Living in Arboga

The unemployment rate was 13% at the end of 2024.

Cheaper rent than 78% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 76% of Swedish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 84% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Arboga.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Arboga?

Average net cold rent is about 9.07 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): 9.07 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

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

Net rent across major citiesArboga highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.07 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 544 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.07 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 Arboga?

The unemployment rate is 13 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Arboga is 13.0%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	6,428 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	90.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	80 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,244 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	13 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁴Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Arboga. 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 Arboga. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.6	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.4	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Arboga 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 10003.4Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Arboga?

Police recorded 10,205 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: 10,205 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesArboga highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	10,205 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Car density was 547.2 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration Processing Time Days	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	ORB	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	49.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	45	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Arboga. 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 Arboga.

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −2.2°C in January and 17.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 40.1 mm in January and 75.1 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 3.97 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Arboga?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4 µg/m³ (2023) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.97 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 Arboga is 4.0 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	2.59 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	6.92 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	3.97 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	-3	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.1 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 11 · May 16.8 · Jun 20.6 · Jul 23 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Fellingsbro-Finn�ker²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.8 · Feb -6 · Mar -3.4 · Apr 0.3 · May 4.9 · Jun 9.2 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 10.8 · Sep 7.1 · Oct 2.9 · Nov -0.6 · Dec -4.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Fellingsbro-Finn�ker²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.22 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 0.85 · Apr 5.82 · May 11.09 · Jun 15.07 · Jul 17.53 · Aug 16.25 · Sep 11.66 · Oct 6.31 · Nov 2.2 · Dec -0.913 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Arboga, 1991-2020¹²Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 40.07 · Feb 33.31 · Mar 28.74 · Apr 35.84 · May 47.58 · Jun 66.02 · Jul 75.14 · Aug 70.56 · Sep 54.2 · Oct 58.97 · Nov 53.71 · Dec 49.94 mm	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly precipitation — Arboga, 1991-2020¹¹Official

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

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

All Sweden cities

Östra Göinge13,978 residents Lysekil13,907 residents Hultsfred13,673 residents Tomelilla13,639 residents Heby14,345 residents Lilla Edet14,442 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 326.7 km² in 2026. Population density was 42.6 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Arboga?

The published population was 13,980 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	326.7 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	547.2 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	326.7 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	4.6 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Foreign residents	641 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	42.6 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	6,847 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Population Male	6,847 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Population	13,980 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Arboga

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	13,980	100.0%
Sweden	11,899	85.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	318	2.3%
Finland	258	1.8%
other countries	197	1.4%
Iraq	143	1.0%
Eritrea	135	1.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	75	0.5%
Thailand	75	0.5%
El Salvador	73	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	50	0.4%
Ukraine	50	0.4%
Norway	49	0.4%
Poland	46	0.3%
Chile	40	0.3%
Lithuania	33	0.2%
Somalia	33	0.2%
Afghanistan	32	0.2%
Russian Federation	29	0.2%
Türkiye	29	0.2%
Yugoslavia	29	0.2%
United Kingdom	26	0.2%
Pakistan	25	0.2%
Serbia	25	0.2%
Latvia	24	0.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	23	0.2%
Denmark	21	0.2%
Hungary	19	0.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied	19	0.1%
Croatia	18	0.1%
India	18	0.1%
Philippines	17	0.1%
Spain	15	0.1%
United States of America	15	0.1%
Colombia	14	0.1%
Estonia	14	0.1%
Kosovo	14	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	13	0.1%
Ethiopia	12	0.1%
Israel	12	0.1%
China	11	0.1%
Greece	11	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	10	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	10	0.1%
unknown country of birth	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	13,980	100.0%
Swedish	13,313	95.2%
European citizenship except Swedish	363	2.6%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	304	2.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

Is Arboga 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%

Student45%strong on education, weak on safety · range 38–52%

Family33%strong on family, weak on cost · range 26–40%

Retirement52%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 43–61%

Foreign residents641 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population13,980 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)9.07 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment6,428 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate80 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,244 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	6,923 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
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 Arboga?

The published population was 13,980 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Arboga?

Average net cold rent is about 9.07 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 635 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Arboga?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4 µg/m³ (2023) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features..

How safe is Arboga?

Police recorded 10,205 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 Arboga?

The unemployment rate is 13 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Arboga?

The median gross salary is 3,244 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Arboga a good place to live?

Arboga 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 Arboga?

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

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

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