Bjelkarøy-Lerøy
Bjelkarøy-Lerøy (Øygarden) had 59 residents on 1 January 2026. 31% of residents were 67 or over, against 15% across the municipality, and 10% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 0 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has grown by 20% since 2020.
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 Øygarden.
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 Øygarden as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
0 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 3% 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.
Bjelkarøy-Lerøy and the nearest neighbourhoods in Øygarden, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algrøy | 424 | 11% | 22% | 56 | 2% | 1 |
| Alvheim | 84 | 38% | 7% | 15 | 0% | 11 |
| Angeltveit | 1,529 | 6% | 26% | 522 | 1% | 25 |
| Anglevik-Våge | 473 | 11% | 22% | 161 | 5% | 2 |
| Arefjord-Bratholmen/Snekkevik | 2,585 | 14% | 18% | 808 | 7% | 91 |
| Austre Blomvåg | 263 | 21% | 20% | 44 | 2% | 1 |
| Bakken | 170 | 31% | 10% | 78 | 2% | 3 |
| Bildøy | 651 | 19% | 17% | 370 | 4% | 78 |
| Bjelkarøy-Lerøy | 59 | 31% | 10% | 14 | 3% | 0 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Øygarden.