Helsingborg
- Share 2025
- 39.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Helsingborg
In depth · Åstorp
Immigration and foreign background in Åstorp
Key facts
Åstorp ranks 17 of 290 municipalities for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Åstorp ranks 4 of 33 in Skåne län for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Åstorp: 6,388 residents (38.7%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 16,491 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. Sweden, foreign background: 27.7%; difference +11.0 percentage points (2025). 4,657 residents were born abroad (28.2%, 2025).
Foreign background means born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. These are population stocks, not annual immigration flows.
Last updated: View changelog
Åstorp in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 38.7 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +20.9 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: +11.0 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 17 of 290
- Same definition and year (2025) for all ranked municipalities.
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2 — observed population composition (stock). People received further down are a flow and measure something else. Stock vs flow
Trend 2002–2025
Share of the population in Åstorp with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 17.8 %; 2003: 18.5 %; 2004: 19.0 %; 2005: 19.7 %; 2006: 21.1 %; 2007: 22.2 %; 2008: 23.6 %; 2009: 24.1 %; 2010: 24.9 %; 2011: 25.1 %; 2012: 26.1 %; 2013: 26.9 %; 2014: 27.8 %; 2015: 29.2 %; 2016: 31.1 %; 2017: 32.8 %; 2018: 33.3 %; 2019: 33.8 %; 2020: 34.9 %; 2021: 36.1 %; 2022: 37.3 %; 2023: 38.0 %; 2024: 38.4 %; 2025: 38.7 %
How to verify this figure
- Source
- Statistics Sweden (SCB)
- Period
- 2025
- Definition
- Share of the population with a foreign background (born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents).
- Geography
- Åstorp
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth (2024)
Residents by region of birth, 2024. This block uses 2024 data and may differ in year from the introduction above. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
4,670 people
28.4% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden71.6 %(11,779)
Nordics excluding Sweden2.3 %(384)
Other Europe11.8 %(1,946)
Outside Europe14.2 %(2,340)
Thin line = national average. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
People received, vulnerable areas & marginal cost
Received 2020–2024 (a flow), the Police's vulnerable areas and a own illustrative scenario.
Reception & illustrative scenario
2020–2024
- Foreign-born (20–64)
- 38.3 %
- Received, 5 years
- 79
- 4.8 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −71 kr
- Range −51 kr → −90 kr
- Model: Ruist (ESO 2018:3; calculations based on 2015 public finances), unadjusted amount from the report (low/mid/high)
Analysis/model Own illustrative scenario: mean annual reception 2020–2024 × Ruist’s national refugee life-cycle estimate using 2015 public finances, divided by 2024 population; no price adjustment. Assumes the national estimate applies locally. Not an observed municipal cost; not everyone with a foreign background. Formula, assumptions and limitations
No vulnerable areas in this municipality according to the Swedish Police situational report 2025.
Compare Åstorp with other municipalities →Compare Åstorp with other municipalities
Åstorp is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Åstorp38.7 %
Åstorp — 2002: 17.8 %; 2003: 18.5 %; 2004: 19.0 %; 2005: 19.7 %; 2006: 21.1 %; 2007: 22.2 %; 2008: 23.6 %; 2009: 24.1 %; 2010: 24.9 %; 2011: 25.1 %; 2012: 26.1 %; 2013: 26.9 %; 2014: 27.8 %; 2015: 29.2 %; 2016: 31.1 %; 2017: 32.8 %; 2018: 33.3 %; 2019: 33.8 %; 2020: 34.9 %; 2021: 36.1 %; 2022: 37.3 %; 2023: 38.0 %; 2024: 38.4 %; 2025: 38.7 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Åstorp
Åstorp vs nearby municipalities
Nearest municipalities (distance between municipal centre points) and municipalities in the same county with a similar share, plus county and national averages. Not all share a border with the municipality.
Åstorp
- Share 2025
- 38.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.5 pp
- Immigration page
Landskrona
- Share 2025
- 37.8 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Landskrona
Bjuv
- Share 2025
- 36.4 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Bjuv
Perstorp
- Share 2025
- 33.6 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +8.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Perstorp
Skåne län
- Share 2025
- 32.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.1 pp
- Immigration page
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Klippan
- Share 2025
- 24.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.9 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Klippan
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsingborg | 39.3 % | +9.0 pp | Immigration in Helsingborg |
| Åstorp | 38.7 % | +9.5 pp | |
| Landskrona | 37.8 % | +3.1 pp | Immigration in Landskrona |
| Bjuv | 36.4 % | +9.0 pp | Immigration in Bjuv |
| Perstorp | 33.6 % | +8.2 pp | Immigration in Perstorp |
| Skåne län | 32.2 % | +6.1 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Klippan | 24.3 % | +5.9 pp | Immigration in Klippan |
Foreign background, all ages/sexes. County and national shares: own ratios of SCB published geographic counts; change 2015–2025 in percentage points. CKM method break 2025; subgroup cells may not sum to the published total. SCB
Most common countries of birth in Åstorp
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Syrien617
- Rumänien492
- Polen389
- Jugoslavien340
- Irak262
- Danmark245
- Vietnam222
- Bosnien och Hercegovina172
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 74.48 %
- Seats
- 31
- Valid votes
- 9,177
- Blank votes
- 123
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.38 % | – | 2,788 | 10 | |
| 28.53 % | – | 2,618 | 9 | |
| 17.58 % | – | 1,613 | 5 | |
| 7.82 % | – | 718 | 2 | |
| 6.09 % | – | 559 | 2 | |
| 3.93 % | – | 361 | 1 | |
| 3.41 % | – | 313 | 1 | |
| 2.20 % | – | 202 | 1 | |
| Other parties (2) | 0.05 % | – | 5 | – |
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Full municipal election result →Results by voting district →
Earlier election results in Åstorp (2014–2022)
Everything about Åstorp
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Open Åstorp municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Åstorp has a foreign background?
In 2025, 38.7 % of the population in Åstorp had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 11.0 percentage points above the national average (27.7 %). "Foreign background" is the broader Statistics Sweden definition and includes both people born abroad and people born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. The share is a stock measure and does not show annual immigration (inflow).
›How many residents of Åstorp have a foreign background?
6,388 residents of Åstorp had a foreign background (2025). Source: Statistics Sweden, UtlSvBakgGrovCKM, published count. CKM-protected component cells need not sum exactly to the published total.
›How has the share with a foreign background in Åstorp changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 17.8 % (2002) to 38.7 % (2025), a change of +20.9 percentage points. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2.
›What is the difference between "foreign background" and "born abroad"?
Born abroad = a person born outside Sweden. Foreign background = born abroad, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Both measures are official; foreign background is at least as large for the same population and year.
›Where were the foreign-born residents of Åstorp born?
See the "Country/region of birth" section on this page. Foreign-born residents are people born outside Sweden, reported in three aggregated groups: the Nordic countries excluding Sweden, the rest of Europe, and outside Europe. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Sources and method
BE0101Q2Foreign/Swedish background — share by municipality (UtlSvBakgGrov)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗FodelselandArKCKM / FolkmRegFlandKCKM; history FodelselandArKPopulation by region, region/country of birth and sexReference period: 2000–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Open source ↗- Open source ↗
ME0104General elections — votes per party and municipality (Election Authority via SCB)
Each figure on this page is traceable to the dataset listed above. Missing data is left out — never shown as zero. Definitions, model and sources