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Askøy

Askøy had 30,600 residents on 1 January 2026. Median household income after tax was NOK 826,600 in 2024, 17% above the county level. Homes sold for NOK 36,725/m² on average in 2025 (440 sales). 19% of households rented their home. The population has grown by 3.5% since 2020.

Municipality · Code 4627 · SSB · Updated 26 October 2026
30,600residents1 January 2026
NOK 826,600median income after taxper household, 2024
NOK 36,725/m²average price per m²homes sold, 2025
17%green within 500 maverage
Askøy by neighbourhood
Map of Askøy: 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 40 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
Ask81414%21%15414%6
Bakarvågen61616%23%56029%9
Breivik32917%16%2962%0
Davanger76515%20%9656%2
Fauskanger50319%23%1136%4
Florvåg1,20821%16%88810%38
Florvågøy22316%19%4851%0
Follese1,51915%20%4848%3
Fromreide-Berland59418%21%7225%7
Hanøytangen55918%14%2391%4
Haugland1,00213%19%24237%4
Herdla10631%11%425%3
Hetlevik1,17514%21%9637%4
Hop53520%18%39110%6
Juvik-Horsøy1,9887%22%43722%52
Kjerrgarden76715%16%10424%7
Kleppestø1,00629%15%1,8639%50
Kollevåg3566%21%17522%17
Krokåsdalen4524%22%4310%34
Marikoven88710%23%1,2670%2
Myrane-øvre Kleppe1,48316%21%1,3368%60
Nedre Kleppe80913%18%44022%40
Nordre Erdal72914%20%9857%11
Ramsøy23322%16%2910%8
Ravnanger83124%17%25521%10
Skansen33125%12%1782%2
Skarholmen-Strusshamn1,41714%22%1,19124%69
Skiftesvik22317%21%3484%22
Skogvik22716%17%34935%13
Skråmestø30910%13%944%1
Steinseidet-Tveitneset5397%24%5230%4
Stenrusten-Vardane1,73010%23%1,05524%16
Strand-Solhola64119%20%1,6029%47
Strusshamn1,6459%26%1,19231%61
Strømsnes22516%21%28542%7
Søndre Erdal58815%21%87826%6
Tveit-Tveitevåg2,0776%26%6430%18
Åsebø-Hanevik32818%17%4444%0
Åsen50922%19%1,88539%16
Øvre Kleppe-Svingen70929%14%68220%33

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

People.

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

20%
aged under 16
12%
aged 16–24
33%
aged 25–49
21%
aged 50–66
15%
aged 67 and over
4%
aged 80 and over

Population on 1 January

202029,553
202129,594
202229,816
202329,989
202430,145
202530,377
202630,600

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

Income and work.

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

NOK 826,600
median household income after tax
70%
of residents aged 15–74 are in work

Education, aged 16 and over

Compulsory school24%
Upper secondary39%
Vocational college4%
University or college, short24%
University or college, long9%
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.

12,455 homes in 2026.

Households by tenure, 2025

Freehold owner79%
Co-operative or share owner3%
Renting19%

Homes by type of building

Detached house65%
Two-dwelling house14%
Terraced and other small houses12%
Block of flats8%
Communal housing1%
Other buildings1%
NOK 30,500/m²Detached housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 34,164/m²Small housesprice per m², 2025
NOK 46,366/m²Flatsprice per m², 2025
440sales2025

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.

24 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 17% green space within 500 metres.

19schoolsOpenStreetMap
30kindergartensOpenStreetMap
324residents per km² of land94.0 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 Askøy, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Kleppestøsenter
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Kleppestøsenter
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KleppestøAndBridge
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KleppestøAndBridge
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BergenSeenFromAskøyWithForeground
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BergenSeenFromAskøyWithForeground
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