Living in Ale

Ale is a city in Sweden. The unemployment rate was 8.8% at the end of 2024. For Ale, the foreign population was 1,781 at the end of 2025. Car density was 487.4 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Pricier rent than 76% of Swedish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 76% of Swedish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 78% of Swedish cities that publish it.

Which Sweden-wide rules apply when you move to Ale?

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 SwedenNational rates and thresholds that apply in Ale.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ale?

Average net cold rent is about 11.18 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 11.18 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Ale yet.

Net rent across major citiesAle highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.18 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €10.00	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 671 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 11.18 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Ale?

The unemployment rate is 8.8 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Ale is 8.8%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	16,832 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	92.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	85.2 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,380 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	8.8 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²Independent

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service

Swedish Public Employment Service

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.9	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	4	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ale 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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Physicians Per 10004Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Ale?

Police recorded 8,332 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 8,332 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesAle highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,332 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration Processing Time Days	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	32 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	GOT	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	31.3 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	75	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents — Civic Orientation

Swedish municipalities

For newly arrived residents with residence permits.

In Person, Onlinefree

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Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education — State Language Course

Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework

For persons over 16 eligible for SFI.

SwedishIn Person, Online

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

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 5.63 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual NO₂ was 6.37 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Ale?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.63 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwedenAnnual PM2.5 in Ale is 5.6 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	6.37 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	11.27 µg/m³country median 9.3	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.63 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	-0.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 2.5 · Mar 6 · Apr 11.9 · May 17.1 · Jun 20.2 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 21.6 · Sep 17.4 · Oct 11.5 · Nov 6.4 · Dec 3.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Alvhem¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.3 · Feb -3.6 · Mar -1.9 · Apr 1.4 · May 5.6 · Jun 9.2 · Jul 11.3 · Aug 11.1 · Sep 7.9 · Oct 4 · Nov 1 · Dec -2.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Alvhem¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.6 · Mar 2.1 · Apr 6.6 · May 11.2 · Jun 14.6 · Jul 16.8 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 12.5 · Oct 7.7 · Nov 3.7 · Dec 0.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Alvhem¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 86 · Feb 67.3 · Mar 56.6 · Apr 56.2 · May 59.7 · Jun 85.3 · Jul 83.1 · Aug 97.3 · Sep 89.8 · Oct 108.3 · Nov 89.3 · Dec 100.3 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Alvhem¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Sweden cities

Kävlinge32,477 residents Danderyd32,425 residents Falköping32,806 residents Upplands-Bro32,868 residents Ystad32,106 residents Karlshamn31,751 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 318.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 102.4 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Ale?

The published population was 32,576 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	318.5 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	487.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2025	Official vehicles-in-use table: Fordonsslag=10 is passenger cars, stock at the last month of 2025; divided by official SCB population at 31 December 2025.⁷Official
City area	318.5 km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	5.46 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	1,781 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	102.4 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Population Female	16,020 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population Male	16,020 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population	32,576 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Ale

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

Country of birth

Registered population by municipality and country of birth; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
All birth countries	32,576	100.0%
Sweden	26,478	81.3%
Iraq	535	1.6%
Finland	513	1.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	479	1.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	418	1.3%
Poland	395	1.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	315	1.0%
Yugoslavia	259	0.8%
other countries	249	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Thailand	166	0.5%
Afghanistan	154	0.5%
Norway	132	0.4%
India	129	0.4%
Lebanon	126	0.4%
Germany	108	0.3%
Romania	107	0.3%
Denmark	98	0.3%
Kosovo	98	0.3%
Croatia	95	0.3%
Hungary	82	0.3%
Philippines	77	0.2%
China	76	0.2%
United Kingdom	76	0.2%
Chile	70	0.2%
Albania	69	0.2%
Brazil	64	0.2%
Türkiye	56	0.2%
Eritrea	53	0.2%
Viet Nam	53	0.2%
Ukraine	50	0.2%
Russian Federation	45	0.1%
North Macedonia	42	0.1%
United States of America	39	0.1%
Greece	38	0.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied	36	0.1%
Somalia	36	0.1%
Italy	33	0.1%
Jordan	33	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	33	0.1%
Serbia	33	0.1%
Lithuania	32	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	32	0.1%
Pakistan	31	0.1%
Colombia	30	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	29	0.1%
Bulgaria	26	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	24	0.1%
France	22	0.1%
Iceland	22	0.1%
Spain	21	0.1%
Kuwait	21	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	20	0.1%
Yemen	20	0.1%
Ethiopia	19	0.1%
Latvia	19	0.1%
Austria	18	0.1%
Sri Lanka	18	0.1%
Tunisia	18	0.1%
Egypt	16	0.0%
Slovenia	16	0.0%
Uganda	16	0.0%
Australia	14	0.0%
Estonia	14	0.0%
Peru	14	0.0%
Ghana	13	0.0%
Nigeria	13	0.0%
Portugal	13	0.0%
Morocco	12	0.0%
Belarus	11	0.0%
Japan	11	0.0%
El Salvador	11	0.0%
Bolivia	10	0.0%
Mexico	10	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	32,576	100.0%
Swedish	30,731	94.3%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,108	3.4%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	737	2.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Is Ale 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 worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%

Student59%strong on education, weak on safety · range 52–66%

Family45%strong on family, weak on housing · range 38–52%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–64%

Foreign residents1,781 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population32,576 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)11.18 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment16,832 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate85.2 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,380 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-03

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	13,361 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	21.2	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Ale?

The published population was 32,576 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Ale?

Average net cold rent is about 11.18 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 783 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Ale?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features..

How safe is Ale?

Police recorded 8,332 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Ale?

The unemployment rate is 8.8 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Ale?

The median gross salary is 3,380 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Ale a good place to live?

Ale 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 born in United Arab Emirates live in Ale?

The official country of birth distribution records 0 people (0.0%) in the source-defined population for 2024. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Ale, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/ale/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ale, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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