Living in Sandviken
In Sandviken, rents across existing tenancies average €9.59 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 15.4% (2024).
The city covered 1,171.4 km² in 2026. In 2025, population density was 32.5 people per km². In 2023, annual NO₂ was 5.39 µg/m³.
Higher unemployment than 93% of Swedish cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 65% of Swedish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 65% of Swedish cities that publish it.
Which Sweden-wide rules apply when you move to Sandviken?
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 Sandviken?
Average net cold rent is about 9.59 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): 9.59 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se1
| 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) | 9.59 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 | 31 Dec 2025 | api.scb.se1Official |
Is Sandviken 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 576 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.59 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.
Work and income
The unemployment rate was 15.4% at the end of 2024.
What is the unemployment rate in Sandviken?
The unemployment rate is 15.4 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202414
Sandviken 15.4%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| People in employment | 17,899 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Sweden (SCB)13Official |
| Fibre coverage | 89.5 | 27 Aug 2026 | migrationfit.com5Official |
| Employment rate | 78.9 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Sweden (SCB)14Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,253 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | api.scb.se2Official |
| Unemployment rate | 15.4 %country median 10.6% | 31 Dec 2024 | SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202414Independent |
What does a salary buy in Sandviken?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,586 |
| Rent, 60 m²€9.59/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31 | − €576 |
| 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 | €1,948 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sandviken. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Sandviken. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average school rating (composite score) | 3.5 | 27 Aug 2026 | migrationfit.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; Sandviken's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 1,000 residents | 3.3 | 27 Aug 2026 | migrationfit.com5Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sandviken 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Sandviken?
Police recorded 9,412 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: 9,412 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 20253
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 9,412 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.com5Official |
| Destinations from nearest airport | 2 count | 13 Jun 2026 | OpenFlights — routes.dat9Official |
| Nearest airport | BLE | 13 Jun 2026 | OurAirports — airports.csv10Official |
| Distance to nearest airport | 71.8 km | 13 Jun 2026 | OurAirports — airports.csv10Official |
| Public transport score | 45 | 27 Aug 2026 | migrationfit.com5Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Sandviken. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents — Civic Orientation
Swedish municipalities
For newly arrived residents with residence permits.
Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education — State Language Course
Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework
For persons over 16 eligible for SFI.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperatures were −3.3°C in January and 17.1°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 4.34 µg/m³ in 2023.
Is the air quality good in Sandviken?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.3 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: 4.34 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Sandviken 4.3
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 5.39 µg/m³country median 4.0 | 2023 | Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 9.44 µg/m³country median 9.3 — about the same | 2023 | Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 4.34 µg/m³country median 5.1 | 2023 | Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.7Official |
| Average January temperature | -4.5 | 28 Aug 2026 | migrationfit.com5Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan -0.1 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 4.3 · Apr 9.5 · May 15 · Jun 19 · Jul 21.9 · Aug 20.9 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station G�vle A23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -6.7 · Feb -6.8 · Mar -4.2 · Apr -0.3 · May 3.9 · Jun 8.5 · Jul 11.1 · Aug 10.2 · Sep 6.6 · Oct 2.2 · Nov -1.1 · Dec -4.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station G�vle A23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -3.25 · Feb -3.09 · Mar -0.015 · Apr 4.72 · May 10.03 · Jun 14.43 · Jul 17.14 · Aug 15.96 · Sep 11.41 · Oct 5.78 · Nov 1.49 · Dec -1.79 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Sandviken, 1991-202012Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 31.6 · Feb 25.4 · Mar 26.4 · Apr 27.5 · May 40.9 · Jun 64.4 · Jul 66 · Aug 74.5 · Sep 48.8 · Oct 61.4 · Nov 46.5 · Dec 41 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station G�vle A23Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Tampere (Finland) ±1.1 °C, Lahti (Finland) ±1.4 °C, Turku (Finland) ±0.7 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.2 °C, Vantaa (Finland) ±1.0 °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 Sandviken?
The published population was 38,360 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.11
By nationality
National passport93.3%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,171 km² | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Sweden (SCB)15Official |
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 562.5 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 2025.8Official |
| City area | 1,171 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.11Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 6.73 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Sweden (SCB)16Official |
| Foreign residents | 2,559 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.6Official |
| Population density | 32.5 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.11Official |
| Female residents | 18,635 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Sweden (SCB)18Official |
| Male residents | 18,635 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Sweden (SCB)18Official |
| Population | 38,360 people | 31 Dec 2024 | SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.11Official |
International community in Sandviken
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 | 38,360 | 100.0% |
| Sweden | 31,319 | 81.6% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,295 | 3.4% |
| Eritrea | 748 | 1.9% |
| Iraq | 635 | 1.7% |
| Finland | 539 | 1.4% |
| Romania | 310 | 0.8% |
| other countries | 280 | 0.7% |
| Thailand | 280 | 0.7% |
| Afghanistan | 271 | 0.7% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| India | 180 | 0.5% |
| Poland | 141 | 0.4% |
| Norway | 135 | 0.4% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 122 | 0.3% |
| Türkiye | 121 | 0.3% |
| Ukraine | 119 | 0.3% |
| United Kingdom | 113 | 0.3% |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 109 | 0.3% |
| Somalia | 109 | 0.3% |
| Myanmar | 104 | 0.3% |
| Germany | 98 | 0.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94 | 0.2% |
| Russian Federation | 85 | 0.2% |
| Sudan | 82 | 0.2% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 76 | 0.2% |
| Lebanon | 72 | 0.2% |
| Ethiopia | 68 | 0.2% |
| Philippines | 55 | 0.1% |
| China | 47 | 0.1% |
| United States of America | 45 | 0.1% |
| Yugoslavia | 43 | 0.1% |
| Ireland | 42 | 0.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 29 | 0.1% |
| Denmark | 28 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 26 | 0.1% |
| Uganda | 26 | 0.1% |
| South Africa | 26 | 0.1% |
| Korea, Republic of Korea | 25 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 24 | 0.1% |
| Burundi | 24 | 0.1% |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 24 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 23 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 22 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 22 | 0.1% |
| Chile | 20 | 0.1% |
| Estonia | 19 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 19 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 18 | 0.0% |
| Viet Nam | 18 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 17 | 0.0% |
| France | 16 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 15 | 0.0% |
| Pakistan | 15 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 14 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 13 | 0.0% |
| Latvia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Palestinian territory, occupied | 13 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 11 | 0.0% |
| Lithuania | 11 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 10 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 10 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 10 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 10 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 10 | 0.0% |
| unknown country of birth | 6 | 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 | 38,360 | 100.0% |
| Swedish | 35,811 | 93.4% |
| Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown | 1,396 | 3.6% |
| European citizenship except Swedish | 1,153 | 3.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Sandviken
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 Sandviken alternative in the same country
61 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Unemployment: 8.3% Falun vs 15.4% Sandviken−46%
- Foreign residents: 3.6% Falun vs 6.7% Sandviken−46%
- Nearest airport: 21.5 km Falun vs 71.8 km Sandviken−70%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,480 Falun vs 9,412 Sandviken−21%
- Residents: 59,945 Falun vs 38,360 Sandviken+56%
- Rent: €10.20/m² Falun vs €9.59/m² Sandviken+6%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,172 Falun vs €3,253 Sandvikensame level
Cities near Sandviken
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 663.1 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-12-31
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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 Sandviken?
The published population was 38,360 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..
How much does it cost to rent in Sandviken?
Average net cold rent is about 9.59 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 672 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.
Is the air quality good in Sandviken?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.3 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 Sandviken?
Police recorded 9,412 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 Sandviken?
The unemployment rate is 15.4 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.
What is the typical salary around Sandviken?
The median gross salary is 3,253 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.
Is Sandviken a good place to live?
Sandviken 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 Sandviken?
Valbo is near Sandviken. 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 Sandviken?
The official country of birth distribution records 38,360 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). Sandviken, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version adac54237a540cd22785cd61ca88f865]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/sandviken/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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