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SöderhamnprofileLjusdalprofile

Overview

Söderhamn
County: Gävleborgs län
Population 2025: 24,127
Full municipal profile
Ljusdal
County: Gävleborgs län
Population 2025: 18,345
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

Söderhamn
24,127 peopleHighest
Ljusdal
18,345 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 5 years
2025 · %

Söderhamn
-5.4 %Lowest
Ljusdal
-2.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Söderhamn
21.7 %Lowest
Ljusdal
22.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Söderhamn
314,400 SEKHighest
Ljusdal
314,100 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

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

Söderhamn
73.3 %Lowest
Ljusdal
79.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

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

Söderhamn
12.9 %Highest
Ljusdal
10.7 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Söderhamn
84.1 yearsHighest
Ljusdal
84.0 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

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

Söderhamn
1,182.6 /100kHighest
Ljusdal
782.1 /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: Söderhamn moves from 27,250 (2002) to 24,127 (2025) — down 3,123 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2025, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2025 · Municipalities
YearSöderhamnLjusdal
2 00227 25019 776
2 00326 95619 771
2 00426 73119 592
2 00526 50619 384
2 00626 25719 243
2 00726 12019 175
2 00825 98719 133
2 00925 75919 077
2 01025 64719 065
2 01125 33418 974
2 01225 22318 880
2 01325 44218 931
2 01425 45618 949
2 01525 78519 027
2 01625 99219 067
2 01725 78219 028
2 01825 72119 033
2 01925 64318 949
2 02025 49218 867
2 02125 44618 804
2 02225 25818 771
2 02324 85818 538
2 02424 54518 445
2 02524 12718 345

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

Söderhamn
-418.0 peopleLowest
Ljusdal
-100.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 10 years
2025 · %

Söderhamn
-6.4 %Lowest
Ljusdal
-3.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)

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

Söderhamn
20.1 %Lowest
Ljusdal
20.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

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

Söderhamn
49.6 %Lowest
Ljusdal
50.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

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

Söderhamn
21.3 %Highest
Ljusdal
20.7 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

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

Söderhamn
9.0 %Highest
Ljusdal
8.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Söderhamn
315.0 peopleHighest
Ljusdal
231.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Söderhamn
176.0 peopleHighest
Ljusdal
131.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Söderhamn
1.02 ratioHighest
Ljusdal
0.99 ratioLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Söderhamn
793.0 peopleHighest
Ljusdal
659.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Söderhamn
-241.0 peopleLowest
Ljusdal
-4.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Söderhamn
1,035.0 peopleHighest
Ljusdal
626.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

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

Söderhamn
6.2 %Highest
Ljusdal
1.7 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

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

Söderhamn
53.4 %Highest
Ljusdal
50.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
61.2

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Söderhamn
785.0 householdsHighest
Ljusdal
195.0 householdsLowest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

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

Söderhamn
63.5 %Lowest
Ljusdal
69.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

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

Söderhamn
9.2 %Highest
Ljusdal
7.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

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

Söderhamn
20,772 SEK/residentHighest
Ljusdal
20,191 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

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

Söderhamn
7,486.2 SEK/residentHighest
Ljusdal
7,263.0 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

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

Söderhamn
2.6 %Highest
Ljusdal
1.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Söderhamn
261,027 SEKHighest
Ljusdal
257,365 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Söderhamn
24.0 %Lowest
Ljusdal
51.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

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

Söderhamn
74.1 %Lowest
Ljusdal
78.9 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

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

Söderhamn
63.2 %Highest
Ljusdal
57.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

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

Söderhamn
66.1 %Highest
Ljusdal
64.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

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

Söderhamn
65.1 %Highest
Ljusdal
62.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

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

Söderhamn
219.0 pointsHighest
Ljusdal
203.0 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

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

Söderhamn
220.1 pointsHighest
Ljusdal
204.8 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Söderhamn
1.0 dwellingsLowest
Ljusdal
23.0 dwellingsHighest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

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

Söderhamn
214.5 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Ljusdal
190.2 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

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

Söderhamn
0.0 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Ljusdal
1.1 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Söderhamn
9,281.0 SEK/m²Lowest
Ljusdal
17,402 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

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

Söderhamn
15,216 SEK/m²Lowest
Ljusdal
15,281 SEK/m²Highest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

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

Söderhamn
36.2 %Highest
Ljusdal
35.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Söderhamn
80.3 yearsLowest
Ljusdal
81.3 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

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

Söderhamn
86.4 %Highest
Ljusdal
78.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

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

Söderhamn
0.7 %Highest
Ljusdal
0.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

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

Söderhamn
1,913.4 /100kHighest
Ljusdal
988.5 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

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

Söderhamn
12,064 /100kHighest
Ljusdal
7,691.1 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

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

Söderhamn
2,192.7 /100kHighest
Ljusdal
1,710.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

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

Söderhamn
4.1 /100kLowest
Ljusdal
10.9 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

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

Söderhamn
1,235.9 /100kHighest
Ljusdal
879.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

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

Söderhamn
176.6 /100kHighest
Ljusdal
162.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

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

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Söderhamn
188.8 residents/politicianHighest
Ljusdal
182.6 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

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

Söderhamn
3.1 %Highest
Ljusdal
0.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

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

Söderhamn
0.8 %Lowest
Ljusdal
6.9 %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.

Söderhamn
-87 SEK
Ljusdal
-94 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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  • 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

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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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