Living in Mönsterås

In Mönsterås, rents across existing tenancies average €9.16 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 10.2% (2024).

The unemployment rate was 10.2% at the end of 2024. For Mönsterås, the foreign population count was 687 at the end of 2025. Car density was 587.4 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1922 sources

Population13,069people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Median gross salary (region)3,298EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Average net rent9.16EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 7% belowOfficial source · api.scb.se

Unemployment rate10.2%country median 10.6% — 4% belowIndependent source · SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024

Recorded crime8,070offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — 19% belowOfficial source · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean4.97µg/m³country median 5.1 — 2% belowOfficial source · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.

Cheaper rent than 71% of Swedish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 81% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Mönsterås.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Mönsterås?

Average net cold rent is about 9.16 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): 9.16 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 citiesMönsterås highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35

Malmö€13.04

Helsingborg€12.09

Mönsterås€9.16

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 broadband²²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22.16 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Tele2 mobile plan²¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.16 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Is Mönsterås a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%

Student44%strong on education, weak on safety · range 37–51%

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

Retirement51%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 550 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.16 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 Mönsterås?

The unemployment rate is 10.2 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Mönsterås is 10.2%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

4–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Mönsterås 10.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	6,107 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Fibre coverage	89.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	81.2 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,298 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	10.2 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁴Independent

What does a salary buy in Mönsterås?

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

Left over each month€2,011of €2,623 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.	€2,623
Rent, 60 m²€9.16/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31	− €550
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	€2,011

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Mönsterås Salary needed to live in Mönsterås

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Mönsterås. 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

Search jobs

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Mönsterås. 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; Mönsterås'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 Mönsterås 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 Mönsterås?

Police recorded 8,070 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: 8,070 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesMönsterås highlighted among comparable cities

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

Mönsterås8,070

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,070 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	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	KLR	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	39.9 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Public transport score	45	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

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

Open official information

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 4.97 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual NO₂ was 3.15 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual PM10 was 8.8 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Mönsterås?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5 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: 4.97 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁸

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM108.8WHO 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 Mönsterås 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

Mönsterås 5.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	3.15 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁸Official
PM10 — annual mean	8.84 µg/m³country median 9.3	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁸Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	4.97 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁸Official
Average January temperature	-1.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.8 · Feb -0.6 · Mar 1.8 · Apr 6.1 · May 11.1 · Jun 15.2 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 16.7 · Sep 12.5 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 3.4 · Dec 0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 38.5 · Feb 36.3 · Mar 28.9 · Apr 28.6 · May 47.1 · Jun 64.4 · Jul 77 · Aug 67.3 · Sep 51 · Oct 56 · Nov 57.5 · Dec 50.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 601.4 km² in 2026. Population density was 21.6 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Mönsterås?

The published population was 13,069 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	601.4 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	587.4 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 2025.⁹Official
City area	601.4 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.¹²Official
Foreign-resident share	5.29 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Foreign residents	687 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁷Official
Population density	21.6 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.¹²Official
Female residents	6,398 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Male residents	6,398 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Population	13,069 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹²Official

International community in Mönsterås

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	13,069	100.0%
Sweden	11,298	86.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	399	3.1%
other countries	240	1.8%
Germany	174	1.3%
Poland	145	1.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	107	0.8%
Finland	77	0.6%
Afghanistan	56	0.4%
Thailand	47	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Yugoslavia	47	0.4%
Romania	37	0.3%
Lithuania	36	0.3%
Ukraine	34	0.3%
Denmark	30	0.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	29	0.2%
Lebanon	27	0.2%
Norway	25	0.2%
Latvia	24	0.2%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	22	0.2%
Iraq	21	0.2%
United Kingdom	20	0.2%
Kosovo	20	0.2%
Russian Federation	18	0.1%
China	17	0.1%
Eritrea	16	0.1%
Türkiye	16	0.1%
Greece	15	0.1%
Chile	14	0.1%
Philippines	13	0.1%
United States of America	12	0.1%
Brazil	11	0.1%
Morocco	11	0.1%
Sri Lanka	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	13,069	100.0%
Swedish	12,369	94.6%
European citizenship except Swedish	453	3.5%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	247	1.9%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	6,380 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
Municipal tax rate	21.2	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Mönsterås

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.

Falun as a Mönsterås alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 400 km, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Residents: 59,945 Falun vs 13,069 Mönsterås+359%
Rent: €10.20/m² Falun vs €9.16/m² Mönsterås+11%
Unemployment: 8.3% Falun vs 10.2% Mönsterås−19%
Foreign residents: 3.6% Falun vs 5.3% Mönsterås−32%
Nearest airport: 21.5 km Falun vs 39.9 km Mönsterås−46%
Annual PM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³ Falun vs 5.0 µg/m³ Mönsterås−12%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,480 Falun vs 8,070 Mönsterås−7%

Full comparison More about Falun

Alternative cities in Sweden

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All Sweden cities

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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 Mönsterås?

The published population was 13,069 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Mönsterås?

Average net cold rent is about 9.16 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 642 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Mönsterås?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5 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 Mönsterås?

Police recorded 8,070 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 Mönsterås?

The unemployment rate is 10.2 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Mönsterås?

The median gross salary is 3,298 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Mönsterås a good place to live?

Mönsterås 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 All birth countries live in Mönsterås?

The official country of birth distribution records 13,069 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). Mönsterås, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4426a66758ee38d22085213240121c24]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/monsteras/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Mönsterås, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {4426a66758ee38d22085213240121c24},
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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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