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Living in Orsa

In Orsa, average gross earnings are €3,226 a month (2025), rents across existing tenancies average €8.48 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 10.7% (2024).

Orsa's population was 6,902 at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, unemployment in Orsa reached 10.7%. Foreign residents numbered 356 at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0725 sources

Population6,902people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)
Average gross salary3,226EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities
Average net rent8.48EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 14% belowOfficial source · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)
Unemployment rate10.7%country median 10.6% — about the sameOfficial source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)
Recorded crime9,496incidents per 100,000country median 9,986 — 5% belowOfficial source · Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)

Cheaper rent than 91% of Swedish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 63% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Orsa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Orsa?

Average net cold rent is about 8.48 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): 8.48 EUR/m²/month · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)16
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Orsa recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35
Malmö€13.04
Helsingborg€12.09
Orsa€8.48
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 broadband19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB22.16 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Tele2 mobile plan18Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.48 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.8331 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)16Official

Is Orsa 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–62%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%
Student52%strong on cost, weak on education · range 42–62%
Family37%strong on family, weak on education · range 28–46%
Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–59%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 509 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 8.48 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

At the end of 2024, 3,321 were in employment in Orsa.

What is the unemployment rate in Orsa?

The unemployment rate is 10.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB)9

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Orsa is 10.7%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,226 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities17Official
People in employment3,321 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)7Official
Employment rate82.3 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)8Official
Unemployment rate10.7 %country median 10.6% — about the same31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)9Official

What does a salary buy in Orsa?

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

Sweden median gross pay: €3,463 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€2,171of €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€8.48/m² · official · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median) · 2025-12-31− €509
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€2,171
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Orsa Salary needed to live in Orsa

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Orsa?

Police recorded 9,496 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 citiesOrsa highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Orsa highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents9,496 incidents per 100,000country median 9,98631 Dec 2025Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)1Official

Mobility and administration

Orsa's nearest airport was MXX, 19 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport2 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights3Official
Distance to the nearest major airport19 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)MXX3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Orsa. 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
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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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Orsa.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -1.8 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 9.7 · May 15.6 · Jun 19.6 · Jul 22 · Aug 20.1 · Sep 15.1 · Oct 8.3 · Nov 2.8 · Dec -0.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -8.8 · Feb -8.8 · Mar -5.4 · Apr -1.2 · May 3.5 · Jun 8.1 · Jul 10.7 · Aug 9.4 · Sep 5.7 · Oct 1.3 · Nov -2.8 · Dec -7.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -5.1 · Feb -4.8 · Mar -0.8 · Apr 4.4 · May 9.7 · Jun 13.9 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 14.7 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 4.7 · Nov 0.1 · Dec -3.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 33.6 · Feb 23.6 · Mar 27.2 · Apr 33.5 · May 53.5 · Jun 74.9 · Jul 81.8 · Aug 81.8 · Sep 49.6 · Oct 58.1 · Nov 46.7 · Dec 36.5 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±1.5 °C. Elsewhere: Tampere (Finland) ±0.7 °C, Lahti (Finland) ±0.7 °C, Jyväskylä (Finland) ±1.2 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.6 °C, Kuopio (Finland) ±1.9 °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

Orsa covered an area of 16.4 km² at the end of 2023. The number of households reached 3,476 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2023, the population density reached 353 people per km².

How many people live in Orsa?

The published population was 6,902 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB)6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area1,740 km²31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)10Official
City area16.42 km²31 Dec 2023Statistics Sweden (SCB)11Official
Foreign-resident share5.16 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)12Official
Foreign residents356 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)5Official
Population density353 people/km²31 Dec 2023Statistics Sweden (SCB)11Official
Female residents3,356 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)6Official
Male residents3,356 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)6Official
Population6,902 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)6Official

International community in Orsa

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 countries6,851100.0%
Sweden6,04688.2%
other countries1592.3%
Syrian Arab Republic991.4%
Germany701.0%
Thailand490.7%
Eritrea460.7%
Finland430.6%
Norway350.5%
Somalia330.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Türkiye320.5%
Poland280.4%
Kingdom of the Netherlands 270.4%
Democratic Republic of the Congo250.4%
Philippines190.3%
Palestinian territory, occupied170.2%
Ethiopia150.2%
Sudan150.2%
Iraq140.2%
Croatia130.2%
Ukraine130.2%
United States of America130.2%
Afghanistan100.1%
Belgium100.1%
Sri Lanka100.1%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya100.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published groupPeopleShare
total6,851100.0%
Swedish6,47894.6%
European citizenship except Swedish2012.9%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown1722.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households3,476 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)13Official

Alternatives for people set on Orsa

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.

Mora as an Orsa alternative in the same region

10 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €8.84/m² Mora vs €8.48/m² Orsano percentage
  • Unemployment: 8.2% Mora vs 10.7% Orsa−23%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,023 Mora vs 9,496 Orsano percentage
  • Foreign residents: 4.4% Mora vs 5.2% Orsa−15%
Full comparisonMore about Mora

Kungälv as an Orsa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 389 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 7.4% Kungälv vs 10.7% Orsa−31%
  • Rent: €10.81/m² Kungälv vs €8.48/m² Orsano percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,144 Kungälv vs 9,496 Orsano percentage
  • Foreign residents: 3.8% Kungälv vs 5.2% Orsa−27%
Full comparisonMore about Kungälv

Cities near Orsa

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

Mora 9.6 km away
Rent
8.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Sweden

Other cities in Sweden to compare with Orsa, nearest in population first.

All Sweden cities
Södra Sandby6,886 residentsGråbo6,953 residentsDalby6,969 residentsVi6,834 residentsLöddeköpinge6,714 residentsPerstorp7,115 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Orsa 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; Orsa's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Orsa?

The published population was 6,902 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).

How much does it cost to rent in Orsa?

Average net cold rent is about 8.48 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 594 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).

How safe is Orsa?

Police recorded 9,496 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).

What is the unemployment rate in Orsa?

The unemployment rate is 10.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).

How many foreign residents live in Orsa?

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

Is Orsa a good place to live?

Orsa 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 Orsa?

Mora is near Orsa. 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 Orsa?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,851 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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