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Sotenäs

Sotenäs had 9,036 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 384,000 in 2024, 7% above the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 4,983,000 on average in 2025 (71 sales). The population is almost unchanged since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1427 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
9,036residents31 December 2025
SEK 384,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
30%rental homesof all homes
1%green within 500 maverage
Sotenäs by DeSO area
Map of Sotenäs: 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
Hunnebostrand-Bovallstrand2,596SEK 380,00036%18%47%38%83%0%31
Kungshamn–Smögen-Hovenäset–Väjern4,884SEK 385,00033%15%52%36%84%2%42
Sotenäs omland1,556SEK 387,00010%9%81%35%84%1%7

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.

15%
aged under 20
11%
aged 20–34
37%
aged 35–64
37%
aged 65 and over
11%
aged 80 and over
1.89
residents per household

4,770 households

Couples with children14%
Couples without children31%
Single parents5%
Living alone or single without children45%
Other households4%

Population on 31 December

20169,065
20179,073
20189,030
20199,061
20209,100
20219,125
20229,160
20239,052
20249,104
20259,036

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 384,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
8%
have a low economic standard
9%
have a high economic standard
84%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
3.1%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only12%
Upper secondary53%
Post-secondary, under 3 years14%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more22%

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.

5,551 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)30%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)15%
Freehold (äganderätt)55%
547cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 4.98maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
71houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 4.38m
2022SEK 5.68m
2023SEK 4.72m
2024SEK 4.85m
2025SEK 4.98m

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.

33 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 1% green space within 500 metres.

6schoolsOpenStreetMap
3preschoolsOpenStreetMap
13residents per km²688.5 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 Sotenäs, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Kungshamns kyrka, den 19 aug 2006, bild 2
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Kungshamns kyrka, den 19 aug 2006, bild 2
Photo: Harri Blomberg · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Smögen from Kungshamn
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Smögen from Kungshamn
Photo: Marcusroos (talk) 18:39, 14 February 2009 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Smögen bridge
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Smögen bridge
Photo: Marcusroos · CC BY-SA 3.0
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