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Overview

Boden
County: Norrbottens län
Population 2024: 28,049
Full municipal profile
Luleå
County: Norrbottens län
Population 2024: 79,645
Full municipal profile

Quick comparison

Sverigefakta does not rank municipalities as good or bad. “Highest” and “Lowest” describe only the numeric value among the selected municipalities.

Population (31 Dec)
2024 · people

Boden
28,049 peopleLowest
Luleå
79,645 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
36,509

Population change, 5 years
2024 · %

Boden
-0.1 %Lowest
Luleå
2.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.3

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Boden
22.6 %Highest
Luleå
22.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Boden
357,500 SEKLowest
Luleå
375,800 SEKHighest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes (%)
2025 · %

Boden
78.5 %Lowest
Luleå
87.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)
2025 · %

Boden
8.6 %Highest
Luleå
7.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Boden
83.6 yearsLowest
Luleå
84.2 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

Reported violent offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
1,094.0 /100kHighest
Luleå
972.8 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
885.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Population (31 Dec) over time

2002–2024 · people · Municipalities

Verified time series for the selected municipalities, same definition and same years.

Population (31 Dec) over time: Boden moves from 28,268 (2002) to 28,049 (2024) — down 219 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2024, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2024 · Municipalities
YearBodenLuleå
2 00228 26872 139
2 00328 21472 237
2 00428 27772 565
2 00528 17672 751
2 00628 00273 313
2 00727 83873 146
2 00827 53573 406
2 00927 40873 950
2 01027 47174 178
2 01127 64374 426
2 01227 59874 905
2 01327 83875 383
2 01427 88775 966
2 01527 91376 088
2 01628 04276 770
2 01728 18177 470
2 01828 06477 832
2 01928 08078 105
2 02028 06078 549
2 02128 16078 867
2 02228 04879 244
2 02327 94379 352
2 02428 04979 645

Method: Only years where every selected municipality has a verified value are shown.

Source: SCB BE0101N1

Comparison by topic

Population

Annual population change
2024 · people

Boden
106.0 peopleLowest
Luleå
293.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
124.1

Population change, 10 years
2024 · %

Boden
0.6 %Lowest
Luleå
4.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
4.3

Residents aged 0–19, share (%)
2025 · %

Boden
20.0 %Lowest
Luleå
20.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

Residents aged 20–64, share (%)
2025 · %

Boden
54.3 %Lowest
Luleå
58.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

Residents aged 65–79, share (%)
2025 · %

Boden
18.2 %Highest
Luleå
15.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

Residents aged 80+, share (%)
2025 · %

Boden
7.5 %Highest
Luleå
6.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Boden
367.0 peopleLowest
Luleå
769.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Boden
195.0 peopleLowest
Luleå
681.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Boden
0.84 ratioHighest
Luleå
0.72 ratioLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Boden
2,070.0 peopleLowest
Luleå
4,336.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Boden
38.0 peopleLowest
Luleå
306.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Boden
1,325.0 peopleLowest
Luleå
3,583.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

Residents receiving social assistance during the year, share of population (%)
2025 · %

Boden
2.0 %Highest
Luleå
1.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

Employed refugees/family reunified 20–64, 4–6 years of residence, share (%)
2024 · %

Boden
75.0 %Lowest
Luleå
76.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
61.2

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Boden
419.0 householdsLowest
Luleå
936.0 householdsHighest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

Employment rate, foreign-born 20–64 (%)
2024 · %

Boden
76.6 %Highest
Luleå
75.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

Residents aged 16–24 not in employment, education or training (%)
2024 · %

Boden
5.6 %Highest
Luleå
3.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

Net cost of elderly care, SEK per resident
2025 · SEK/resident

Boden
20,947 SEK/residentHighest
Luleå
15,208 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

Net cost of social services (IFO), SEK per resident
2025 · SEK/resident

Boden
4,537.6 SEK/residentLowest
Luleå
4,623.1 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

Net income as share of tax revenue & general grants (%)
2025 · %

Boden
-3.9 %Lowest
Luleå
3.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Boden
294,968 SEKLowest
Luleå
309,418 SEKHighest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Boden
25.5 %Lowest
Luleå
62.9 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational programmes, municipal schools (%)
2025 · %

Boden
73.2 %Lowest
Luleå
86.7 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

Year 9 pupils passing all subjects (%)
2025 · %

Boden
68.6 %Lowest
Luleå
78.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

Upper-secondary students graduating within 3 years, home municipality (%)
2025 · %

Boden
67.9 %Lowest
Luleå
70.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

Upper-secondary students graduating within 4 years, home municipality (%)
2025 · %

Boden
76.1 %Highest
Luleå
75.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

Year 9 average merit rating, home municipality (17 subjects)
2025 · points

Boden
216.0 pointsLowest
Luleå
229.0 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

Year 9 merit rating, municipality of location (17 subjects)
2025 · points

Boden
214.7 pointsLowest
Luleå
229.0 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Boden
1,409.0 dwellingsHighest
Luleå
116.0 dwellingsLowest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

Rental dwellings, number per 1,000 residents
2025 · per 1,000 residents

Boden
320.1 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Luleå
241.4 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

Completed detached houses per 1,000 residents
2025 · per 1,000 residents

Boden
0.5 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Luleå
0.2 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Boden
14,881 SEK/m²Lowest
Luleå
25,039 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

House prices, detached houses, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Boden
17,068 SEK/m²Lowest
Luleå
25,946 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 3), share (%)
2025 · %

Boden
30.3 %Highest
Luleå
28.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Boden
80.1 yearsLowest
Luleå
81.2 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

Residential elderly care users satisfied overall (%)
2025 · %

Boden
82.9 %Highest
Luleå
73.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

Ongoing stress-related sick leave, annual average share of population (%)
2025 · %

Boden
0.5 %Lowest
Luleå
0.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

Reported offences against liberty and peace (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
1,524.5 /100kHighest
Luleå
1,426.7 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

Reported offences, total (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
10,569 /100kHighest
Luleå
10,493 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

Reported economic crime (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
2,290.3 /100kHighest
Luleå
1,916.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

Reported gross violation of a woman's integrity (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
7.1 /100kHighest
Luleå
6.3 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

Reported drug offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
748.2 /100kLowest
Luleå
851.5 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

Reported sexual offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Boden
229.4 /100kLowest
Luleå
232.6 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Boden
1.8 assignments/politicianHighest
Luleå
1.6 assignments/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Boden
201.8 residents/politicianLowest
Luleå
412.7 residents/politicianHighest
National (municipal mean)
221.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Calculated and specialised measures

The measures below are not official municipal observations in the same sense as the tables above. They are calculated by Sverigefakta or taken from situation reports and model estimates, and are therefore reported separately.

Estimated net cost per resident per year
Model estimate
Note: Model estimate = (received / 5) × Ruist's average annual net cost per person (SEK 74,000 in 2018 prices, inflation-adjusted) / population. It covers only the last five years of reception and is not official municipal accounting.

Boden
-205 SEK
Luleå
-138 SEK
National
About the data. The comparison uses the municipal engine's verified time series — the same figures, definitions and sources as the municipal pages. For every metric we use the latest period in which all selected municipalities have a verified value. If no common period exists the metric is omitted entirely; nothing is imputed and years are never mixed within a row.

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  • Units are fixed per row (percent, SEK, count per 1,000). Rows never mix units within the same column.
  • The national mean is the source's own national row (SCB / Kolada / Migrationsverket) — not an average of municipalities.
  • Ranking or best/worst colours are only used where the indicator has a clear direction (e.g. upper-secondary eligibility, higher is better).
  • Net cost is a model estimate: Ruist's 74,000 SEK/year × arrivals 2020–2024 / population. Not official municipal accounts.
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Primary sources

Agencies and research institutions behind this page

4

agencies/institutions

2

reports & studies

6

primary datasets

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Definitions

How the numbers are counted — and what they do not cover

Per capita / per 1,000 / per 100,000
Normalising an absolute number by population size, so municipalities of different sizes can be compared. Shootings, for example, are usually reported per 100,000 inhabitants.
Median vs mean
The median is the middle value in a sorted series. The mean is the sum divided by the count and is much more sensitive to outliers. Incomes and wealth are therefore usually reported as medians.
Ranking & percentile
The ranking is the municipality's place in the sorted list of all 290 municipalities. The percentile is the share below the municipality — rank 29 of 290 ≈ the 90th percentile.Ties use shared ranking (e.g. two municipalities both at rank 10).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers to what is most often discussed

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