Living in Örkelljunga

In Örkelljunga, average gross earnings are €3,289 a month (2025), rents across existing tenancies average €8.75 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.8% (2024).

Residents of Örkelljunga numbered 10,293 at the end of 2025. Örkelljunga registered an unemployment rate of 11.8% at the end of 2024. Örkelljunga was home to 931 foreign residents at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0728 sources

Population5,507people31 Dec 2023Official source · Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality

Average gross salary3,289EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities

Average net rent8.75EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 11% belowOfficial source · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)

Unemployment rate11.8%country median 10.6% — 11% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Recorded crime13,155incidents per 100,000country median 9,986 — 32% aboveOfficial source · Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)

PM2.5, annual mean5.9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA Air Quality Statistics — PM2.5 annual mean

Cheaper rent than 84% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 64% of Swedish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 88% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Örkelljunga.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Örkelljunga?

Average net cold rent is about 8.75 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): 8.75 EUR/m²/month · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)¹⁸

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesÖrkelljunga highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35

Malmö€13.04

Helsingborg€12.09

Örkelljunga€8.75

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 broadband²¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22.16 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Tele2 mobile plan²⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.75 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)¹⁸Official

Is Örkelljunga a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–62%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student52%strong on cost, weak on education · range 42–62%

Family35%strong on family, weak on education · range 26–44%

Retirement47%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 36–58%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 525 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 8.75 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

Örkelljunga's employment count was 4,915 at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Örkelljunga?

The unemployment rate is 11.8 % (2024). Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Örkelljunga is 11.8%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

4–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Örkelljunga 11.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,289 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities¹⁹Official
People in employment	4,915 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)⁸Official
Employment rate	78.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)⁹Official
Unemployment rate	11.8 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Örkelljunga?

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

Left over each month€2,155of €2,742 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.	€2,742
Rent, 60 m²€8.75/m² · official · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median) · 2025-12-31	− €525
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	€2,155

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Örkelljunga. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Örkelljunga?

Police recorded 13,155 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)¹

Recorded crime across major citiesÖrkelljunga highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159

Malmö16,183

Helsingborg15,583

Västerås14,153

Örebro13,915

Gothenburg13,878

Norrköping12,832

Lund11,174

Uppsala11,137

Linköping10,322

Jönköping9,782

Umeå9,210

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	13,155 incidents per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)¹Official

Mobility and administration

Örkelljunga's nearest airport was AGH, 27 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	27 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	AGH	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

Is the air quality good in Örkelljunga?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Statistics — PM2.5 annual mean³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

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

PM2.55.9WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Örkelljunga is 5.9 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

Örkelljunga 5.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA Air Quality Statistics — PM2.5 annual mean³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 3.2 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 12.6 · May 17.2 · Jun 20 · Jul 22.4 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 17.6 · Oct 12 · Nov 7 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.3 · Feb -2.3 · Mar -1 · Apr 2.1 · May 6 · Jun 9.7 · Jul 12 · Aug 12 · Sep 8.9 · Oct 5.2 · Nov 2 · Dec -1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.2 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 7.2 · May 11.6 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.3 · Aug 16.8 · Sep 12.9 · Oct 8.4 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 1.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 70.7 · Feb 59.2 · Mar 47.9 · Apr 40.8 · May 53.6 · Jun 82.4 · Jul 82.2 · Aug 93.2 · Sep 72.8 · Oct 82.5 · Nov 73.3 · Dec 80.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±2.0 °C. Elsewhere: Eutin (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Bad Arolsen (Germany) ±1.1 °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

An area of 8.7 km² comprised Örkelljunga at the end of 2023. Households in Örkelljunga numbered 4,878 at the end of 2024. Population density was 630 people per km² at the end of 2023.

How many people live in Örkelljunga?

The published population was 5,507 people in 2023. Source: Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality⁴

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 931 is not 9% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport83.1%
Foreign residents16.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	320.6 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
City area	8.74 km²	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Foreign-resident share	9.04 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Foreign residents	931 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)⁷Official
Population density	630 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Female residents	5,008 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Male residents	5,008 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Population	5,507 people	31 Dec 2023	Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality⁴Official · locality

International community in Örkelljunga

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	10,277	100.0%
Sweden	8,386	81.6%
Denmark	303	2.9%
Poland	249	2.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	246	2.4%
other countries	229	2.2%
Yugoslavia	89	0.9%
Lithuania	80	0.8%
Germany	73	0.7%
Romania	54	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Thailand	46	0.4%
Afghanistan	43	0.4%
Finland	42	0.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	39	0.4%
Türkiye	36	0.4%
Ukraine	36	0.4%
Norway	35	0.3%
United Kingdom	34	0.3%
Iraq	32	0.3%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	32	0.3%
Russian Federation	20	0.2%
Czechoslovakia	18	0.2%
Serbia	18	0.2%
Philippines	17	0.2%
United States of America	16	0.2%
Hungary	15	0.1%
Lebanon	15	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	14	0.1%
Eritrea	14	0.1%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	13	0.1%
Slovakia	12	0.1%
Bulgaria	11	0.1%
North Macedonia	10	0.1%

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

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	10,277	100.0%
Swedish	9,347	91.0%
European citizenship except Swedish	751	7.3%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	179	1.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	4,878 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Örkelljunga

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.

Sundbyberg as a Örkelljunga alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 440 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €12.54/m² Sundbyberg vs €8.75/m² Örkelljungano percentage
Foreign residents: 13.4% Sundbyberg vs 9.0% Örkelljunga+48%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 14,369 Sundbyberg vs 13,155 Örkelljungano percentage
Unemployment: 12.0% Sundbyberg vs 11.8% Örkelljungasame level

Full comparison More about Sundbyberg

Cities near Örkelljunga

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

Perstorp 17.4 km away

Rent: 8.98 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Klippan 19.2 km away

Rent: 9.97 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Sweden

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Örkelljunga 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; Örkelljunga's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Örkelljunga?

The published population was 5,507 people in 2023. Source: Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality.

How much does it cost to rent in Örkelljunga?

Average net cold rent is about 8.75 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 612 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median).

Is the air quality good in Örkelljunga?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Statistics — PM2.5 annual mean.

How safe is Örkelljunga?

What is the unemployment rate in Örkelljunga?

The unemployment rate is 11.8 % (2024). Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).

How many foreign residents live in Örkelljunga?

931 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).

Is Örkelljunga a good place to live?

Örkelljunga 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 Örkelljunga?

Perstorp, Klippan are near Örkelljunga. 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 Örkelljunga?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,277 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 = {Örkelljunga, Sweden: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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