Living in Gislaved

Gislaved is a city in Sweden. The unemployment rate was 11.4% at the end of 2024. For Gislaved, the foreign population count was 2,428 at the end of 2025.

Cheaper rent than 71% of Swedish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 66% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Gislaved.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Gislaved?

Average net cold rent is about 9.3 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): 9.3 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

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

Net rent across major citiesGislaved highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.3 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 558 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.3 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 Gislaved?

The unemployment rate is 11.4 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹³

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Gislaved is 11.4%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	14,709 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	91	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	82.9 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,362 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	11.4 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹³Independent

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.7	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gislaved 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 10003.5Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Gislaved?

Police recorded 10,063 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: 10,063 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesGislaved highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	10,063 offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — about the same	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	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	JKG	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	59.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	50	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1.4°C in January and 16.4°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 5.62 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual NO₂ was 2.53 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Gislaved?

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: 5.62 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 Gislaved 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	2.53 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	8.71 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	5.62 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	-2.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.1 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 4.2 · Apr 10.3 · May 15.4 · Jun 18.7 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 19.8 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 9.3 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hestra D²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.2 · Feb -3.3 · Mar -2.1 · Apr 1 · May 5 · Jun 8.8 · Jul 11.5 · Aug 11 · Sep 7.7 · Oct 4 · Nov 1 · Dec -1.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hestra D²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.44 · Feb -1.34 · Mar 1.04 · Apr 5.89 · May 10.7 · Jun 13.97 · Jul 16.37 · Aug 15.39 · Sep 11.48 · Oct 6.72 · Nov 2.82 · Dec -0.111 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Gislaved, 1991-2020¹¹Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 66.6 · Feb 56.2 · Mar 46.6 · Apr 44.8 · May 55.4 · Jun 88.2 · Jul 89.3 · Aug 100.5 · Sep 78 · Oct 85.1 · Nov 75.8 · Dec 78.1 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hestra D²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

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

All Sweden cities

Ekerö28,910 residents Ronneby28,741 residents Mjölby28,695 residents Höganäs28,430 residents Ljungby28,280 residents Boden28,049 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 1,141.9 km² in 2026. Population density was 25.1 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Gislaved?

The published population was 28,936 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	1,142 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	579.4 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	1,142 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	8.48 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Foreign residents	2,428 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	25.1 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	13,851 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
Population Male	13,851 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
Population	28,936 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Gislaved

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	28,936	100.0%
Sweden	21,524	74.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	1,336	4.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	816	2.8%
Finland	481	1.7%
Yugoslavia	439	1.5%
Poland	321	1.1%
Somalia	295	1.0%
Viet Nam	263	0.9%
Romania	251	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
other countries	232	0.8%
Croatia	196	0.7%
Germany	185	0.6%
Afghanistan	181	0.6%
Kosovo	169	0.6%
Chile	163	0.6%
Denmark	147	0.5%
Eritrea	128	0.4%
North Macedonia	127	0.4%
Thailand	109	0.4%
Serbia	93	0.3%
Norway	81	0.3%
Greece	79	0.3%
Iraq	79	0.3%
Ukraine	73	0.3%
Yemen	70	0.2%
United Kingdom	62	0.2%
Lithuania	57	0.2%
Serbia and Montenegro	49	0.2%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	49	0.2%
Philippines	47	0.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	45	0.2%
Kuwait	44	0.2%
Saudi Arabia	42	0.1%
Colombia	40	0.1%
Lebanon	40	0.1%
Hungary	33	0.1%
United States of America	33	0.1%
Spain	32	0.1%
Iceland	31	0.1%
Türkiye	31	0.1%
Ethiopia	30	0.1%
Sudan	29	0.1%
Latvia	28	0.1%
India	25	0.1%
China	22	0.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied	22	0.1%
Russian Federation	21	0.1%
Kenya	20	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	20	0.1%
Estonia	18	0.1%
Albania	17	0.1%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	17	0.1%
Nigeria	17	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	16	0.1%
Italy	16	0.1%
Bulgaria	15	0.1%
France	15	0.1%
Jordan	15	0.1%
Sri Lanka	15	0.1%
Morocco	15	0.1%
Austria	13	0.0%
Brazil	13	0.0%
Korea, Republic of Korea	12	0.0%
Montenegro	11	0.0%
Burundi	10	0.0%
Pakistan	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	1	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	28,936	100.0%
Swedish	26,505	91.6%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,471	5.1%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	960	3.3%

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

Is Gislaved 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 employee57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%

Student50%strong on education, weak on safety · range 43–57%

Family37%strong on family, weak on cost · range 30–44%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–62%

Foreign residents2,428 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population28,936 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)9.3 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment14,709 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate82.9 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,362 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	12,878 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	20.9	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 Gislaved?

The published population was 28,936 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Gislaved?

Average net cold rent is about 9.3 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 651 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Gislaved?

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 Gislaved?

Police recorded 10,063 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 Gislaved?

The unemployment rate is 11.4 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Gislaved?

The median gross salary is 3,362 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Gislaved a good place to live?

Gislaved 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 Gislaved?

The official country of birth distribution records 16 people (0.1%) 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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  title = {Gislaved, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
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}

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Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features. natmodluft.smhi.se · checked 2026-07-15
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. api.scb.se · checked 2025-12-31
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
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Statistics Sweden (SCB) country_of_birth distribution api.scb.se · checked 2026-08-28
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hestra D WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31

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