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Laholm

Laholm had 26,565 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 332,000 in 2024, 11% below the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 2,706,000 on average in 2025 (218 sales). The population has grown by 7.7% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1381 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
26,565residents31 December 2025
SEK 332,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
27%rental homesof all homes
14%green within 500 maverage
Laholm by DeSO area
Map of Laholm: 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 11 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
Genevad-Veinge2,316SEK 301,00032%0%69%21%82%0%8
Hasslöv-Ränneslöv-Våxtorp5,280SEK 320,00023%1%76%25%85%17%5
Hishult-Knäreds omland1,520SEK 310,00011%0%89%30%84%35%4
Knäred1,191SEK 276,00039%0%61%26%74%1%31
Laholm västra2,017SEK 331,00021%0%80%28%85%8%32
Laholm östra4,878SEK 312,00058%8%35%25%76%5%51
Laholms omland-Ysby1,779SEK 332,00010%0%90%25%85%1%7
Lilla Tjärby1,184SEK 315,00031%14%55%24%82%0%20
Mellbystrand2,535SEK 406,0006%6%89%40%87%21%8
Skummeslövsstrand-Skottorp2,873SEK 386,00021%15%64%29%87%17%26
Veinge omland990SEK 330,00011%0%89%24%84%74%1

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

People.

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

22%
aged under 20
14%
aged 20–34
37%
aged 35–64
27%
aged 65 and over
8%
aged 80 and over
2.20
residents per household

12,067 households

Couples with children23%
Couples without children31%
Single parents6%
Living alone or single without children36%
Other households5%

Population on 31 December

201624,664
201725,147
201825,491
201925,903
202025,967
202126,319
202226,575
202326,565
202426,595
202526,565

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
83%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
4.6%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only11%
Upper secondary53%
Post-secondary, under 3 years15%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more22%

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.

12,787 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)27%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)5%
Freehold (äganderätt)68%
580cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 2.71maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
218houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 2.39m
2022SEK 2.48m
2023SEK 2.42m
2024SEK 2.53m
2025SEK 2.71m

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.

20 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 14% green space within 500 metres.

10schoolsOpenStreetMap
10preschoolsOpenStreetMap
27residents per km²967.6 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 Laholm, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Windswept landscape (39631980822)
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Windswept landscape (39631980822)
Photo: Staffan Cederborg · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Other municipalities in Halland County.