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Overview

Essunga
County: Västra Götalands län
Population 2024: 5,560
Full municipal profile
Orust
County: Västra Götalands län
Population 2024: 15,352
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

Essunga
5,560.0 peopleLowest
Orust
15,352 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
36,509

Population change, 5 years
2024 · %

Essunga
-1.7 %Lowest
Orust
0.9 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.3

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Essunga
21.6 %Lowest
Orust
22.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Essunga
326,100 SEKLowest
Orust
345,200 SEKHighest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

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

Essunga
64.6 %Lowest
Orust
87.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

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

Essunga
9.5 %Lowest
Orust
12.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Essunga
83.7 yearsLowest
Orust
85.6 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

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

Essunga
701.5 /100kHighest
Orust
579.5 /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: Essunga moves from 5,757 (2002) to 5,560 (2024) — down 197 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2024, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2024 · Municipalities
YearEssungaOrust
2 0025 75715 113
2 0035 73615 160
2 0045 75015 160
2 0055 71715 188
2 0065 65115 185
2 0075 63815 373
2 0085 62515 327
2 0095 60115 308
2 0105 56415 221
2 0115 49315 129
2 0125 50215 083
2 0135 49415 036
2 0145 53815 054
2 0155 59015 010
2 0165 62015 093
2 0175 64715 108
2 0185 67115 110
2 0195 65415 218
2 0205 68715 315
2 0215 69815 345
2 0225 71715 415
2 0235 65615 333
2 0245 56015 352

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

Essunga
-96.0 peopleLowest
Orust
19.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
124.1

Population change, 10 years
2024 · %

Essunga
0.4 %Lowest
Orust
2.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
4.3

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

Essunga
22.3 %Highest
Orust
19.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

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

Essunga
50.2 %Highest
Orust
48.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

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

Essunga
20.0 %Lowest
Orust
22.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

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

Essunga
7.5 %Lowest
Orust
10.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Essunga
66.0 peopleLowest
Orust
187.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Essunga
46.0 peopleLowest
Orust
112.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Essunga
0.99 ratioLowest
Orust
1.08 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Essunga
287.0 peopleLowest
Orust
819.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Essunga
12.0 peopleLowest
Orust
36.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Essunga
268.0 peopleLowest
Orust
740.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

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

Essunga
2.7 %Highest
Orust
2.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Essunga
88.0 householdsLowest
Orust
206.0 householdsHighest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

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

Essunga
73.3 %Highest
Orust
72.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

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

Essunga
10.1 %Highest
Orust
6.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

Net cost of elderly care, SEK per resident
2024 · SEK/resident

Essunga
16,569 SEK/residentLowest
Orust
18,747 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
17,109

Net cost of social services (IFO), SEK per resident
2024 · SEK/resident

Essunga
4,860.1 SEK/residentHighest
Orust
4,484.2 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
5,332.9

Net income as share of tax revenue & general grants (%)
2024 · %

Essunga
-1.3 %Lowest
Orust
1.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.9

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Essunga
256,061 SEKLowest
Orust
290,295 SEKHighest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2024 · %

Essunga
43.7 %Highest
Orust
28.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
41.8
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

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

Essunga
64.6 %Lowest
Orust
87.7 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

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

Essunga
53.8 %Lowest
Orust
72.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

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

Essunga
81.3 %Highest
Orust
72.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

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

Essunga
74.5 %Lowest
Orust
75.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

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

Essunga
179.0 pointsLowest
Orust
218.0 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

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

Essunga
177.6 pointsLowest
Orust
218.7 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Essunga
3.0 dwellingsLowest
Orust
13.0 dwellingsHighest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

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

Essunga
137.4 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Orust
101.5 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

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

Essunga
0.5 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Orust
0.8 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Essunga
11,625 SEK/m²Lowest
Orust
30,061 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

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

Essunga
11,569 SEK/m²Lowest
Orust
30,189 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

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

Essunga
33.7 %Lowest
Orust
34.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Essunga
79.5 yearsLowest
Orust
82.2 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

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

Essunga
84.2 %Lowest
Orust
86.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

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

Essunga
0.4 %Lowest
Orust
0.7 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

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

Essunga
1,259.1 /100kHighest
Orust
918.1 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

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

Essunga
8,651.9 /100kHighest
Orust
7,572.8 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

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

Essunga
1,780.7 /100kLowest
Orust
2,637.1 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

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

Essunga
0.0 /100kLowest
Orust
6.5 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

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

Essunga
467.7 /100kHighest
Orust
267.0 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

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

Essunga
89.9 /100kLowest
Orust
169.3 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Essunga
2.0 assignments/politicianHighest
Orust
1.9 assignments/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Essunga
84.2 residents/politicianLowest
Orust
196.8 residents/politicianHighest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

Elected municipal politicians part-time, share (%)
2025 · %

Essunga
1.5 %Lowest
Orust
5.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

Elected municipal politicians full-time, share (%)
2025 · %

Essunga
1.5 %Highest
Orust
1.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
1.5
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.

Essunga
-125 SEK
Orust
-132 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.
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  • 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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