stasjon	182	21%	12%	43	27%	0
Opphus	127	13%	18%	27	40%	4
Oredalen	710	17%	18%	1,479	37%	33
Prestelandet	480	47%	2%	2,182	29%	124
Rekustad - Rostad	221	15%	25%	33	2%	24
Rostadneset - Høydal	306	17%	17%	78	84%	0
Rå - Haugeåsen	544	15%	20%	1,600	17%	28
Råbekken	88	22%	13%	92	20%	39
Rådalen	406	21%	12%	829	17%	36
Rød	46	13%	13%	209	6%	0
Rød	585	19%	12%	2,167	38%	49
Rød - Okseviken	1,775	14%	22%	1,387	9%	15
Rød - Trondalen	832	17%	20%	330	7%	36
Rød vestre	520	16%	19%	59	52%	7
Rønningen	314	20%	17%	872	2%	30
Saltnes	235	21%	11%	93	21%	4
Sandbæk	1,319	19%	17%	2,586	9%	40
Saxegård	181	16%	23%	1,006	5%	30
Seut - Fjellberg	388	38%	6%	1,617	1%	142
Skjærviken	568	19%	17%	362	11%	8
Skrellen - Lia	529	20%	16%	2,405	4%	41
Skåra	225	16%	16%	100	42%	4
Slevik	521	17%	15%	131	30%	5
Smertu	535	15%	16%	1,574	21%	160
Solbrekke	123	24%	15%	18	77%	9
Sorgenfri	1,327	33%	14%	1,427	10%	65
Sperling	1,171	11%	17%	727	6%	56
St.Hans fjellet	588	28%	8%	5,880	2%	211
Stene	218	26%	10%	16	84%	5
Stene vestre	430	16%	20%	398	17%	21
Sundløkka	263	10%	15%	246	16%	14
Thorsø	114	13%	14%	9	71%	0
Tofteberg	347	21%	10%	59	2%	23
Torp bruk	47	0%	21%	168	16%	37
Torp mellem	942	10%	19%	2,191	5%	24
Torpeberget	448	19%	17%	1,280	4%	25
Torpåsen	708	13%	20%	1,539	7%	26
Torsvik	509	10%	23%	1,958	1%	104
Torsvikberget	700	35%	8%	2,692	1%	171
Torvet	478	14%	4%	6,829	7%	216
Trara	1,035	13%	21%	2,797	9%	204
Traramoen	312	19%	22%	1,835	18%	61
Trolldalen - Tangen	302	22%	12%	111	25%	4
Trosvikhavna	448	14%	19%	2,635	0%	59
Ulvedalsåsen	398	19%	19%	585	30%	144
Vallefjellet	772	33%	7%	3,676	10%	37
Vaterland	220	29%	12%	2,200	15%	90
Veel	340	17%	18%	157	18%	15
Veum	408	13%	19%	163	14%	21
Vikane	352	22%	7%	47	86%	14
Viker	371	18%	13%	364	33%	0
Visur	100	18%	19%	16	46%	4
Åle nordre	566	20%	17%	193	11%	37
Åle søndre	646	14%	21%	1,175	4%	45
Ålestranda	879	30%	8%	1,870	1%	43
Årum	940	12%	21%	266	15%	14
Åsebråten	332	46%	3%	468	39%	39
Øra	51	12%	24%	24	22%	71
Ørebekk	1,129	23%	15%	1,298	9%	27
Ørmen	166	21%	10%	20	85%	1
Østgård	271	33%	5%	1,232	17%	48
Øvre Sellebakk	893	12%	23%	4,465	5%	63
Øyenkilen	244	29%	9%	74	27%	5

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

People.

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

16%

aged under 16

11%

aged 16–24

31%

aged 25–49

23%

aged 50–66

19%

aged 67 and over

aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202485,230

202585,862

202686,243

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 647,800

median household income after tax

62%

of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school26%

Upper secondary36%

Vocational college3%

University or college, short25%

University or college, long9%

Unknown or none completed1%

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.

40,250 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner60%

Co-operative or share owner13%

Renting27%

Homes by type of building

Detached house47%

Two-dwelling house13%

Terraced and other small houses14%

Block of flats20%

Communal housing1%

Other buildings3%

NOK 31,835/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025

NOK 34,195/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025

NOK 49,381/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025

1,545sales2025

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.

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

50schoolsOpenStreetMap

91kindergartensOpenStreetMap

304residents per km² of land284.0 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 Fredrikstad, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Other municipalities in Østfold.

Aremark Halden Hvaler Indre Østfold Marker Moss Rakkestad Råde Sarpsborg Skiptvet Våler (Østfold)