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Sölvesborg

Sölvesborg had 17,405 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 332,000 in 2024, in line with the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 2,194,000 on average in 2025 (160 sales). The population is almost unchanged since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1083 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
17,405residents31 December 2025
SEK 332,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
30%rental homesof all homes
29%green within 500 maverage
Sölvesborg by DeSO area
Map of Sölvesborg: Share of land within 500 m that is green space
0%30%+
Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistical Database (CC0) · Statistics Sweden, DeSO and RegSO 2025 boundaries (CC0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 8 neighbourhood areas.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

AreaResidentsIncomeRentedCo-op flatsOwned65+EmployedGreen 500 mServices 15 min
Falkvik2,423SEK 325,00024%3%73%25%81%52%68
Hällevik1,533SEK 356,00010%1%89%35%84%12%21
Kylinge-Gammalstorp-Ysane1,737SEK 324,0007%0%93%22%84%80%9
Listerlandet-Hanö1,996SEK 377,00021%5%74%36%85%54%8
Mjällby1,978SEK 301,00041%0%59%27%78%0%25
Norje-Pukavik1,076SEK 346,0004%6%90%33%83%5%8
Stadskärnan2,384SEK 284,00062%32%6%31%75%2%82
Sölvesborg4,277SEK 347,00031%7%62%24%84%22%74

Sources: Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistical Database (CC0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Age and households on 31 December 2025, next to the figure for Blekinge County.

20%
aged under 20
15%
aged 20–34
37%
aged 35–64
28%
aged 65 and over
9%
aged 80 and over
2.03
residents per household

8,584 households

Couples with children19%
Couples without children29%
Single parents6%
Living alone or single without children42%
Other households4%

Population on 31 December

201617,437
201717,455
201817,468
201917,452
202017,456
202117,540
202217,514
202317,475
202417,430
202517,405

Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistical Database (CC0)

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 332,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
13%
have a low economic standard
5%
have a high economic standard
82%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
5.5%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only11%
Upper secondary52%
Post-secondary, under 3 years16%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more21%

Net income is the sum of all taxable and tax-free income minus tax, for registered residents aged 20 and over, at 2024 prices.

Low economic standard means a household’s disposable income per consumption unit is below 60 per cent of the national median; high economic standard means it is more than twice the median. It describes incomes, not what an area is like to live in.

Employment and unemployment come from Statistics Sweden’s annual register of labour-market status and can differ from the Labour Force Survey.

Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistical Database (CC0)

Homes.

8,714 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)30%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)9%
Freehold (äganderätt)61%
552cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 2.19maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
160houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 2.22m
2022SEK 2.33m
2023SEK 2.03m
2024SEK 2.19m
2025SEK 2.19m

Prices cover registered sales of houses for permanent living (one- and two-dwelling houses) during the year, and depend on which houses happen to be sold.

Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistical Database (CC0)

Everyday life.

46 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 29% green space within 500 metres.

14schoolsOpenStreetMap
11preschoolsOpenStreetMap
16residents per km²1,112.0 km²

Services and green space are measured from each DeSO area’s service centre: the point inside the area with the most shops and facilities within 500 metres. Larger areas show a population-weighted average.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Around here.

Photographs taken near Sölvesborg, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Sankt Nicolai kyrka Sölvesborg from southeast
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Sankt Nicolai kyrka Sölvesborg from southeast
Photo: Sendelbach (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sankt Nicolai kyrka Sölvesborg pulpit
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Sankt Nicolai kyrka Sölvesborg pulpit
Photo: Sendelbach (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sankt Nicolai kyrka Sölvesborg mural painting
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Sankt Nicolai kyrka Sölvesborg mural painting
Photo: Sendelbach (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Other municipalities in Blekinge County.