Living in Hå

In Hå, unemployment is 1.3% (2026).

There were 3.8 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024. Car density was 470 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the end of 2025. The unemployment rate was 1.3% in June 2026. The foreign population count was 3,648 at the start of 2026. There were 380 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1916 sources

Population20,087people1 Jan 2026Official source · SSB table 11342: municipality population/area by region and year.

Median gross salary (region)4,487EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · data.ssb.no

Unemployment rate1.3%country median 1.7% — 24% belowOfficial source · NAV HL301 — fully unemployed by county and municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime3,500incidents per 100,000country median 4,460 — 22% belowOfficial source · data.ssb.no

Lower unemployment than 85% of Norwegian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 79% of Norwegian cities that publish it.

Which Norway-wide rules apply when you move to Hå?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in NorwayNational rates and thresholds that apply in Hå.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Hå. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€83

Mobile plan, 10 GB€28

Net rent across major citiesHå highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Trondheim€21.79

Bergen€20.40

Stavanger€19.55

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	83.29 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telenor fixed broadband¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	27.7 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	ice 18GB mobile plan³Official · national market
Dwellings	9,130 dwellings	31 Dec 2025	Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)⁹Official

Is Hå a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker66%strong on work, weak on housing · range 56–76%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on housing · range 60–80%

Student46%strong on education, weak on housing · range 35–57%

Family62%strong on family, weak on housing · range 52–72%

Retirement47%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 35–59%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hå?

The unemployment rate is 1.3 % (June 2026). Source: NAV HL301 — fully unemployed by county and municipality, June 2026⁶

Unemployment across cities in NorwayUnemployment in Hå is 1.3%. Of 177 cities with data, 60 have unemployment of 1.5 to under 2%.

0.5–11–1.51.5–22–2.52.5–33–3.5

Hå 1.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,487 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	data.ssb.no¹Official
Unemployment rate	1.3 %country median 1.7%	30 Jun 2026	NAV HL301 — fully unemployed by county and municipality, June 2026⁶Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hå. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

NAV employment service — Public employment service

Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Hå. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
International schools	4 schools	31 Dec 2025	Utdanningsdirektoratet¹⁶Independent · fylke observation

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: særskilt norskopplæring (adapted Norwegian language education). How to enrol a child (regjeringen.no).

A country-wide rule for Norway; Hå's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	3.8 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Helsedirektoratet¹²Independent · fylke observation
Physicians per 100,000 residents	380 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)¹⁵Independent · fylke observation

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hå when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Doctors per 1,000 residents3.8 per 1,000Verified 2026-06-12

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Hå?

Police recorded 3,500 incidents per 100,000 (2024-2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: data.ssb.no²

Recorded crime across major citiesHå highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Oslo8,790

Kristiansand8,170

Trondheim6,890

Drammen6,870

Stavanger6,540

Bergen6,410

Fredrikstad6,280

Lillestrøm5,790

Sandnes5,270

Bærum5,170

Asker4,500

Hå3,500

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,500 incidents per 100,000country median 4,460	31 Dec 2024	data.ssb.no²Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hå. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Approved providers for Norwegian and social studies training — State Language Course

Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir)

For adult immigrants needing Norwegian and social studies training.

Norwegian

Open official information

Norwegian municipal introduction programme — Integration course

Municipalities under the national IMDi framework

For adult refugees and other eligible immigrants.

NorwegianIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Hå.

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average January temperature	2.3 °C	28 Aug 2026	MET Norway (Meteorologisk institutt)⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 258 km² in 2026. Population density was 78 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Hå?

The published population was 20,087 people in 2026. Source: SSB table 11342: municipality population/area by region and year.⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport81.8%
Foreign residents18.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	258 km²	1 Jan 2026	Kartverket⁴Official · kommune observation
Cars per 1,000 residents	470 per 1,000	31 Dec 2025	Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)¹⁴Independent · fylke observation
City area	258 km²	1 Jan 2026	SSB 11342 ArealKm2⁸Official
Foreign residents	3,648 people	1 Jan 2026	SSB 09817 B-C / country background Total / Persons⁷Official
Population density	78 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	SSB 11342 ArealKm2⁸Official
Population	20,087 people	1 Jan 2026	SSB table 11342: municipality population/area by region and year.⁸Official

International community in Hå

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Ancestry or ethnicity

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents; official SSB table 09817; reference date 1 January 2026 · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Total	3,648	18.2%
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand	1,845	9.2%
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions	1,803	9.0%
Lithuania	613	3.0%
Ukraine	547	2.7%
Poland	533	2.6%
Iraq	177	0.9%
Germany	160	0.8%
Thailand	122	0.6%
Romania	114	0.6%
Syria	112	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Philippines	101	0.5%
Eritrea	89	0.4%
Afghanistan	85	0.4%
Latvia	64	0.3%
Denmark	52	0.3%
Slovakia	52	0.3%
Ethiopia	51	0.3%
Croatia	46	0.2%
Russia	43	0.2%
Somalia	40	0.2%
United Kingdom	36	0.2%
Congo	32	0.2%
Palestine	31	0.1%
Sweden	28	0.1%
Bulgaria	28	0.1%
Iceland	27	0.1%
Brazil	27	0.1%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	23	0.1%
Sudan	21	0.1%
Türkiye	18	0.1%
Kosovo	18	0.1%
Kenya	18	0.1%
Lebanon	18	0.1%
Iran	17	0.1%
United States	17	0.1%
Pakistan	15	0.1%
Belarus	13	0.1%
Spain	13	0.1%
Hungary	12	0.1%
Serbia	12	0.1%
Uganda	12	0.1%
Netherlands	11	0.1%
Morocco	10	0.1%
China	9	0.0%
Ireland	7	0.0%
Portugal	6	0.0%
Moldova	6	0.0%
Rwanda	6	0.0%
India	6	0.0%
Kazakhstan	6	0.0%
Vietnam	6	0.0%
Venezuela	6	0.0%
Estonia	5	0.0%
North Macedonia	5	0.0%
Georgia	5	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	5	0.0%
Chile	5	0.0%
Colombia	5	0.0%
Greece	4	0.0%
Indonesia	4	0.0%
Yemen	4	0.0%
Peru	4	0.0%
Faroe Islands	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Burundi	3	0.0%
Cape Verde	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
South Sudan	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Tanzania	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Hong Kong	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Laos	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Bolivia	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Ancestry or ethnicity

Norwegian-born to immigrant parents; official SSB table 09817; reference date 1 January 2026 · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Total	580	2.9%
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions	299	1.5%
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand	281	1.4%
Lithuania	121	0.6%
Poland	84	0.4%
Iraq	84	0.4%
Eritrea	25	0.1%
Romania	23	0.1%
Syria	23	0.1%
Somalia	21	0.1%
Afghanistan	21	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	20	0.1%
Ethiopia	18	0.1%
Latvia	11	0.1%
Palestine	11	0.1%
Kosovo	9	0.0%
Thailand	9	0.0%
Ukraine	8	0.0%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	7	0.0%
Lebanon	7	0.0%
Congo	6	0.0%
Pakistan	6	0.0%
Morocco	5	0.0%
Croatia	4	0.0%
Hungary	4	0.0%
Slovakia	4	0.0%
Philippines	4	0.0%
Iceland	3	0.0%
Bulgaria	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Moldova	3	0.0%
Russia	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Burundi	3	0.0%
Cape Verde	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Iran	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Ancestry or ethnicity

Immigrants; official SSB table 09817; reference date 1 January 2026 · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Total	3,068	15.3%
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand	1,564	7.8%
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions	1,504	7.5%
Ukraine	539	2.7%
Lithuania	492	2.5%
Poland	449	2.2%
Germany	140	0.7%
Thailand	113	0.6%
Philippines	97	0.5%
Iraq	93	0.5%
Romania	91	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Syria	89	0.4%
Eritrea	64	0.3%
Afghanistan	64	0.3%
Latvia	53	0.3%
Denmark	52	0.3%
Slovakia	48	0.2%
Croatia	42	0.2%
Russia	41	0.2%
United Kingdom	35	0.2%
Ethiopia	33	0.2%
Sweden	28	0.1%
Bulgaria	27	0.1%
Brazil	27	0.1%
Congo	26	0.1%
Iceland	25	0.1%
Palestine	20	0.1%
Somalia	19	0.1%
Sudan	18	0.1%
Kenya	17	0.1%
Türkiye	16	0.1%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	16	0.1%
United States	16	0.1%
Iran	14	0.1%
Spain	12	0.1%
Uganda	12	0.1%
Lebanon	11	0.1%
Belarus	10	0.1%
Serbia	10	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.0%
Kosovo	9	0.0%
Pakistan	9	0.0%
Hungary	8	0.0%
China	7	0.0%
Portugal	6	0.0%
Rwanda	6	0.0%
India	6	0.0%
Kazakhstan	6	0.0%
Estonia	5	0.0%
Ireland	5	0.0%
Moldova	5	0.0%
North Macedonia	5	0.0%
Morocco	5	0.0%
Vietnam	5	0.0%
Chile	5	0.0%
Venezuela	5	0.0%
Greece	4	0.0%
Georgia	4	0.0%
Indonesia	4	0.0%
Colombia	4	0.0%
Peru	4	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Czech Republic	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
South Sudan	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Tanzania	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Hong Kong	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Laos	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Bolivia	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Registered cars	11,095 vehicles	31 Dec 2025	Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)¹⁴Official
Universities	1 institutions	31 Dec 2025	HK-dir (DBH)¹³Independent · fylke observation

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Hå in rankings

#1 of 20 in Regions and station proxies with the mildest published January temperature #5 of 30 in Safest cities in Norway by recorded crime #9 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Norway

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Hå?

The published population was 20,087 people in 2026. Source: SSB table 11342: municipality population/area by region and year..

How safe is Hå?

Police recorded 3,500 incidents per 100,000 (2024-2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: data.ssb.no.

What is the unemployment rate in Hå?

The unemployment rate is 1.3 % (June 2026). Source: NAV HL301 — fully unemployed by county and municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Hå?

The median gross salary is 4,487 EUR/month. Source: data.ssb.no.

How many foreign residents live in Hå?

3,648 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: SSB 09817 B-C / country background Total / Persons.

Is Hå a good place to live?

Hå may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people are in the Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand ancestry or ethnicity group in Hå?

The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 1,845 people (9.2%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a ancestry or ethnicity measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Hå, Norway: population, salary, cost of living, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/no/ha/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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MET Norway (Meteorologisk institutt) frost.met.no · checked 2026-06-12
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SSB table 11342: municipality population/area by region and year. data.ssb.no · checked 2026-07-14
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