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Tjörn

Tjörn had 16,003 residents on 31 December 2025. Average net income for residents aged 20 and over was SEK 437,000 in 2024, 22% above the county average. A house for permanent living cost SEK 4,197,000 on average in 2025 (144 sales). The population has grown by 2.7% since 2016.

Municipality · Code 1419 · SCB · Updated 24 October 2026
16,003residents31 December 2025
SEK 437,000average net incomeaged 20+, 2024
16%rental homesof all homes
29%green within 500 maverage
Tjörn by DeSO area
Map of Tjörn: 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 5 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
Kållekärr1,314SEK 354,00046%0%55%25%83%31%13
Skärhamn norra1,542SEK 398,00019%30%51%36%84%0%32
Tjörn sydväst4,938SEK 416,00016%18%66%35%85%4%17
Tjörn öster5,330SEK 512,00012%6%82%25%87%38%15
Tjörns omland2,874SEK 400,0007%0%93%35%87%72%2

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.

21%
aged under 20
11%
aged 20–34
37%
aged 35–64
31%
aged 65 and over
9%
aged 80 and over
2.19
residents per household

7,319 households

Couples with children22%
Couples without children32%
Single parents6%
Living alone or single without children35%
Other households5%

Population on 31 December

201615,584
201715,790
201815,922
201916,016
202016,147
202116,312
202216,275
202316,146
202416,092
202516,003

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

Income and work.

Incomes and employment in 2024, from Statistics Sweden registers.

SEK 437,000
average net income, aged 20 and over
6%
have a low economic standard
10%
have a high economic standard
86%
of residents aged 20–65 are in work
2.1%
of the labour force are unemployed

Education, aged 25–65

Compulsory school only8%
Upper secondary48%
Post-secondary, under 3 years18%
Post-secondary, 3 years or more26%

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.

7,494 homes by tenure, 2025.

Rental (hyresrätt)16%
Tenant-owned co-op (bostadsrätt)11%
Freehold (äganderätt)73%
569cars per 1,000 residentsin use, 2025
SEK 4.20maverage house sale priceaverage, 2025
144houses sold2025

Average sale price of houses for permanent living

2021SEK 3.78m
2022SEK 4.61m
2023SEK 4.30m
2024SEK 4.05m
2025SEK 4.20m

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.

15 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 29% green space within 500 metres.

10schoolsOpenStreetMap
5preschoolsOpenStreetMap
19residents per km²847.3 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 Tjörn, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.

Skärhamn September 2014 01
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Skärhamn September 2014 01
Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Skärhamn September 2014 02
Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Skärhamn September 2014 03
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