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Skövde

Skövde had 58,272 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 345,000 in 2024, 4% below the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 3,244,000 on average in 2025 (341 sales). The population has grown by 7.6% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1496 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
58,272residents31 December 2025
SEK 345,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
44%rental homesof all homes
25%green within 500 maverage
Skövde by DeSO area
Map of Skövde: 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 18 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
Billingsluttningen-Kullen4,694SEK 362,00067%17%16%30%83%21%178
Dälderna-Havstena4,145SEK 336,00056%22%22%22%78%26%174
Ekängen-Aspö-Ulveket3,722SEK 404,00037%19%44%20%88%52%91
Frösve Säter-Tidan-Väring4,934SEK 359,00011%2%87%22%89%38%10
Hentorp-Våmb3,740SEK 384,0007%43%50%20%88%25%29
Högskolan-Trängen2,221SEK 285,00070%23%7%15%64%23%193
Igelstorp-Värsås4,206SEK 369,00014%10%76%16%89%12%12
Källegården2,112SEK 398,00064%29%7%20%84%8%144
Lunden-Trädgårdsstaden3,303SEK 376,00034%31%34%9%87%27%76
Mariesjö-Östermalm3,991SEK 308,00079%3%18%15%70%26%147
Norrmalm-Rosenhaga2,902SEK 316,00048%43%9%22%84%17%176
Ryd barkvägen-Lövängen3,721SEK 305,00012%30%59%23%80%22%83
Ryds centrum2,312SEK 227,000100%0%0%16%62%18%84
Skultorp-Skultorpsbygden5,213SEK 363,00023%12%65%19%87%28%38
Skövde centrumkärna1,832SEK 324,00067%33%0%19%80%26%173
Tidan tätort-Tidan omnejd1,117SEK 275,00045%2%54%28%75%4%13
Timmersdala-Berg2,789SEK 363,00016%0%84%25%89%36%1
Västra fältet1,313SEK 358,00030%44%26%26%85%11%157

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
22%
aged 20–34
36%
aged 35–64
20%
aged 65 and over
6%
aged 80 and over
2.05
residents per household

28,413 households

Couples with children21%
Couples without children24%
Single parents6%
Living alone or single without children45%
Other households4%

Population on 31 December

201654,133
201754,975
201855,729
201956,366
202056,791
202157,016
202257,463
202357,763
202457,995
202558,272

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 345,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
11%
have a low economic standard
5%
have a high economic standard
82%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
3.9%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only9%
Upper secondary44%
Post-secondary, under 3 years17%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more31%

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.

29,752 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)44%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)19%
Freehold (äganderätt)36%
479cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 3.24maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
341houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 3.27m
2022SEK 3.44m
2023SEK 3.00m
2024SEK 3.16m
2025SEK 3.24m

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.

93 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 25% green space within 500 metres.

26schoolsOpenStreetMap
22preschoolsOpenStreetMap
84residents per km²689.9 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 Skövde, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Hertig Johans gata, Skövde
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Hertig Johans gata, Skövde
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Hertig Johans torg, Skövde, 2014 01
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Hertig Johans torg, Skövde, 2014 01
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Hertig Johans torg, Skövde, 2014 03
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