Living in Hultsfred

In Hultsfred, rents across existing tenancies average €7.46 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.3% (2024).

Car density was 572.3 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025. For Hultsfred, the unemployment rate was 12.3% at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 5.03 µg/m³ in 2023. The city covered 1,126.4 km² in 2026. Population density was 12 people per km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1923 sources

Population13,673people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Median gross salary (region)3,226EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Average net rent7.46EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 24% belowOfficial source · api.scb.se

Unemployment rate12.3%country median 10.6% — 16% aboveIndependent source · SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024

Recorded crime11,526offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — 15% aboveOfficial source · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean5.03µg/m³country median 5.1 — about the sameOfficial source · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.

Cheaper rent than 98% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 69% of Swedish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 74% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Hultsfred?

Average net cold rent is about 7.46 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): 7.46 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesHultsfred highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35

Malmö€13.04

Helsingborg€12.09

Hultsfred€7.46

Örebro€7.00

Jönköping€6.88

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Västerås€11.91

Gothenburg€11.83

Norrköping€11.42

Uppsala€7.85

Umeå€7.45

Linköping€7.38

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	39.96 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia 100 Mbps broadband²⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22.16 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Tele2 mobile plan¹⁹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.46 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Is Hultsfred a good place to live?

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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%

Family34%strong on family, weak on cost · range 27–41%

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 448 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.46 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 Hultsfred?

The unemployment rate is 12.3 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Hultsfred is 12.3%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

4–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Hultsfred 12.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	5,967 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
Fibre coverage	89.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	76.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,226 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	12.3 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²Independent

What does a salary buy in Hultsfred?

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

Left over each month€2,061of €2,571 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.	€2,571
Rent, 60 m²€7.46/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31	− €448
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	€2,061

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average school rating (composite score)	3.6	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

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; Hultsfred's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 1,000 residents	3.4	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hultsfred 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 residents3.4Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Hultsfred?

Police recorded 11,526 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: 11,526 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesHultsfred highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159

Malmö16,183

Helsingborg15,583

Västerås14,153

Örebro13,915

Gothenburg13,878

Norrköping12,832

Hultsfred11,526

Uppsala11,137

Linköping10,322

Jönköping9,782

Umeå9,210

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	11,526 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration application processing time	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	5 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	VXO	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	90.7 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 Hultsfred. 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.

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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.

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 3.11 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual PM10 was 8.7 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Hultsfred?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5 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: 5.03 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

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55WHO 5 · EU 25

PM108.7WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂3.1WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Hultsfred is 5.0 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

2–33–44–55–66–77–88–9

Hultsfred 5.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	3.11 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	8.73 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	5.03 µg/m³country median 5.1 — about the same	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	-1.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 2.4 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 12.5 · May 17.6 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.5 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 17.5 · Oct 11.1 · Nov 5.5 · Dec 2.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�lilla²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.6 · Feb -4.7 · Mar -3.1 · Apr -0.1 · May 3.9 · Jun 8.1 · Jul 10.8 · Aug 10.2 · Sep 6.9 · Oct 3.1 · Nov 0.1 · Dec -3.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�lilla²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.6 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 6.1 · May 11 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.1 · Aug 16.1 · Sep 11.9 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 2.9 · Dec -0.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�lilla²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 38.2 · Feb 35.2 · Mar 29.7 · Apr 30.1 · May 45.9 · Jun 67.7 · Jul 81.3 · Aug 68.3 · Sep 53 · Oct 54.6 · Nov 54.2 · Dec 47.6 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�lilla²¹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Naila (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Schwarzenbach an der Saale (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Selb (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Quedlinburg (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Thale (Germany) ±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 Hultsfred?

The published population was 13,673 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	1,126 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	572.3 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	1,126 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	9.5 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	1,281 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	12 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
Female residents	6,515 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Male residents	6,515 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population	13,673 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Hultsfred

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	13,673	100.0%
Sweden	10,766	78.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	682	5.0%
Germany	564	4.1%
other countries	223	1.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	112	0.8%
Poland	111	0.8%
Finland	108	0.8%
Yugoslavia	96	0.7%
Denmark	74	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Romania	65	0.5%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	59	0.4%
Eritrea	57	0.4%
Thailand	57	0.4%
Afghanistan	55	0.4%
Iraq	49	0.4%
Ukraine	41	0.3%
United Kingdom	36	0.3%
Norway	35	0.3%
Chile	34	0.2%
Somalia	34	0.2%
Lithuania	30	0.2%
Kosovo	30	0.2%
Serbia	28	0.2%
Palestinian territory, occupied	27	0.2%
Philippines	26	0.2%
Austria	24	0.2%
Bulgaria	23	0.2%
India	18	0.1%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	18	0.1%
France	17	0.1%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	16	0.1%
Russian Federation	16	0.1%
Viet Nam	15	0.1%
China	14	0.1%
North Macedonia	14	0.1%
Armenia	13	0.1%
Lebanon	12	0.1%
Pakistan	12	0.1%
Iceland	11	0.1%
Sri Lanka	11	0.1%
Spain	10	0.1%
Greece	10	0.1%
Croatia	10	0.1%
Türkiye	10	0.1%

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	13,673	100.0%
Swedish	12,388	90.6%
European citizenship except Swedish	921	6.7%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	364	2.7%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	6,546 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Municipal tax rate	20.85	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Hultsfred

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Cities near Hultsfred

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

Vimmerby 20.4 km away

Rent: 8.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Sweden

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All Sweden cities

Tomelilla13,639 residents Strömstad13,482 residents Lysekil13,907 residents Östra Göinge13,978 residents Arboga13,980 residents Sunne13,356 residents

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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 Hultsfred?

The published population was 13,673 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Hultsfred?

Average net cold rent is about 7.46 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 522 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Hultsfred?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5 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 Hultsfred?

Police recorded 11,526 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 Hultsfred?

The unemployment rate is 12.3 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Hultsfred?

The median gross salary is 3,226 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Hultsfred a good place to live?

Hultsfred 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 Hultsfred?

Vimmerby is near Hultsfred. 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 Hultsfred?

The official country of birth distribution records 13,673 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). Hultsfred, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1f3aae7385c2aefd97016d840e6861a8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/hultsfred/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_hultsfred-sweden-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_63f3d8c6fccd,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Hultsfred, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {1f3aae7385c2aefd97016d840e6861a8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/hultsfred/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
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