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Sorsele

Sorsele had 2,362 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 288,000 in 2024, 15% below the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 625,000 on average in 2025 (17 sales). The population has fallen by 6.8% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 2422 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
2,362residents31 December 2025
SEK 288,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
31%rental homesof all homes
6%green within 500 maverage
Sorsele by DeSO area
Map of Sorsele: 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 2 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
Sorsele centralort1,086SEK 287,00050%3%46%30%88%9%16
Sorsele omland1,278SEK 289,0009%0%91%32%85%4%7

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

People.

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

19%
aged under 20
12%
aged 20–34
38%
aged 35–64
31%
aged 65 and over
9%
aged 80 and over
1.95
residents per household

1,212 households

Couples with children17%
Couples without children26%
Single parents6%
Living alone or single without children46%
Other households4%

Population on 31 December

20162,535
20172,516
20182,522
20192,489
20202,442
20212,460
20222,436
20232,387
20242,357
20252,362

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 288,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
16%
have a low economic standard
3%
have a high economic standard
86%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
1.9%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only10%
Upper secondary59%
Post-secondary, under 3 years13%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more18%

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.

1,377 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)31%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)2%
Freehold (äganderätt)67%
608cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 0.63maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
17houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 0.59m
2022SEK 0.74m
2023SEK 0.44m
2024SEK 0.57m
2025SEK 0.63m

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.

11 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 6% green space within 500 metres.

1schoolOpenStreetMap
1preschoolOpenStreetMap
0residents per km²8,006.5 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 Sorsele, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Inlandsbanemuseet-2012-06-25
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Inlandsbanemuseet-2012-06-25
Photo: MikaelLindmark · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sorsele kyrka-2012-06-25
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Sorsele kyrka-2012-06-25
Photo: MikaelLindmark · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sorsele kyrka-kyrkogård-2012-06-25
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Sorsele kyrka-kyrkogård-2012-06-25
Photo: MikaelLindmark · CC BY-SA 3.0
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