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Living in Hammarö

In Hammarö, rents across existing tenancies average €10.67 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 7.5% (2024).

In 2023, annual NO₂ was 2.39 µg/m³. The city covered 60.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 281.8 people per km² in 2025. Car density was 521 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1931 sources

Population16,992people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.
Median gross salary (region)3,253EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se
Average net rent10.67EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 9% aboveOfficial source · api.scb.se
Unemployment rate7.5%country median 10.6% — 29% belowIndependent source · SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024
Recorded crime4,740offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — 53% belowOfficial source · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025
PM2.5, annual mean4.03µg/m³country median 5.1 — 21% belowOfficial source · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.

Pricier rent than 67% of Swedish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 92% of Swedish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other Swedish city that publishes it.

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

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

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Hammarö?

Average net cold rent is about 10.67 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): 10.67 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se1
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Hammarö recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesHammarö highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Hammarö highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35
Malmö€13.04
Helsingborg€12.09
Hammarö€10.67
Örebro€7.00
Jönköping€6.88
Show the other 6 cities
Västerås€11.91
Gothenburg€11.83
Norrköping€11.42
Uppsala€7.85
Umeå€7.45
Linköping€7.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited39.96 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia 100 Mbps broadband21Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB22.16 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Tele2 mobile plan20Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.67 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.8331 Dec 2025api.scb.se1Official

Is Hammarö 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 worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%
Skilled employee50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–58%
Student39%strong on cost, weak on work · range 32–46%
Family32%strong on family, weak on cost · range 25–39%
Retirement51%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 640 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.67 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 7.5% at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Hammarö?

The unemployment rate is 7.5 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202413

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Hammarö is 7.5%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
People in employment8,389 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)12Official
Fibre coverage8927 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official
Employment rate87.8 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)13Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,253 EUR/month31 Dec 2025api.scb.se2Official
Unemployment rate7.5 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202413Independent

What does a salary buy in Hammarö?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,253 (api.scb.se, 2025-12-31).
Left over each month€1,884of €2,586 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€2,586
Rent, 60 m²€10.67/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31− €640
Internet€40 · official · Telia 100 Mbps broadband · 2026-09-30− €40
Mobile plan€22 · official · Tele2 mobile plan · 2026-09-30− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€1,884
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Hammarö Salary needed to live in Hammarö

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hammarö. 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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average school rating (composite score)3.527 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: förberedelseklass (reception class) + språkförskola (special language preschool). How to enrol a child (skolverket.se).

A country-wide rule for Sweden; Hammarö's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 1,000 residents3.327 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hammarö 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 1,000 residents3.3Verified 2026-08-27
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Hammarö?

Police recorded 4,740 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: 4,740 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 20253
Recorded crime across major citiesHammarö highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Hammarö highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159
Malmö16,183
Helsingborg15,583
Västerås14,153
Örebro13,915
Gothenburg13,878
Norrköping12,832
Uppsala11,137
Linköping10,322
Jönköping9,782
Umeå9,210
Hammarö4,740
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,740 offences per 100,000country median 9,98631 Dec 2025Brå — reported offences by municipality, 20253Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Immigration application processing time9027 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official
Destinations from nearest airport2 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat9Official
Nearest airportKSD13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv10Official
Distance to nearest airport13.5 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv10Official
Public transport score4027 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

Language courses and integration

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

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 4.03 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual PM10 was 6.5 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Hammarö?

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: 4.03 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7
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 Hammarö 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)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean2.39 µg/m³country median 4.02023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7Official
PM10 — annual mean6.52 µg/m³country median 9.32023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7Official
PM2.5 — annual mean4.03 µg/m³country median 5.12023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7Official
Average January temperature-3.528 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 0.2 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 10.6 · May 16.1 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 22.1 · Aug 20.7 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 1.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Karlstad Flygplats23Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -5.3 · Feb -5.6 · Mar -3.2 · Apr 0.3 · May 4.9 · Jun 9.1 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 11 · Sep 7.3 · Oct 3.1 · Nov -0.3 · Dec -4.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Karlstad Flygplats23Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -2 · Feb -2 · Mar 0.9 · Apr 5.8 · May 11.1 · Jun 15.1 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 12.2 · Oct 6.9 · Nov 2.9 · Dec -0.7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Karlstad Aut22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 46.9 · Feb 36.5 · Mar 31.5 · Apr 39.1 · May 53.4 · Jun 61.3 · Jul 67 · Aug 83.5 · Sep 63.6 · Oct 69.7 · Nov 63.9 · Dec 54.8 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Karlstad Flygplats23Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 48.7 · Feb 78.2 · Mar 160 · Apr 208 · May 267 · Jun 274.1 · Jul 273.7 · Aug 225.1 · Sep 166.6 · Oct 100 · Nov 46.9 · Dec 38 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Karlstad Sol24Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.0 °C, Vantaa (Finland) ±1.1 °C, Turku (Finland) ±0.8 °C, Espoo (Finland) ±1.2 °C, Pärnu (Estonia) ±0.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Hammarö?

The published population was 16,992 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.11

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area60.09 km²31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)14Official
Cars per 1,000 residents521 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2025Official vehicles-in-use table: Fordonsslag=10 is passenger cars, stock at the last month of 2025; divided by official SCB population at 31 December 2025.8Official
City area60.09 km²1 Jan 2026Official 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.11Official
Foreign-resident share2.41 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)15Official
Foreign residents408 people31 Dec 2025Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.6Official
Population density281.8 people/km²31 Dec 2025Official 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.11Official
Female residents8,500 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)17Official
Male residents8,500 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)17Official
Population16,992 people31 Dec 2024SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.11Official

International community in Hammarö

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 groupPeopleShare
All birth countries16,992100.0%
Sweden15,68892.3%
other countries2251.3%
Norway1460.9%
Finland920.5%
Syrian Arab Republic780.5%
Afghanistan660.4%
Thailand600.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina460.3%
Poland450.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Germany430.3%
Iraq380.2%
United Kingdom370.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)370.2%
Ukraine370.2%
Yugoslavia350.2%
China300.2%
Eritrea270.2%
United States of America240.1%
Denmark230.1%
Russian Federation200.1%
India170.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands 160.1%
Brazil150.1%
France150.1%
Türkiye150.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea140.1%
Sudan130.1%
Somalia130.1%
Estonia120.1%
Chile110.1%
Colombia110.1%
Greece110.1%
Hungary110.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo100.1%
Philippines100.1%
unknown country of birth10.0%

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 groupPeopleShare
total16,992100.0%
Swedish16,57697.6%
European citizenship except Swedish2251.3%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown1911.1%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households7,379 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)16Official
Municipal tax rate21.4527 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

Alternatives for people set on Hammarö

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Kil as a Hammarö alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Unemployment: 9.3% Kil vs 7.5% Hammarö+24%
  • Foreign residents: 3.5% Kil vs 2.4% Hammarö+44%
  • Rent: €9.56/m² Kil vs €10.67/m² Hammarö−10%
  • Nearest airport: 6.3 km Kil vs 13.5 km Hammarö−53%
  • Residents: 12,061 Kil vs 16,992 Hammarö−29%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,016 Kil vs 4,740 Hammarö+6%
  • Annual PM2.5: 3.8 µg/m³ Kil vs 4.0 µg/m³ Hammarö−6%

Cities near Hammarö

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Skåre 11.4 km away
Rent
696.2 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-12-31
Grums 18.5 km away
Rent
8.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Kil 19.7 km away
Rent
9.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Forshaga 22.3 km away
Rent
8.79 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

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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 Hammarö?

The published population was 16,992 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Hammarö?

Average net cold rent is about 10.67 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 747 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Hammarö?

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 Hammarö?

Police recorded 4,740 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 Hammarö?

The unemployment rate is 7.5 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Hammarö?

The median gross salary is 3,253 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Hammarö a good place to live?

Hammarö 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.

Which cities are near Hammarö?

Skoghall, Skåre, Grums, Kil, Forshaga are near Hammarö. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in All birth countries live in Hammarö?

The official country of birth distribution records 16,992 people (100.0%) 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, October 16). Hammarö, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d2f86473d5d8c05bc9f7ca585f22e3b0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/hammaro/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Hammarö, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {d2f86473d5d8c05bc9f7ca585f22e3b0},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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