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Overview

Östersund
County: Jämtlands län
Population 2025: 64,973
Full municipal profile
Härjedalen
County: Jämtlands län
Population 2025: 10,162
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

Östersund
64,973 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
10,162 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 5 years
2025 · %

Östersund
1.5 %Highest
Härjedalen
0.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Östersund
22.0 %Lowest
Härjedalen
22.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Östersund
347,400 SEKHighest
Härjedalen
323,800 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

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

Östersund
83.8 %Lowest
Härjedalen
91.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

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

Östersund
8.9 %Lowest
Härjedalen
19.9 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Östersund
85.0 yearsHighest
Härjedalen
83.0 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

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

Östersund
1,117.4 /100kHighest
Härjedalen
502.7 /100kLowest
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: Östersund moves from 58,156 (2002) to 64,973 (2025) — up 6,817 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2025, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2025 · Municipalities
YearÖstersundHärjedalen
2 00258 15611 289
2 00358 36111 065
2 00458 45910 951
2 00558 42810 889
2 00658 58310 764
2 00758 68610 699
2 00858 91410 645
2 00959 13610 585
2 01059 41610 454
2 01159 37310 341
2 01259 48510 246
2 01359 95610 281
2 01460 49510 224
2 01561 06610 262
2 01661 74510 200
2 01762 60110 154
2 01863 22710 147
2 01963 77910 090
2 02063 98510 070
2 02164 32410 114
2 02264 71410 185
2 02364 88110 145
2 02464 97910 175
2 02564 97310 162

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

Östersund
-6.0 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
-13.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 10 years
2025 · %

Östersund
6.4 %Highest
Härjedalen
-1.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

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

Östersund
22.1 %Highest
Härjedalen
17.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

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

Östersund
55.3 %Highest
Härjedalen
52.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

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

Östersund
15.7 %Lowest
Härjedalen
21.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

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

Östersund
6.9 %Lowest
Härjedalen
9.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Östersund
629.0 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
143.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Östersund
581.0 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
79.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Östersund
0.81 ratioLowest
Härjedalen
0.92 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Östersund
3,195.0 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
528.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Östersund
6.0 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
-37.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Östersund
3,166.0 peopleHighest
Härjedalen
522.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

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

Östersund
2.5 %Highest
Härjedalen
1.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

Employed refugees/family reunified 20–64, 4–6 years of residence, share (%)
2023 · %

Östersund
75.7 %Highest
Härjedalen
64.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
61.1

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Östersund
976.0 householdsHighest
Härjedalen
79.0 householdsLowest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

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

Östersund
73.7 %Highest
Härjedalen
67.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

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

Östersund
4.8 %Highest
Härjedalen
4.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

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

Östersund
14,506 SEK/residentLowest
Härjedalen
26,570 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

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

Östersund
6,005.8 SEK/residentHighest
Härjedalen
4,292.0 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

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

Östersund
3.3 %Highest
Härjedalen
-4.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Östersund
281,257 SEKHighest
Härjedalen
264,134 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Östersund
28.7 %Lowest
Härjedalen
32.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

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

Östersund
82.3 %Lowest
Härjedalen
91.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

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

Östersund
72.3 %Lowest
Härjedalen
81.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

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

Östersund
66.3 %Lowest
Härjedalen
69.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

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

Östersund
73.3 %Lowest
Härjedalen
79.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

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

Östersund
227.0 pointsLowest
Härjedalen
232.0 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

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

Östersund
227.7 pointsLowest
Härjedalen
228.4 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Östersund
40.0 dwellingsHighest
Härjedalen
24.0 dwellingsLowest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

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

Östersund
224.5 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Härjedalen
223.7 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

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

Östersund
0.5 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Härjedalen
1.3 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Östersund
19,998 SEK/m²Lowest
Härjedalen
33,192 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

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

Östersund
27,000 SEK/m²Highest
Härjedalen
18,885 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

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

Östersund
30.5 %Lowest
Härjedalen
42.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Östersund
81.6 yearsLowest
Härjedalen
82.5 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

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

Östersund
74.3 %Lowest
Härjedalen
77.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

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

Östersund
0.9 %Highest
Härjedalen
0.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

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

Östersund
1,380.6 /100kHighest
Härjedalen
1,370.0 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

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

Östersund
11,744 /100kHighest
Härjedalen
9,057.8 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

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

Östersund
2,196.4 /100kLowest
Härjedalen
2,395.0 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

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

Östersund
9.2 /100kLowest
Härjedalen
9.9 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

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

Östersund
1,736.2 /100kHighest
Härjedalen
739.2 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

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

Östersund
312.4 /100kHighest
Härjedalen
187.3 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Östersund
1.7 assignments/politicianLowest
Härjedalen
1.9 assignments/politicianHighest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Östersund
421.9 residents/politicianHighest
Härjedalen
149.6 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

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

Östersund
6.5 %Highest
Härjedalen
4.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

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

Östersund
1.3 %Lowest
Härjedalen
2.9 %Highest
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.

Östersund
-132 SEK
Härjedalen
-118 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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Compare municipalities — method, units and sources

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Method & limitations

  • All compared municipalities are shown for the same year per indicator. Where an indicator is missing '—' is displayed.
  • 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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