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Overview

Gävle
County: Gävleborgs län
Population 2025: 104,108
Full municipal profile
Söderhamn
County: Gävleborgs län
Population 2025: 24,127
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)
2025 · people

Gävle
104,108 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
24,127 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 5 years
2025 · %

Gävle
1.2 %Highest
Söderhamn
-5.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Gävle
22.3 %Highest
Söderhamn
21.7 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Gävle
349,400 SEKHighest
Söderhamn
314,400 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

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

Gävle
82.3 %Highest
Söderhamn
73.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

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

Gävle
12.9 %Lowest
Söderhamn
12.9 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Gävle
84.6 yearsHighest
Söderhamn
84.1 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

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

Gävle
1,087.8 /100kLowest
Söderhamn
1,182.6 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
885.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Population (31 Dec) over time

2002–2025 · 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 104,108 (2025) — up 12,832 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2025, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2025 · Municipalities
YearGävleSöderhamn
2 00291 27627 250
2 00391 70126 956
2 00492 08126 731
2 00592 20526 506
2 00692 41626 257
2 00792 68126 120
2 00893 50925 987
2 00994 35225 759
2 01095 05525 647
2 01195 42825 334
2 01296 17025 223
2 01397 23625 442
2 01498 31425 456
2 01598 87725 785
2 01699 78825 992
2 017100 60325 782
2 018101 45525 721
2 019102 41825 643
2 020102 90425 492
2 021103 13625 446
2 022103 49325 258
2 023103 53224 858
2 024103 83824 545
2 025104 10824 127

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

Source: SCB BE0101N1

Comparison by topic

Population

Annual population change
2025 · people

Gävle
270.0 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
-418.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 10 years
2025 · %

Gävle
5.3 %Highest
Söderhamn
-6.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

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

Gävle
21.8 %Highest
Söderhamn
20.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

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

Gävle
56.6 %Highest
Söderhamn
49.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

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

Gävle
15.0 %Lowest
Söderhamn
21.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

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

Gävle
6.7 %Lowest
Söderhamn
9.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Gävle
937.0 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
315.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Gävle
886.0 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
176.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Gävle
0.77 ratioLowest
Söderhamn
1.02 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Gävle
4,863.0 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
793.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Gävle
39.0 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
-241.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Gävle
4,523.0 peopleHighest
Söderhamn
1,035.0 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 %Lowest
Söderhamn
6.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

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

Gävle
57.8 %Highest
Söderhamn
53.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
61.2

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Gävle
2,534.0 householdsHighest
Söderhamn
785.0 householdsLowest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

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

Gävle
67.5 %Highest
Söderhamn
63.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

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

Gävle
6.6 %Lowest
Söderhamn
9.2 %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
Söderhamn
20,772 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
Söderhamn
7,486.2 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

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

Gävle
5.8 %Highest
Söderhamn
2.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Gävle
290,384 SEKHighest
Söderhamn
261,027 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Gävle
24.6 %Highest
Söderhamn
24.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

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

Gävle
82.8 %Highest
Söderhamn
74.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

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

Gävle
67.8 %Highest
Söderhamn
63.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

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

Gävle
70.3 %Highest
Söderhamn
66.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

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

Gävle
74.3 %Highest
Söderhamn
65.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

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

Gävle
218.0 pointsLowest
Söderhamn
219.0 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

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

Gävle
218.4 pointsLowest
Söderhamn
220.1 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Gävle
181.0 dwellingsHighest
Söderhamn
1.0 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
Söderhamn
214.5 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 residentsHighest
Söderhamn
0.0 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Gävle
20,762 SEK/m²Highest
Söderhamn
9,281.0 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

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

Gävle
26,310 SEK/m²Highest
Söderhamn
15,216 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

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

Gävle
37.3 %Highest
Söderhamn
36.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Gävle
81.2 yearsHighest
Söderhamn
80.3 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

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

Gävle
79.6 %Lowest
Söderhamn
86.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

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

Gävle
0.4 %Lowest
Söderhamn
0.7 %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 /100kLowest
Söderhamn
1,913.4 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

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

Gävle
12,732 /100kHighest
Söderhamn
12,064 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

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

Gävle
2,547.8 /100kHighest
Söderhamn
2,192.7 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

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

Gävle
5.8 /100kHighest
Söderhamn
4.1 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

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

Gävle
1,637.9 /100kHighest
Söderhamn
1,235.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

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

Gävle
174.1 /100kLowest
Söderhamn
176.6 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Gävle
1.5 assignments/politicianLowest
Söderhamn
1.7 assignments/politicianHighest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Gävle
501.6 residents/politicianHighest
Söderhamn
188.8 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

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

Gävle
7.2 %Highest
Söderhamn
3.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

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

Gävle
1.4 %Highest
Söderhamn
0.8 %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
Söderhamn
-87 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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