Living in Eslöv

For Eslöv, the foreign population count was 2,780 at the end of 2025. Car density was 505.4 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Pricier rent than 70% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 73% of Swedish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 85% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Eslöv.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Eslöv?

Average net cold rent is about 10.95 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): 10.95 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

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

Net rent across major citiesEslöv highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.95 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 657 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.95 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

The unemployment rate was 12.7% at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Eslöv?

The unemployment rate is 12.7 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Eslöv is 12.7%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	17,070 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	92	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	80.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,407 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	12.7 %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 Eslöv. 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 Eslöv. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.8	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.8	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Eslöv 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 10003.8Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Eslöv?

Police recorded 10,393 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: 10,393 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesEslöv highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	10,393 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	13 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	MMX	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	33.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	67	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Eslöv. 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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Open the full Sweden section

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

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 6.22 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual NO₂ was 5.03 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Eslöv?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.2 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: 6.22 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

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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 Eslöv is 6.2 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	5.03 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	11.18 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	6.22 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 2.8 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 12.3 · May 17.1 · Jun 20 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 22.2 · Sep 17.8 · Oct 12.1 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lund LTH²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.9 · Feb -1 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 3.6 · May 7.7 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13.9 · Aug 14 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lund LTH²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.8 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 3 · Apr 7.5 · May 12.1 · Jun 15.6 · Jul 18.1 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 5.1 · Dec 2.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lund LTH²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 54.5 · Feb 42.7 · Mar 39.7 · Apr 33.9 · May 43.1 · Jun 62.9 · Jul 62.3 · Aug 79.3 · Sep 60.5 · Oct 68.1 · Nov 61.3 · Dec 67.8 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lund¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 46.7 · Feb 63.5 · Mar 135.1 · Apr 204.5 · May 252.6 · Jun 243.4 · Jul 246.9 · Aug 219 · Sep 160.4 · Oct 99.9 · Nov 47.3 · Dec 32.3 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lund Sol²¹Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 27.3% between 2013 and 2024, from 11.0 to 8.0.

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

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

All Sweden cities

Vallentuna35,119 residents Mark35,155 residents Värnamo34,542 residents Katrineholm34,154 residents Västervik36,447 residents Upplands-Bro32,868 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 420.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 83.5 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Eslöv?

The published population was 34,922 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	420.5 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	505.4 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	420.5 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	7.91 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	2,780 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	83.5 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	17,343 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population Male	17,343 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population	34,922 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Eslöv

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	34,922	100.0%
Sweden	27,386	78.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	688	2.0%
Poland	648	1.9%
Yugoslavia	615	1.8%
Afghanistan	410	1.2%
Iraq	364	1.0%
Denmark	355	1.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	309	0.9%
North Macedonia	284	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
other countries	272	0.8%
Kosovo	214	0.6%
Thailand	191	0.5%
Germany	183	0.5%
Lebanon	164	0.5%
Somalia	152	0.4%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	149	0.4%
Romania	147	0.4%
Finland	146	0.4%
Ukraine	132	0.4%
Türkiye	108	0.3%
United Kingdom	107	0.3%
Serbia	88	0.3%
Pakistan	84	0.2%
Philippines	76	0.2%
China	73	0.2%
India	70	0.2%
United States of America	70	0.2%
Viet Nam	70	0.2%
Hungary	69	0.2%
Eritrea	59	0.2%
Chile	55	0.2%
Norway	51	0.1%
Ethiopia	49	0.1%
Lithuania	49	0.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied	48	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	46	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	45	0.1%
Russian Federation	45	0.1%
Croatia	43	0.1%
Italy	39	0.1%
France	34	0.1%
Latvia	34	0.1%
Albania	30	0.1%
Bangladesh	30	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	29	0.1%
Iceland	28	0.1%
Kuwait	27	0.1%
Spain	26	0.1%
Sri Lanka	26	0.1%
Bulgaria	24	0.1%
Brazil	24	0.1%
Uganda	24	0.1%
Canada	23	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	23	0.1%
Jordan	22	0.1%
Austria	21	0.1%
Morocco	21	0.1%
Switzerland	19	0.1%
Sudan	19	0.1%
Greece	18	0.1%
El Salvador	18	0.1%
Egypt	17	0.0%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	17	0.0%
Nigeria	17	0.0%
Colombia	16	0.0%
Kenya	16	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	16	0.0%
Israel	15	0.0%
Algeria	13	0.0%
Peru	13	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	12	0.0%
Australia	12	0.0%
Belgium	12	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	12	0.0%
Slovakia	12	0.0%
Ghana	11	0.0%
Montenegro	11	0.0%
Estonia	10	0.0%
Taiwan	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	7	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	34,922	100.0%
Swedish	32,138	92.0%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,666	4.8%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	1,118	3.2%

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

Is Eslöv 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Student52%strong on education, weak on safety · range 45–59%

Family38%strong on family, weak on housing · range 31–45%

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

Foreign residents2,780 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population34,922 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)10.95 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment17,070 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate80.1 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,407 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	15,349 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	20.95	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 Eslöv?

The published population was 34,922 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Eslöv?

Average net cold rent is about 10.95 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 766 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Eslöv?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.2 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 Eslöv?

Police recorded 10,393 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 Eslöv?

The unemployment rate is 12.7 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Eslöv?

The median gross salary is 3,407 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Eslöv a good place to live?

Eslöv 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 Eslöv?

The official country of birth distribution records 12 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Eslöv, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
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  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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