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Kiruna

Kiruna had 22,402 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 364,000 in 2024, 7% above the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 2,292,000 on average in 2025 (66 sales). The population has fallen by 3.3% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 2584 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
22,402residents31 December 2025
SEK 364,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
49%rental homesof all homes
8%green within 500 maverage
Kiruna by DeSO area
Map of Kiruna: 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 14 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
Högalid1,755SEK 363,00055%31%14%18%79%3%40
Jukkasjärvi1,571SEK 444,0007%0%93%17%88%0%8
Kiruna nordost1,060SEK 284,00017%0%83%31%87%10%15
Kiruna sydost1,364SEK 330,00027%0%73%36%85%25%11
Kiruna väst999SEK 332,00033%15%51%25%87%2%20
Lombolo mellersta1,592SEK 389,0002%0%98%16%91%4%8
Lombolo västra1,656SEK 317,00091%0%9%22%84%6%24
Lombolo östra2,156SEK 370,00022%4%74%19%91%14%7
Luossavaara1,432SEK 382,00022%49%29%20%88%1%28
Norrmalm1,630SEK 372,00056%25%19%19%84%5%41
Nya Kiruna centrum-Tuolluvaara3,562SEK 391,00073%5%23%17%89%11%20
Sandstensberget1,063SEK 369,00045%37%18%18%87%1%47
Triangeln1,393SEK 356,00065%22%13%29%86%18%28
Östermalm1,174SEK 342,00074%1%25%29%77%11%49

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

People.

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

21%
aged under 20
20%
aged 20–34
38%
aged 35–64
22%
aged 65 and over
7%
aged 80 and over
2.01
residents per household

11,163 households

Couples with children18%
Couples without children23%
Single parents6%
Living alone or single without children47%
Other households5%

Population on 31 December

201623,167
201723,116
201822,992
201922,867
202022,664
202122,555
202222,423
202322,433
202422,426
202522,402

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 364,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
9%
have a low economic standard
6%
have a high economic standard
86%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
1.7%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only10%
Upper secondary56%
Post-secondary, under 3 years14%
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.

13,080 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)49%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)15%
Freehold (äganderätt)36%
560cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 2.29maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
66houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 2.29m
2022SEK 2.51m
2023SEK 2.17m
2024SEK 2.30m
2025SEK 2.29m

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.

23 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 8% green space within 500 metres.

16schoolsOpenStreetMap
6preschoolsOpenStreetMap
1resident per km²20,703.6 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 Kiruna, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

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Other municipalities in Norrbotten County.