Örebro
- Share 2025
- 28.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.4 pp
- Immigration page
In depth · Örebro
Immigration and foreign background in Örebro
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Örebro: 45,318 residents (28.2%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 160,687 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 31,976 residents were born abroad (19.9%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference +0.5 percentage points (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
Örebro in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 28.2 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +12.2 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: +0.5 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 46 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 Örebro with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 16.0 %; 2003: 16.4 %; 2004: 16.7 %; 2005: 17.1 %; 2006: 17.8 %; 2007: 18.4 %; 2008: 19.1 %; 2009: 19.8 %; 2010: 20.4 %; 2011: 20.7 %; 2012: 21.3 %; 2013: 21.8 %; 2014: 22.3 %; 2015: 22.8 %; 2016: 23.6 %; 2017: 24.5 %; 2018: 25.3 %; 2019: 26.2 %; 2020: 26.6 %; 2021: 27.0 %; 2022: 27.4 %; 2023: 27.8 %; 2024: 28.1 %; 2025: 28.2 %
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
- Örebro
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth
Residents by region of birth. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
31,888 people
19.9% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden80.1 %(128,252)
Nordics excluding Sweden1.3 %(2,125)
Other Europe4.9 %(7,787)
Outside Europe13.7 %(21,976)
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)
- 26.1 %
- Received, 5 years
- 992
- 6.2 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- 3
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −92 kr
- Range −66 kr → −116 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
Areas per the Swedish Police 2025
- VivallaParticularly vulnerable area
- OxhagenVulnerable area
- VarbergaVulnerable area
Swedish Police Authority · Situational report on vulnerable areas 2025.
Compare Örebro with other municipalities
Örebro is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Örebro28.2 %
Örebro — 2002: 16.0 %; 2003: 16.4 %; 2004: 16.7 %; 2005: 17.1 %; 2006: 17.8 %; 2007: 18.4 %; 2008: 19.1 %; 2009: 19.8 %; 2010: 20.4 %; 2011: 20.7 %; 2012: 21.3 %; 2013: 21.8 %; 2014: 22.3 %; 2015: 22.8 %; 2016: 23.6 %; 2017: 24.5 %; 2018: 25.3 %; 2019: 26.2 %; 2020: 26.6 %; 2021: 27.0 %; 2022: 27.4 %; 2023: 27.8 %; 2024: 28.1 %; 2025: 28.2 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Örebro
Örebro vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Örebro län
- Share 2025
- 24.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.5 pp
- Immigration page
Hällefors
- Share 2025
- 23.8 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +1.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Hällefors
Laxå
- Share 2025
- 22.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Laxå
Hallsberg
- Share 2025
- 21.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.6 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Hallsberg
Kumla
- Share 2025
- 19.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Kumla
Arboga
- Share 2025
- 19.5 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.4 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Arboga
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Örebro | 28.2 % | +5.4 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Örebro län | 24.0 % | +4.5 pp | |
| Hällefors | 23.8 % | +1.0 pp | Immigration in Hällefors |
| Laxå | 22.3 % | +3.1 pp | Immigration in Laxå |
| Hallsberg | 21.7 % | +6.6 pp | Immigration in Hallsberg |
| Kumla | 19.7 % | +5.0 pp | Immigration in Kumla |
| Arboga | 19.5 % | +2.4 pp | Immigration in Arboga |
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 Örebro
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Syrien3 891
- Irak3 116
- Somalia2 210
- Bosnien och Hercegovina1 500
- Afghanistan1 407
- Turkiet1 323
- Finland1 316
- Iran1 259
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 85.54 %
- Seats
- 65
- Valid votes
- 107,480
- Blank votes
- 1,217
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.42 % | – | 32,691 | 19 | |
| 17.04 % | – | 18,318 | 11 | |
| 14.82 % | – | 15,928 | 10 | |
| 10.27 % | – | 11,042 | 7 | |
| 6.14 % | – | 6,595 | 4 | |
| 5.74 % | – | 6,166 | 4 | |
| 5.68 % | – | 6,102 | 4 | |
| 5.05 % | – | 5,429 | 3 | |
| 4.45 % | – | 4,787 | 3 | |
| Other parties (13) | 0.39 % | – | 422 | – |
Results by constituency (2)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Örebro Norra83.62 % turnout · 31 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.31 % | – | 16,726 | 10 | |
| 17.05 % | – | 8,825 | 5 | |
| 12.67 % | – | 6,559 | 4 | |
| 11.50 % | – | 5,955 | 4 | |
| 6.08 % | – | 3,147 | 2 | |
| 5.77 % | – | 2,989 | 2 | |
| 5.40 % | – | 2,794 | 2 | |
| 4.43 % | – | 2,292 | 1 | |
| 4.36 % | – | 2,255 | 1 | |
| Other parties (11) | 0.43 % | – | 225 | – |
Örebro Södra87.39 % turnout · 34 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.66 % | – | 15,965 | 9 | |
| 17.90 % | – | 9,973 | 6 | |
| 17.04 % | – | 9,493 | 6 | |
| 8.05 % | – | 4,483 | 3 | |
| 6.19 % | – | 3,448 | 2 | |
| 6.05 % | – | 3,372 | 2 | |
| 5.63 % | – | 3,137 | 2 | |
| 5.59 % | – | 3,113 | 2 | |
| 4.54 % | – | 2,532 | 2 | |
| Other parties (11) | 0.35 % | – | 197 | – |
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 Örebro (2014–2022)
Everything about Örebro
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Open Örebro municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Örebro has a foreign background?
In 2025, 28.2 % of the population in Örebro had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 0.5 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 Örebro have a foreign background?
45,318 residents of Örebro 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 Örebro changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 16.0 % (2002) to 28.2 % (2025), a change of +12.2 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 Örebro 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