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Overview

Gävle
County: Gävleborgs län
Population 2024: 103,838
Full municipal profile
Sandviken
County: Gävleborgs län
Population 2024: 38,360
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

Gävle
103,838 peopleHighest
Sandviken
38,360 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
36,509

Population change, 5 years
2024 · %

Gävle
1.4 %Highest
Sandviken
-2.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
0.3

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Gävle
22.3 %Highest
Sandviken
21.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Gävle
349,400 SEKHighest
Sandviken
333,400 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

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

Gävle
82.3 %Highest
Sandviken
73.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

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

Gävle
12.9 %Lowest
Sandviken
14.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Gävle
84.6 yearsHighest
Sandviken
83.4 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

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

Gävle
1,087.8 /100kHighest
Sandviken
649.3 /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: Gävle moves from 91,276 (2002) to 103,838 (2024) — up 12,562 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2024, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2024 · Municipalities
YearGävleSandviken
2 00291 27636 765
2 00391 70136 817
2 00492 08136 835
2 00592 20536 690
2 00692 41636 748
2 00792 68136 804
2 00893 50936 879
2 00994 35236 978
2 01095 05536 916
2 01195 42836 995
2 01296 17037 089
2 01397 23637 250
2 01498 31437 833
2 01598 87738 314
2 01699 78838 949
2 017100 60339 259
2 018101 45539 208
2 019102 41839 234
2 020102 90439 290
2 021103 13639 250
2 022103 49339 098
2 023103 53238 628
2 024103 83838 360

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

Gävle
306.0 peopleHighest
Sandviken
-268.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
124.1

Population change, 10 years
2024 · %

Gävle
5.6 %Highest
Sandviken
1.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
4.3

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

Gävle
21.8 %Highest
Sandviken
21.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

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

Gävle
56.6 %Highest
Sandviken
53.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

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

Gävle
15.0 %Lowest
Sandviken
17.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

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

Gävle
6.7 %Lowest
Sandviken
8.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Gävle
937.0 peopleHighest
Sandviken
486.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Gävle
886.0 peopleHighest
Sandviken
289.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Gävle
0.77 ratioLowest
Sandviken
0.86 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Gävle
4,863.0 peopleHighest
Sandviken
1,658.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Gävle
39.0 peopleHighest
Sandviken
-287.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Gävle
4,523.0 peopleHighest
Sandviken
1,784.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

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

Gävle
4.1 %Highest
Sandviken
2.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

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

Gävle
57.8 %Highest
Sandviken
33.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
61.2

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Gävle
2,534.0 householdsHighest
Sandviken
633.0 householdsLowest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

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

Gävle
67.5 %Highest
Sandviken
64.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

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

Gävle
6.6 %Lowest
Sandviken
7.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

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

Gävle
13,803 SEK/residentLowest
Sandviken
15,067 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

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

Gävle
8,371.3 SEK/residentHighest
Sandviken
6,718.0 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

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

Gävle
5.8 %Highest
Sandviken
3.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Gävle
290,384 SEKHighest
Sandviken
280,889 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Gävle
24.6 %Lowest
Sandviken
27.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

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

Gävle
82.8 %Highest
Sandviken
71.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

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

Gävle
67.8 %Highest
Sandviken
61.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

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

Gävle
70.3 %Highest
Sandviken
65.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

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

Gävle
74.3 %Highest
Sandviken
72.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

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

Gävle
218.0 pointsHighest
Sandviken
211.0 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

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

Gävle
218.4 pointsHighest
Sandviken
209.0 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Gävle
181.0 dwellingsHighest
Sandviken
26.0 dwellingsLowest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

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

Gävle
247.6 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Sandviken
192.3 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

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

Gävle
0.2 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Sandviken
0.3 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Gävle
20,762 SEK/m²Highest
Sandviken
10,714 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

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

Gävle
26,310 SEK/m²Highest
Sandviken
16,384 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

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

Gävle
37.3 %Lowest
Sandviken
40.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Gävle
81.2 yearsHighest
Sandviken
80.6 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

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

Gävle
79.6 %Lowest
Sandviken
82.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

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

Gävle
0.4 %Lowest
Sandviken
0.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

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

Gävle
1,538.9 /100kHighest
Sandviken
1,162.4 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

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

Gävle
12,732 /100kHighest
Sandviken
9,411.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

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

Gävle
2,547.8 /100kHighest
Sandviken
2,440.0 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

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

Gävle
5.8 /100kHighest
Sandviken
2.6 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

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

Gävle
1,637.9 /100kHighest
Sandviken
1,097.0 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

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

Gävle
174.1 /100kLowest
Sandviken
199.0 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Gävle
1.5 assignments/politicianLowest
Sandviken
1.6 assignments/politicianHighest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Gävle
501.6 residents/politicianHighest
Sandviken
241.3 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

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

Gävle
7.2 %Highest
Sandviken
5.7 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

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

Gävle
1.4 %Highest
Sandviken
0.6 %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.

Gävle
-98 SEK
Sandviken
-95 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

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2

reports & studies

6

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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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