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Kungälv

Kungälv had 50,496 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 395,000 in 2024, 10% above the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 4,998,000 on average in 2025 (349 sales). The population has grown by 17% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1482 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
50,496residents31 December 2025
SEK 395,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
26%rental homesof all homes
31%green within 500 maverage
Kungälv by DeSO area
Map of Kungälv: 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
Kode1,919SEK 395,00019%0%81%20%91%27%17
Komarken norra4,640SEK 297,00056%36%8%18%76%27%154
Komarken södra1,594SEK 442,0006%32%62%25%86%23%126
Kungälv centrala8,804SEK 371,00041%44%15%29%84%22%173
Kungälv centrala landsbygden5,343SEK 397,0007%1%92%18%90%30%10
Kungälv kust7,565SEK 449,0008%13%79%28%89%24%14
Kungälv nordöstra landsbygden2,056SEK 408,0001%0%99%18%90%60%4
Kungälv norra6,706SEK 401,00018%37%45%15%89%34%47
Romelanda3,430SEK 419,00013%6%81%17%89%58%10
Ytterby centrala3,839SEK 362,00049%24%27%20%84%23%48
Ytterby krans4,596SEK 435,00018%26%56%13%91%41%38

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.

24%
aged under 20
16%
aged 20–34
39%
aged 35–64
21%
aged 65 and over
7%
aged 80 and over
2.27
residents per household

22,241 households

Couples with children27%
Couples without children26%
Single parents7%
Living alone or single without children36%
Other households5%

Population on 31 December

201643,289
201744,110
201845,086
201946,336
202047,050
202148,271
202249,068
202349,785
202450,313
202550,496

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 395,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
7%
have a low economic standard
8%
have a high economic standard
87%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
2.7%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only8%
Upper secondary43%
Post-secondary, under 3 years19%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more30%

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.

22,798 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)26%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)25%
Freehold (äganderätt)48%
477cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 5.00maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
349houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 4.87m
2022SEK 5.08m
2023SEK 4.86m
2024SEK 4.95m
2025SEK 5.00m

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.

66 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 31% green space within 500 metres.

28schoolsOpenStreetMap
42preschoolsOpenStreetMap
74residents per km²686.4 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 Kungälv, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Liquid Ham 01
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Liquid Ham 01
Photo: Erik Lundin · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Liquid Ham 02
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Liquid Ham 02
Photo: Erik Lundin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Gamlabrogatan 7 i Kungälv 2015
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Gamlabrogatan 7 i Kungälv 2015
Photo: Averater · CC BY 3.0
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