Living in Sala

Sala is a city in Sweden. The city covered 1,172.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 19.3 people per km² in 2025. Car density was 551.2 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025. The unemployment rate was 11.1% at the end of 2024. In 2023, annual PM2.5 was 3.78 µg/m³.

Cheaper rent than 61% of Swedish cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 90% of Swedish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 88% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Sala.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Sala?

Average net cold rent is about 9.65 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): 9.65 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Sala yet.

Net rent across major citiesSala highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.65 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €10.00	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 579 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.65 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 Sala?

The unemployment rate is 11.1 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Sala is 11.1%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	10,861 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	90.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	81.9 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,280 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	11.1 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sala. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.6	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.4	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sala 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 10003.4Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Sala?

Police recorded 13,573 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: 13,573 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesSala highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	13,573 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration Processing Time Days	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	3 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	VST	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	36.8 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 Sala. 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

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

Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 2.91 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual PM10 was 6.9 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Sala?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.8 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: 3.78 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

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 Sala is 3.8 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	2.91 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	6.88 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	3.78 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	-3	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.3 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 10.8 · May 16.6 · Jun 20.4 · Jul 23.1 · Aug 21.6 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 4 · Dec 0.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Sala A¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -6.3 · Feb -6.5 · Mar -3.9 · Apr -0.2 · May 4.2 · Jun 8.6 · Jul 11 · Aug 10.2 · Sep 6.6 · Oct 2.5 · Nov -0.9 · Dec -4.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Sala A¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -2.9 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 5.3 · May 10.7 · Jun 14.6 · Jul 17.2 · Aug 15.8 · Sep 11.2 · Oct 5.8 · Nov 1.6 · Dec -1.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Sala A¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 37.2 · Feb 28 · Mar 27.7 · Apr 31.7 · May 38.7 · Jun 62.3 · Jul 65.8 · Aug 67 · Sep 46.5 · Oct 53.1 · Nov 47.3 · Dec 43.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Sala A¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time6 published observations, 2017–2023

Annual PM2.5 fell 24.4% between 2017 and 2023, from 5.0 to 3.8.

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Sweden cities

Kumla22,681 residents Lindesberg23,141 residents Bålsta23,252 residents Kiruna22,426 residents Avesta22,417 residents Östhammar22,138 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Sala?

The published population was 22,843 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	1,173 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	551.2 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	1,173 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	4.27 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	966 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	19.3 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
Population Female	11,226 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population Male	11,226 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population	22,843 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Sala

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	22,843	100.0%
Sweden	19,571	85.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	523	2.3%
Finland	348	1.5%
Eritrea	252	1.1%
other countries	232	1.0%
Afghanistan	225	1.0%
Iraq	199	0.9%
Somalia	172	0.8%
Türkiye	171	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Thailand	100	0.4%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	92	0.4%
Burundi	89	0.4%
Germany	64	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	57	0.2%
Poland	52	0.2%
Norway	50	0.2%
Ukraine	38	0.2%
Russian Federation	35	0.2%
United States of America	34	0.1%
United Kingdom	33	0.1%
Yugoslavia	32	0.1%
Sudan	29	0.1%
Ethiopia	27	0.1%
Hungary	27	0.1%
Romania	27	0.1%
China	26	0.1%
Denmark	24	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	22	0.1%
Bulgaria	21	0.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied	21	0.1%
Philippines	20	0.1%
Lithuania	17	0.1%
India	16	0.1%
Nigeria	16	0.1%
Chile	15	0.1%
Estonia	15	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	14	0.1%
Nepal	14	0.1%
Cameroon	13	0.1%
Colombia	13	0.1%
Spain	13	0.1%
Latvia	13	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	13	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	11	0.0%
Kenya	11	0.0%
Lebanon	11	0.0%
Mongolia	11	0.0%
Japan	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	4	0.0%

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	22,843	100.0%
Swedish	21,818	95.5%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	623	2.7%
European citizenship except Swedish	402	1.8%

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

Is Sala 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–62%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%

Student45%strong on education, weak on safety · range 38–52%

Family33%strong on family, weak on cost · range 26–40%

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

Foreign residents966 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population22,843 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)9.65 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment10,861 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate81.9 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,280 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-03

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	10,929 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	21.2	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Sala?

The published population was 22,843 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Sala?

Average net cold rent is about 9.65 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 675 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Sala?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.8 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 Sala?

Police recorded 13,573 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 Sala?

The unemployment rate is 11.1 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Sala?

The median gross salary is 3,280 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Sala a good place to live?

Sala 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 United Arab Emirates live in Sala?

The official country of birth distribution records 0 people (0.0%) 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, September 12). Sala, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/sala/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_sala-sweden-rent-salary-jobs-safety_9b6efb2f6b2d,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sala, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/sala/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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