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Essunga

Essunga had 5,559 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 310,000 in 2024, 14% below the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 1,368,000 on average in 2025 (37 sales). The population has fallen by 1.1% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1445 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
5,559residents31 December 2025
SEK 310,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
28%rental homesof all homes
12%green within 500 maverage
Essunga by DeSO area
Map of Essunga: 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 3 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
Främmestad omland1,499SEK 310,00010%0%90%26%84%24%5
Jonslund omland2,101SEK 323,00014%0%86%24%87%11%9
Nossebro1,961SEK 297,00053%2%45%32%78%5%43

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

People.

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

22%
aged under 20
13%
aged 20–34
37%
aged 35–64
28%
aged 65 and over
8%
aged 80 and over
2.11
residents per household

2,639 households

Couples with children21%
Couples without children28%
Single parents7%
Living alone or single without children40%
Other households4%

Population on 31 December

20165,620
20175,647
20185,671
20195,654
20205,687
20215,698
20225,717
20235,656
20245,560
20255,559

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 310,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
15%
have a low economic standard
3%
have a high economic standard
83%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
3.7%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only13%
Upper secondary58%
Post-secondary, under 3 years13%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more16%

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.

2,707 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)28%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)1%
Freehold (äganderätt)71%
631cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 1.37maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
37houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 1.34m
2022SEK 1.48m
2023SEK 1.44m
2024SEK 1.60m
2025SEK 1.37m

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; 12% green space within 500 metres.

3schoolsOpenStreetMap
3preschoolsOpenStreetMap
24residents per km²234.7 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 Essunga, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Nossebro juni-09, profilbild
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Nossebro juni-09, profilbild
Photo: Nossebro marknad · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Stjärnan Nossebro
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Stjärnan Nossebro
Photo: Mattias Mattsson · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nossebro - Nossan - 20230819 - 03
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Nossebro - Nossan - 20230819 - 03
Photo: AleWi · CC BY-SA 4.0
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