Vågen-Varden
Vågen-Varden (Karmøy) had 278 residents on 1 January 2026. 19% of residents were 67 or over, against 17% across the municipality, and 20% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 43 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has fallen by 1.4% 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 Karmøy.
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 Karmøy as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
43 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 0% 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.
Vågen-Varden and the nearest neighbourhoods in Karmøy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksnes | 163 | 19% | 14% | 80 | 27% | 8 |
| Bjøllehaugen | 1,725 | 11% | 19% | 2,575 | 11% | 37 |
| Breidablikk | 325 | 23% | 20% | 110 | 3% | 46 |
| Brekke | 512 | 13% | 18% | 255 | 15% | 0 |
| Bygnes | 172 | 24% | 25% | 253 | 9% | 16 |
| Bø | 231 | 18% | 17% | 151 | 0% | 18 |
| Eide | 796 | 8% | 25% | 346 | 8% | 36 |
| Eike | 1,550 | 11% | 23% | 380 | 22% | 10 |
| Vågen-Varden | 278 | 19% | 20% | 224 | 0% | 43 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Karmøy.