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Eigersund

Eigersund had 15,546 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 707,300 in 2024, 4% below the county level. Homes sold for NOK 28,441/m² on average in 2025 (207 sales). 21% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 4.0% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1101 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
15,546residents1 January 2026
NOK 707,300median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 28,441/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
23%green within 500 maverage
Eigersund by neighbourhood
Map of Eigersund: 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 36 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
Bakkebø/Slettebø1155%9%4526%30
Brualand9027%14%1323%0
Egersund sentrum14828%7%2,46715%71
Egersund vest40625%8%4,51116%71
Egrefjellet94011%20%1,13328%42
Eie30721%9%21828%68
Fotland22320%15%1230%5
Grøsfjell5012%30%47%0
Hadland22318%15%2243%0
Hafsøy vest1,02927%14%2,70816%70
Hafsøy øst77821%15%3,11244%67
Hegrestad8518%18%428%1
Heien4321%33%17%0
Hellvik vest67415%21%18221%21
Hellvik øst3278%25%4427%21
Hestnes6319%23%44820%25
Hovland66114%18%25814%19
Husabø65517%17%1,63815%69
Lagård89619%17%1,00725%48
Leidland1,4709%27%6536%19
Lomeland11315%25%813%0
Lygre91513%17%1,94721%21
Møgedal3119%10%128%0
Rundevoll93519%21%2,67121%62
Rundevoll vest83018%23%1,27728%27
Rødland4321%30%256%0
Seglem20919%21%410%0
Skadberg39713%24%716%4
Skåra14114%19%1275%11
Slettebø12526%13%860%0
Stapnes15128%19%60%0
Svalestad32218%22%2042%7
Sæstad8437%13%140%0
Årrestad10015%14%278%0
Årstad71635%9%3,76828%68
Årstaddalen øst62523%15%31438%72

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

People.

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

18%
aged under 16
11%
aged 16–24
31%
aged 25–49
22%
aged 50–66
18%
aged 67 and over
5%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

201614,942
201714,899
201814,898
201914,830
202014,811
202114,787
202214,860
202315,011
202415,221
202515,375
202615,546

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 707,300
median household income after tax
68%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school26%
Upper secondary42%
Vocational college4%
University or college, short20%
University or college, long7%
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.

7,262 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner78%
Co-operative or share owner0%
Renting21%

Homes by type of building

Detached house70%
Two-dwelling house12%
Terraced and other small houses9%
Block of flats5%
Communal housing2%
Other buildings2%
NOK 23,564/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 31,348/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 36,798/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
207sales2025

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.

38 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 23% green space within 500 metres.

11schoolsOpenStreetMap
13kindergartensOpenStreetMap
40residents per km² of land387.0 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 Eigersund, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Wind turbine arriving on the docks of Egersund
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Wind turbine arriving on the docks of Egersund
Photo: Zero Emission Resource Organisation · CC BY 2.0
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Wind turbine getting ready to transport
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Wind turbine getting ready to transport
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Wind turbine arriving in Jæren
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Wind turbine arriving in Jæren
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Other municipalities in Rogaland.