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Living in Motala

In Motala, rents across existing tenancies average €9.28 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.3% (2024).

For Motala, annual PM2.5 was 4.71 µg/m³ in 2023. The city covered 987.2 km² in 2026. For Motala, population density was 43.7 people per km² in 2025. The unemployment rate was 12.3% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1928 sources

Population43,505people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.
Median gross salary (region)3,289EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se
Average net rent9.28EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 6% belowOfficial source · api.scb.se
Unemployment rate12.3%country median 10.6% — 16% aboveIndependent source · SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024
Recorded crime12,286offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — 23% aboveOfficial source · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025
PM2.5, annual mean4.71µg/m³country median 5.1 — 7% belowOfficial source · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.

Cheaper rent than 68% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 69% of Swedish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 82% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Motala?

Average net cold rent is about 9.28 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): 9.28 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se1
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Motala recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35
Malmö€13.04
Helsingborg€12.09
Motala€9.28
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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited39.96 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia 100 Mbps broadband23Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB22.16 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Tele2 mobile plan22Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.28 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.8331 Dec 2025api.scb.se1Official

Is Motala 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%
Student53%strong on education, weak on safety · range 46–60%
Family39%strong on family, weak on cost · range 32–46%
Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 557 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.28 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 Motala?

The unemployment rate is 12.3 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202415

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

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
People in employment20,426 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)14Official
Fibre coverage91.527 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official
Employment rate80.5 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)15Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,289 EUR/month31 Dec 2025api.scb.se2Official
Unemployment rate12.3 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202415Independent

What does a salary buy in Motala?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,289 (api.scb.se, 2025-12-31).
Left over each month€1,996of €2,616 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.€2,616
Rent, 60 m²€9.28/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31− €557
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€1,996
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Motala Salary needed to live in Motala

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average school rating (composite score)3.827 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; Motala's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 1,000 residents3.827 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Motala 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 residents3.8Verified 2026-08-27
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Motala?

Police recorded 12,286 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: 12,286 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 20253
Recorded crime across major citiesMotala highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Motala highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159
Malmö16,183
Helsingborg15,583
Västerås14,153
Örebro13,915
Gothenburg13,878
Norrköping12,832
Motala12,286
Uppsala11,137
Linköping10,322
Jönköping9,782
Umeå9,210
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents12,286 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.dat10Official
Nearest airportLPI13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv11Official
Distance to nearest airport40.7 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv11Official
Public transport score6327 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1°C in January and 17.4°C in July. Annual NO₂ was 0.79 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Motala?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.7 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: 4.71 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.8
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 Motala is 4.7 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 mean0.79 µg/m³country median 4.02024Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.6Official
PM10 — annual mean8.16 µg/m³country median 9.32023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.8Official
PM2.5 — annual mean4.71 µg/m³country median 5.12023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.8Official
Average January temperature-1.828 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official
Average daytime high by monthJan -0.1 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 3.7 · Apr 9.7 · May 15 · Jun 18.6 · Jul 21 · Aug 19.8 · Sep 15.1 · Oct 9 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Kettstaka A24Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -3.9 · Feb -4.3 · Mar -2.1 · Apr 1.6 · May 6 · Jun 10 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.4 · Sep 8.7 · Oct 4.2 · Nov 0.4 · Dec -2.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Kettstaka A24Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -0.992 · Feb -1.14 · Mar 1.56 · Apr 6.26 · May 11.17 · Jun 14.95 · Jul 17.4 · Aug 16.56 · Sep 12.32 · Oct 7.28 · Nov 3.24 · Dec 0.383 °C31 Dec 2020SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Motala Kraftverk, 1991-202013Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 44 · Feb 33.6 · Mar 32.9 · Apr 38.3 · May 51 · Jun 72.4 · Jul 83.1 · Aug 77.3 · Sep 62.7 · Oct 68.5 · Nov 61.1 · Dec 52.4 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Kettstaka A24Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Espoo (Finland) ±0.8 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.3 °C, Pärnu (Estonia) ±0.9 °C, Naila (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Schwarzenbach an der Saale (Germany) ±1.3 °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 Motala?

The published population was 43,505 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.12

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area987.2 km²31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)16Official
Cars per 1,000 residents531.9 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 2025.9Official
City area987.2 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.12Official
Foreign-resident share4.25 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)17Official
Foreign residents1,834 people31 Dec 2025Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.7Official
Population density43.7 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.12Official
Female residents21,192 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)19Official
Male residents21,192 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)19Official
Population43,505 people31 Dec 2024SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.12Official

International community in Motala

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 countries43,505100.0%
Sweden36,90484.8%
Syrian Arab Republic1,2732.9%
Finland6411.5%
Eritrea5411.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina4471.0%
Somalia3100.7%
Iraq3060.7%
other countries2260.5%
Afghanistan2190.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Yugoslavia2060.5%
Poland1640.4%
Lebanon1470.3%
Thailand1380.3%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)1300.3%
Germany1070.2%
Ukraine880.2%
Romania820.2%
Russian Federation760.2%
Sudan710.2%
Norway670.2%
Lithuania650.1%
United Kingdom580.1%
Hungary560.1%
Croatia550.1%
Denmark530.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo490.1%
United States of America490.1%
Türkiye450.1%
Armenia420.1%
Burundi410.1%
India410.1%
China400.1%
Ethiopia400.1%
Uganda400.1%
Philippines390.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied370.1%
Greece330.1%
Saudi Arabia330.1%
Estonia310.1%
Viet Nam290.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea270.1%
Latvia270.1%
Kosovo270.1%
Egypt260.1%
Austria250.1%
Spain250.1%
Serbia250.1%
Brazil240.1%
Italy220.1%
Sri Lanka200.0%
Chile190.0%
Morocco190.0%
Pakistan190.0%
Serbia and Montenegro180.0%
France170.0%
Jordan170.0%
Kingdom of the Netherlands 170.0%
Colombia160.0%
Kuwait160.0%
Czechoslovakia160.0%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya150.0%
Czech Republic130.0%
Mongolia130.0%
Canada100.0%
North Macedonia100.0%
unknown country of birth30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published groupPeopleShare
total43,505100.0%
Swedish41,59195.6%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown1,1012.5%
European citizenship except Swedish8131.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households20,896 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)18Official
Municipal tax rate21.427 Aug 2026migrationfit.com5Official

Alternatives for people set on Motala

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.

Mjölby as a Motala alternative in the same region

25 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 10.0% Mjölby vs 12.3% Motala−19%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 9,997 Mjölby vs 12,286 Motala−19%
  • Residents: 28,695 Mjölby vs 43,505 Motala−34%
  • Nearest airport: 33.5 km Mjölby vs 40.7 km Motala−18%
  • Rent: €9.47/m² Mjölby vs €9.28/m² Motalasame level
  • Foreign residents: 4.6% Mjölby vs 4.3% Motala+8%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,316 Mjölby vs €3,289 Motalasame level

Falun as a Motala alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 232 km, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,480 Falun vs 12,286 Motala−39%
  • Unemployment: 8.3% Falun vs 12.3% Motala−33%
  • Rent: €10.20/m² Falun vs €9.28/m² Motala+10%
  • Nearest airport: 21.5 km Falun vs 40.7 km Motala−47%
  • Residents: 59,945 Falun vs 43,505 Motala+38%
  • Foreign residents: 3.6% Falun vs 4.3% Motala−15%
  • Annual PM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³ Falun vs 4.7 µg/m³ Motala−8%

Cities near Motala

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

Vadstena 13.7 km away
Rent
8.81 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Mjölby 25.0 km away
Rent
9.47 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Sweden

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Motala in rankings

Motala is in the published commuting zone of Linköping; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Linköping city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Motala?

The published population was 43,505 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Motala?

Average net cold rent is about 9.28 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 650 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Motala?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.7 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 Motala?

Police recorded 12,286 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 Motala?

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

What is the typical salary around Motala?

The median gross salary is 3,289 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Motala a good place to live?

Motala 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.

Is Motala part of Linköping?

Motala is in the published commuting zone of Linköping; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Motala?

Vadstena, Mjölby are near Motala. 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 Motala?

The official country of birth distribution records 43,505 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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  title = {Motala, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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