Varden 5
Varden 5 (Stavanger) had 413 residents on 1 January 2026. 10% of residents were 67 or over, against 14% across the municipality, and 25% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 188 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has grown by 18% 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 Stavanger.
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 Stavanger as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
188 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 13% 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.
Varden 5 and the nearest neighbourhoods in Stavanger, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergeland | 661 | 8% | 9% | 9,443 | 8% | 472 |
| Birkelandsgt-Vikedalsgt | 441 | 15% | 12% | 8,820 | 7% | 485 |
| Blåsenborg | 733 | 10% | 7% | 10,471 | 5% | 455 |
| Breivik | 2,471 | 11% | 16% | 10,296 | 9% | 154 |
| Johannes | 968 | 6% | 18% | 8,800 | 6% | 429 |
| Lervik 1 | 676 | 7% | 12% | 9,657 | 6% | 204 |
| Lervik 2 | 464 | 7% | 7% | 5,156 | 6% | 376 |
| Midjord | 1,606 | 12% | 18% | 2,471 | 13% | 182 |
| Varden 5 | 413 | 10% | 25% | 3,442 | 13% | 188 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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