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Sandefjord

Sandefjord had 67,062 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 646,600 in 2024, in line with the county level. Homes sold for NOK 37,162/m² on average in 2025 (1,252 sales). 27% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 1.3% since 2024.

Municipality · Code 3907 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
67,062residents1 January 2026
NOK 646,600median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 37,162/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
21%green within 500 maverage
Sandefjord by neighbourhood
Map of Sandefjord: 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 161 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
Aagaard54079%1%10,80010%124
Askjem85419%16%42365%26
Asnes58523%16%1,1476%10
Balsborge9514%16%189%0
Belgau62815%19%2407%9
Bokemoa1,09914%22%1,40922%31
Borgen30013%13%2713%1
Bredholt15715%15%2627%19
Breidablikk1,04417%20%1,21427%31
Breili71514%17%2,38322%84
Bråvold19012%17%1366%2
Buer56416%20%33213%5
Bugården 116821%22%1,40013%58
Bugården 218315%20%3,6603%74
Bugården 329516%22%2,6827%64
Bugårdsparken16938%11%35221%57
Busk34314%11%1,55917%12
Bø4421%18%1255%0
Bøen16410%21%1573%1
Dalsroa5317%19%383%1
Døvle18612%21%3758%1
Ekeberg1,15620%17%3,4003%117
Elgesem52113%21%2743%12
Enga19815%18%15815%0
Enge8521%14%6526%0
Feen23816%13%415%1
Fevang39911%17%8227%3
Fokserød1,2889%23%21131%15
Fossnes3276%15%17638%5
Framnes30740%7%1,5357%97
Freberg17114%23%20626%6
Frydenlund43219%17%3,3230%79
Førstad12329%11%314%1
Gamlebyen30323%11%1,68322%132
Gile49512%18%12234%12
Gjennestad49313%22%1353%15
Gjerstad10615%21%5100%0
Gokstad7529%0%15043%12
Gran12411%23%1180%0
Granholmen39422%17%1,0651%17
Gravdal3409%17%13091%3
Grønli87545%5%3,50020%126
Hafallen14517%17%30943%14
Hasle49712%20%1,6030%21
Hasleskogen74914%22%1,26927%15
Hauan5939%20%1,9136%66
Haukerød62914%19%2,2462%35
Heimdal Andebu41012%23%5064%2
Heimdal Sandefjord52215%18%96719%24
Helgerød36718%20%19551%10
Hem4568%19%1,3031%29
Herre-Unneberg17912%15%5528%4
Himberg3219%19%2312%4
Hjertnes55513%14%1,73418%133
Hjertås22615%15%16435%14
Holtan Sandefjord27715%20%29231%11
Holtan Stokke1,10815%19%4158%28
Horntvedt17923%11%1644%0
Hotvedt9219%10%340%1
Hovland21810%17%87223%22
Huseby15515%12%77553%14
Husly54411%21%8922%22
Huvik1,06622%14%2,2681%53
Hvitstein19615%18%4272%0
Hystad53712%22%2,2380%14
Hystadstranda55520%13%1,3540%17
Høgenhall2329%24%51632%10
Jevnaker1,00533%14%1,09212%32
Kamfjord42012%20%1,23523%35
Kamfjordåsen32421%13%1,54359%43
Kapteinløkka31719%12%5,2837%100
Kastet54717%14%1,70918%21
Kilen60429%12%1,37316%59
Kjellberg36418%20%7430%31
Klavenes10518%11%3244%0
Klinestad41112%16%2490%10
Krokemoa 166221%18%3,89414%44
Krokemoa 293427%16%2,83015%47
Krokemoa 31,1449%21%2,0077%38
Krokemoa 434113%19%3258%32
Kroken16317%12%1922%4
Kråkås30311%19%1,59511%17
Kværne17620%17%3010%1
Lahelle26014%16%66724%11
Langeby14732%7%350%0
Lasken45813%20%1,3091%38
Legdås64915%23%2,9503%26
Lingelem16714%7%3714%0
Lofterød58014%21%1,6570%18
Lystad45823%16%2,0820%22
Melsomvik50514%13%13724%19
Mo15530%10%3040%67
Mo vest43912%22%3,6582%86
Moa39714%20%9015%7
Mosserød44311%25%3,16412%37
Moveien35918%20%2,7621%41
Myhre43116%18%2,53518%16
Myra59145%10%4,9253%123
Nybakken1499%29%2,12911%24
Nybyen11821%10%5,9004%120
Nygård 169532%15%2,7802%77
Nygård 217321%26%2,8832%75
Ormestad10319%14%42945%35
Ormestadvika25410%20%84755%24
Pina12113%20%2,42010%25
Pindsle5939%0%2112%49
Prestbøen30714%24%2084%2
Prestegården1,32423%15%17993%25
Prestehagen71725%14%2,75825%121
Prestejordet54251%7%4,92710%124
Ranvik73039%9%1,8256%23
Ranvikåsen11016%17%52426%91
Rismyr1,12413%22%21128%6
Rosenlund61618%22%1,81236%40
Rukla19816%11%9,9006%122
Råstad18820%12%2849%0
Rørkoll12911%15%3219%2
Sentrum1,30728%11%9,33620%130
Sjuvenga39317%15%1,57219%10
Sjøstrand32544%6%8,1251%22
Skarsholt24912%9%2173%1
Skiringssal2058%20%1688%9
Skjelberg-Lasken73014%21%3,1741%49
Skjelbred Andebu7014%24%984%0
Skjelbred Stokke17721%16%1735%0
Skjelland18617%17%1354%1
Skåren15318%12%3847%3
Solbakken70918%14%3,3767%114
Solberg4813%6%1424%0
Sole69341%11%3059%28
Solløkka31520%14%1,0160%11
Solnes62620%16%40934%13
Stavnum15012%18%2666%1
Stein36014%18%5020%1
Store Bergan57412%25%2210%15
Storevahr52519%18%22136%3
Strand18420%11%5426%5
Stub7633%0%1,52011%78
Tangen13015%22%7223%8
Tori36310%15%5066%2
Torp16812%17%1299%0
Trevland10217%21%2496%2
Unneberg61610%20%59839%7
Vadum75713%21%81418%18
Vaggestad13314%18%1547%3
Varden 282814%19%1,76252%24
Varden 338513%16%1,04146%32
Vennerød48514%18%5926%5
Vera35316%18%7061%25
Vestre Rød85712%22%1,9487%59
Vindal66316%15%2,21024%36
Virik65713%20%2,2668%22
Virikskogen29729%14%1,4854%20
Yxnøy5932%15%1337%1
Åbol59510%27%2,58730%11
Åsane78821%19%2,3880%12
Åsen76625%16%1,5325%129
Østre Nes34112%24%33130%11
Øvre Bjerggata20737%9%10,35023%125
Øvre Gokstad28212%17%7622%34
Øvre Lunden22317%18%1,48729%78

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

People.

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

17%
aged under 16
10%
aged 16–24
31%
aged 25–49
23%
aged 50–66
19%
aged 67 and over
6%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202466,231
202566,758
202667,062

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 646,600
median household income after tax
64%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school25%
Upper secondary38%
Vocational college4%
University or college, short24%
University or college, long8%
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.

31,122 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner58%
Co-operative or share owner15%
Renting27%

Homes by type of building

Detached house48%
Two-dwelling house10%
Terraced and other small houses17%
Block of flats19%
Communal housing2%
Other buildings4%
NOK 30,917/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 32,272/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 45,209/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
1,252sales2025

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; 21% green space within 500 metres.

39schoolsOpenStreetMap
67kindergartensOpenStreetMap
162residents per km² of land414.0 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 Sandefjord, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

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Sandefjord-tourist-office
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Sandefjord-harbor-berth
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