Halmstad
- Share 2025
- 27.9 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Halmstad
In depth · Varberg
Immigration and foreign background in Varberg
In brief
Share of residents with a foreign background in Varberg Municipality is 15.2%, well below the national level (just over half the national level) (27.7%, 2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Varberg Municipality ranks 5 of 6 in Halland County for share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Varberg: 10,544 residents (15.2%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 69,460 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 8,172 residents were born abroad (11.8%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference −12.5 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
Varberg in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 15.2 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +6.2 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −12.5 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 200 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 Varberg with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 9.0 %; 2003: 9.1 %; 2004: 9.3 %; 2005: 9.4 %; 2006: 9.6 %; 2007: 9.9 %; 2008: 10.1 %; 2009: 10.5 %; 2010: 10.8 %; 2011: 10.9 %; 2012: 11.2 %; 2013: 11.5 %; 2014: 11.8 %; 2015: 12.2 %; 2016: 12.7 %; 2017: 13.3 %; 2018: 13.7 %; 2019: 14.2 %; 2020: 14.4 %; 2021: 14.7 %; 2022: 14.9 %; 2023: 14.9 %; 2024: 15.1 %; 2025: 15.2 %
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
- Varberg
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Select the same period, geography and unit as above.
- 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
8,165 people
11.8% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden88.2 %(60,905)
Nordics excluding Sweden1.3 %(921)
Other Europe4.6 %(3,194)
Outside Europe5.9 %(4,050)
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)
- 16.1 %
- Received, 5 years
- 513
- 7.4 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −110 kr
- Range −79 kr → −140 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 Varberg with other municipalities →Compare Varberg with other municipalities
Varberg is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Varberg15.2 %
Varberg — 2002: 9.0 %; 2003: 9.1 %; 2004: 9.3 %; 2005: 9.4 %; 2006: 9.6 %; 2007: 9.9 %; 2008: 10.1 %; 2009: 10.5 %; 2010: 10.8 %; 2011: 10.9 %; 2012: 11.2 %; 2013: 11.5 %; 2014: 11.8 %; 2015: 12.2 %; 2016: 12.7 %; 2017: 13.3 %; 2018: 13.7 %; 2019: 14.2 %; 2020: 14.4 %; 2021: 14.7 %; 2022: 14.9 %; 2023: 14.9 %; 2024: 15.1 %; 2025: 15.2 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Varberg
Varberg vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Falkenberg
- Share 2025
- 20.1 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.7 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Falkenberg
Hallands län
- Share 2025
- 19.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.1 pp
- Immigration page
Laholm
- Share 2025
- 19.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Laholm
Mark
- Share 2025
- 18.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.6 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Mark
Varberg
- Share 2025
- 15.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.0 pp
- Immigration page
Kungsbacka
- Share 2025
- 12.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Kungsbacka
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halmstad | 27.9 % | +6.2 pp | Immigration in Halmstad |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Falkenberg | 20.1 % | +3.7 pp | Immigration in Falkenberg |
| Hallands län | 19.7 % | +4.1 pp | |
| Laholm | 19.0 % | +4.1 pp | Immigration in Laholm |
| Mark | 18.0 % | +3.6 pp | Immigration in Mark |
| Varberg | 15.2 % | +3.0 pp | |
| Kungsbacka | 12.0 % | +3.0 pp | Immigration in Kungsbacka |
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
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 86.54 %
- Seats
- 61
- Valid votes
- 47,430
- Blank votes
- 622
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.15 % | – | 13,826 | 18 | |
| 22.29 % | – | 10,570 | 13 | |
| 14.27 % | – | 6,770 | 9 | |
| 9.17 % | – | 4,347 | 6 | |
| 5.21 % | – | 2,471 | 3 | |
| 4.74 % | – | 2,247 | 3 | |
| 4.59 % | – | 2,177 | 3 | |
| 3.52 % | – | 1,671 | 2 | |
| 3.35 % | – | 1,588 | 2 | |
| 3.31 % | – | 1,570 | 2 | |
| Other parties (12) | 0.41 % | – | 193 | – |
Results by constituency (2)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Varbergs norra valkrets86.27 % turnout · 30 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.55 % | – | 6,555 | 9 | |
| 21.33 % | – | 4,897 | 6 | |
| 15.89 % | – | 3,649 | 5 | |
| 9.09 % | – | 2,086 | 3 | |
| 5.32 % | – | 1,222 | 2 | |
| 5.00 % | – | 1,147 | 1 | |
| 4.51 % | – | 1,035 | 1 | |
| 3.45 % | – | 791 | 1 | |
| 3.30 % | – | 758 | 1 | |
| 3.07 % | – | 706 | 1 | |
| Other parties (11) | 0.50 % | – | 114 | – |
Varbergs södra valkrets86.80 % turnout · 31 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.71 % | – | 7,271 | 9 | |
| 23.18 % | – | 5,673 | 7 | |
| 12.75 % | – | 3,121 | 4 | |
| 9.24 % | – | 2,261 | 3 | |
| 5.41 % | – | 1,324 | 2 | |
| 4.67 % | – | 1,142 | 2 | |
| 4.19 % | – | 1,025 | 1 | |
| 3.60 % | – | 880 | 1 | |
| 3.53 % | – | 864 | 1 | |
| 3.39 % | – | 830 | 1 | |
| Other parties (8) | 0.32 % | – | 79 | – |
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 Varberg (2014–2022)
Everything about Varberg
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Open Varberg municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Varberg has a foreign background?
In 2025, 15.2 % of the population in Varberg had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 12.5 percentage points below 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 Varberg have a foreign background?
10,544 residents of Varberg 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 Varberg changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 9.0 % (2002) to 15.2 % (2025), a change of +6.2 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 Varberg 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