Living in Sollefteå

In Sollefteå, rents across existing tenancies average €8.73 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.7% (2024).

The unemployment rate was 11.7% at the end of 2024. For Sollefteå, annual PM2.5 was 4.15 µg/m³ in 2023. Car density was 624 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1924 sources

Population18,396people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Median gross salary (region)3,136EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Average net rent8.73EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 11% belowOfficial source · api.scb.se

Unemployment rate11.7%country median 10.6% — 10% aboveIndependent source · SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024

Recorded crime9,887offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — about the sameOfficial source · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean4.15µg/m³country median 5.1 — 18% belowOfficial source · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.

Cheaper rent than 86% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 63% of Swedish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 80% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Sollefteå.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Sollefteå?

Average net cold rent is about 8.73 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): 8.73 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesSollefteå highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35

Malmö€13.04

Helsingborg€12.09

Sollefteå€8.73

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 broadband²⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22.16 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Tele2 mobile plan²³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.73 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Is Sollefteå a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–58%

Skilled employee50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–58%

Student39%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 32–46%

Family29%strong on family, weak on cost · range 22–36%

Retirement46%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 37–55%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 524 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 8.73 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 Sollefteå?

The unemployment rate is 11.7 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Sollefteå is 11.7%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

4–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Sollefteå 11.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	8,523 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Fibre coverage	89	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	81.2 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,136 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	11.7 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁶Independent

What does a salary buy in Sollefteå?

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

Left over each month€1,919of €2,505 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.	€2,505
Rent, 60 m²€8.73/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31	− €524
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	€1,919

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Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average school rating (composite score)	3.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

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; Sollefteå'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.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sollefteå 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 residents3.3Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Sollefteå?

Police recorded 9,887 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: 9,887 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesSollefteå highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159

Malmö16,183

Helsingborg15,583

Västerås14,153

Örebro13,915

Gothenburg13,878

Norrköping12,832

Uppsala11,137

Linköping10,322

Sollefteå9,887

Jönköping9,782

Umeå9,210

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	9,887 offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — about the same	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.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	KRF	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	28.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Public transport score	45	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −6.9°C in January and 16.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 39.5 mm in January and 82.4 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Sollefteå?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.1 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: 4.15 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁸

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.54.1WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1010.8WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂12.7WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Sollefteå is 4.2 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

Sollefteå 4.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	12.71 µg/m³country median 4.0	2024	Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	10.83 µg/m³country median 9.3	2024	Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.⁶Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	4.15 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁸Official
Average January temperature	-5.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 4.77 · Feb 5.41 · Mar 11.88 · Apr 18.86 · May 24.8 · Jun 29.52 · Jul 29.7 · Aug 27.77 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 16.31 · Nov 11.04 · Dec 4.33 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -27.51 · Feb -30.76 · Mar -22.85 · Apr -12.62 · May -4.74 · Jun 0.63 · Jul 4.63 · Aug 3.08 · Sep -4.29 · Oct -11.49 · Nov -19.23 · Dec -26.02 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.94 · Feb -6.61 · Mar -1.84 · Apr 3.53 · May 9.23 · Jun 13.95 · Jul 16.68 · Aug 14.95 · Sep 10.07 · Oct 3.83 · Nov -1.37 · Dec -5.42 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Sollefteå, 1991-2020¹⁴Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 39.45 · Feb 27.07 · Mar 25.91 · Apr 32.78 · May 45.75 · Jun 59.15 · Jul 82.4 · Aug 76.25 · Sep 58.07 · Oct 57.29 · Nov 47.62 · Dec 47.03 mm	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly precipitation — Sollefteå, 1991-2020¹³Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 5,427.4 km² in 2026. Population density was 3.3 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Sollefteå?

The published population was 18,396 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	5,427 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	624 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 2025.⁹Official
City area	5,427 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.¹²Official
Foreign-resident share	5.84 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	1,060 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁷Official
Population density	3.3 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.¹²Official
Female residents	8,900 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)²⁰Official
Male residents	8,900 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)²⁰Official
Population	18,396 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹²Official

International community in Sollefteå

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	18,396	100.0%
Sweden	16,125	87.7%
other countries	254	1.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	231	1.3%
Eritrea	215	1.2%
Germany	204	1.1%
Finland	170	0.9%
Thailand	120	0.7%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	99	0.5%
Poland	97	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukraine	88	0.5%
Afghanistan	60	0.3%
Norway	57	0.3%
Sudan	55	0.3%
Ethiopia	51	0.3%
Iraq	45	0.2%
Philippines	44	0.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	40	0.2%
Romania	37	0.2%
Türkiye	34	0.2%
Colombia	31	0.2%
Sri Lanka	30	0.2%
Denmark	25	0.1%
Russian Federation	25	0.1%
United Kingdom	23	0.1%
India	19	0.1%
Lithuania	18	0.1%
Latvia	18	0.1%
Switzerland	17	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	0.1%
Bulgaria	16	0.1%
Austria	15	0.1%
United States of America	15	0.1%
Somalia	14	0.1%
Viet Nam	14	0.1%
Yugoslavia	13	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	11	0.1%
China	10	0.1%
Spain	10	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	10	0.1%
Lebanon	10	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	10	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²²

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	18,396	100.0%
Swedish	17,334	94.2%
European citizenship except Swedish	668	3.6%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	394	2.1%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	9,508 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁹Official
Municipal tax rate	21.2	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Sollefteå

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 Sollefteå alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 297 km, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

Residents: 59,945 Falun vs 18,396 Sollefteå+226%
Rent: €10.20/m² Falun vs €8.73/m² Sollefteå+17%
Unemployment: 8.3% Falun vs 11.7% Sollefteå−29%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,480 Falun vs 9,887 Sollefteå−24%
Foreign residents: 3.6% Falun vs 5.8% Sollefteå−38%
Nearest airport: 21.5 km Falun vs 28.5 km Sollefteå−25%
Annual PM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³ Falun vs 4.1 µg/m³ Sollefteå+5%

Full comparison More about Falun

Alternative cities in Sweden

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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 Sollefteå?

The published population was 18,396 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Sollefteå?

Average net cold rent is about 8.73 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 611 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Sollefteå?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.1 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 Sollefteå?

Police recorded 9,887 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 Sollefteå?

The unemployment rate is 11.7 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Sollefteå?

The median gross salary is 3,136 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Sollefteå a good place to live?

Sollefteå 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 All birth countries live in Sollefteå?

The official country of birth distribution records 18,396 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). Sollefteå, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2775576ba72c9ac0897b00e9ada0289f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/solleftea/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sollefteå, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {2775576ba72c9ac0897b00e9ada0289f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/solleftea/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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