Living in Strängnäs

Strängnäs is a city in Sweden. For Strängnäs, the unemployment rate was 10.6% at the end of 2024.

Pricier rent than 67% of Swedish cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 67% of Swedish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 83% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Strängnäs.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Strängnäs?

Average net cold rent is about 10.79 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): 10.79 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

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

Net rent across major citiesSträngnäs highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.79 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 647 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.79 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 Strängnäs?

The unemployment rate is 10.6 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Strängnäs is 10.6%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	18,988 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	90.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	82.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,416 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	10.6 %country median 10.6% — about the same	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁵Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Strängnäs. 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 Strängnäs. 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 Strängnäs 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 Strängnäs?

Police recorded 9,362 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: 9,362 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesSträngnäs highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	9,362 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	33.3 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	50	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

SwedishIn Person, Online

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −2.1°C in January and 17.6°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 4.06 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual NO₂ was 3.35 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Strängnäs?

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: 4.06 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

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 Strängnäs is 4.1 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	3.35 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	7.47 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	4.06 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	-2.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.544 · Feb 0.938 · Mar 4.78 · Apr 10.97 · May 16.67 · Jun 20.57 · Jul 23.35 · Aug 22.05 · Sep 16.86 · Oct 10.14 · Nov 4.94 · Dec 1.89 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Mean maximum temperature — Strängnäs, 1991-2020¹¹Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.07 · Feb -5.58 · Mar -3.26 · Apr 0.279 · May 4.94 · Jun 9.3 · Jul 11.95 · Aug 11.23 · Sep 7.5 · Oct 3.24 · Nov -0.123 · Dec -3.41 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Mean minimum temperature — Strängnäs, 1991-2020¹²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.1 · Feb -2.23 · Mar 0.732 · Apr 5.61 · May 10.8 · Jun 14.88 · Jul 17.61 · Aug 16.46 · Sep 11.89 · Oct 6.57 · Nov 2.55 · Dec -0.59 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Strängnäs, 1991-2020¹³Official

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

Annual PM2.5 fell 18.8% between 2017 and 2023, from 5.0 to 4.1.

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

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

All Sweden cities

Härryda40,003 residents Vänersborg40,041 residents Sandviken38,360 residents Lidköping40,425 residents Vellinge37,816 residents Partille41,060 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 742.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 53 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Strängnäs?

The published population was 39,313 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	742.6 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	525.7 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	742.6 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	6.75 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	2,658 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	53 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	19,586 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁹Official
Population Male	19,586 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁹Official
Population	39,313 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Strängnäs

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	39,313	100.0%
Sweden	32,660	83.1%
Finland	967	2.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	693	1.8%
Iraq	328	0.8%
Poland	313	0.8%
Lithuania	306	0.8%
Afghanistan	268	0.7%
other countries	255	0.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	208	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Eritrea	196	0.5%
Germany	170	0.4%
Ukraine	170	0.4%
Thailand	162	0.4%
Türkiye	146	0.4%
Chile	144	0.4%
United Kingdom	135	0.3%
Romania	127	0.3%
Norway	123	0.3%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	120	0.3%
United States of America	85	0.2%
Hungary	81	0.2%
Russian Federation	77	0.2%
Yugoslavia	77	0.2%
Somalia	75	0.2%
Latvia	72	0.2%
Croatia	68	0.2%
India	66	0.2%
Denmark	63	0.2%
Estonia	61	0.2%
Brazil	57	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	55	0.1%
Philippines	52	0.1%
Serbia	51	0.1%
China	49	0.1%
Greece	45	0.1%
Egypt	38	0.1%
France	38	0.1%
Colombia	37	0.1%
Gambia	33	0.1%
Italy	31	0.1%
Spain	28	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	27	0.1%
Ethiopia	26	0.1%
Peru	25	0.1%
Uganda	25	0.1%
Lebanon	23	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	23	0.1%
Viet Nam	23	0.1%
Bulgaria	22	0.1%
Morocco	20	0.1%
Sudan	20	0.1%
Burundi	19	0.0%
Jordan	18	0.0%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	18	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	17	0.0%
Pakistan	16	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	15	0.0%
Austria	15	0.0%
Azerbaijan	15	0.0%
Nigeria	15	0.0%
Tunisia	15	0.0%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	14	0.0%
North Macedonia	14	0.0%
Mongolia	14	0.0%
Australia	13	0.0%
Bangladesh	12	0.0%
Israel	12	0.0%
Sri Lanka	12	0.0%
Taiwan	12	0.0%
Venezuela	12	0.0%
Indonesia	11	0.0%
Japan	11	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	10	0.0%
Ireland	10	0.0%
Kazakhstan	10	0.0%
Soviet Union	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	9	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	39,313	100.0%
Swedish	36,558	93.0%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,769	4.5%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	986	2.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Is Strängnäs 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%

Student44%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 37–51%

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

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

Foreign residents2,658 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population39,313 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)10.79 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment18,988 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate82.1 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,416 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	17,962 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	21.15	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 Strängnäs?

The published population was 39,313 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Strängnäs?

Average net cold rent is about 10.79 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 755 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Strängnäs?

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 Strängnäs?

Police recorded 9,362 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 Strängnäs?

The unemployment rate is 10.6 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Strängnäs?

The median gross salary is 3,416 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Strängnäs a good place to live?

Strängnäs 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 Strängnäs?

The official country of birth distribution records 15 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). Strängnäs, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, taxes [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/strangnas/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_strangnas-sweden-rent-salary-jobs-taxes_12c54f016981,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Strängnäs, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, taxes},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/strangnas/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025. api.scb.se · checked 2025-12-31
Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features. natmodluft.smhi.se · checked 2026-07-15
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. api.scb.se · checked 2025-12-31
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
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SMHI Mean maximum temperature — Strängnäs, 1991-2020 SMHI Mean maximum temperature · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
SMHI Mean minimum temperature — Strängnäs, 1991-2020 SMHI Mean minimum temperature · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Strängnäs, 1991-2020 SMHI Normal monthly temperature · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
Statistics Sweden (SCB) api.scb.se · checked 2026-08-07
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Statistics Sweden (SCB) country_of_birth distribution api.scb.se · checked 2026-08-28

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