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Living in Tidaholm

In Tidaholm, rents across existing tenancies average €8.28 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 8.4% (2024).

The unemployment rate was 8.4% at the end of 2024. Car density was 607.5 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1927 sources

Population12,805people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.
Median gross salary (region)3,307EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se
Average net rent8.28EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 16% belowOfficial source · api.scb.se
Unemployment rate8.4%country median 10.6% — 21% belowIndependent source · SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024
Recorded crime7,494offences per 100,000country median 9,986 — 25% belowOfficial source · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025
PM2.5, annual mean5.28µg/m³country median 5.1 — 4% aboveOfficial source · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.

Cheaper rent than 94% of Swedish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 82% of Swedish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 89% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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 Tidaholm.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Tidaholm?

Average net cold rent is about 8.28 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): 8.28 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se1
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Tidaholm recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35
Malmö€13.04
Helsingborg€12.09
Tidaholm€8.28
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 broadband20Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB22.16 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Tele2 mobile plan19Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.28 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.8331 Dec 2025api.scb.se1Official

Is Tidaholm a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%
Student61%strong on education, weak on safety · range 54–68%
Family48%strong on family, weak on cost · range 41–55%
Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 497 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 8.28 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 Tidaholm?

The unemployment rate is 8.4 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202412

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Tidaholm is 8.4%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
People in employment6,300 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)11Official
Fibre coverage92.527 Aug 2026migrationfit.com4Official
Employment rate83.5 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)12Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,307 EUR/month31 Dec 2025api.scb.se2Official
Unemployment rate8.4 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–202412Independent

What does a salary buy in Tidaholm?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,307 (api.scb.se, 2025-12-31).
Left over each month€2,071of €2,630 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.€2,630
Rent, 60 m²€8.28/m² · official · api.scb.se · 2025-12-31− €497
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€2,071
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Tidaholm Salary needed to live in Tidaholm

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average school rating (composite score)3.927 Aug 2026migrationfit.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; Tidaholm's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 1,000 residents427 Aug 2026migrationfit.com4Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tidaholm 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 residents4Verified 2026-08-27
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Tidaholm?

Police recorded 7,494 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: 7,494 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 20253
Recorded crime across major citiesTidaholm highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Tidaholm highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159
Malmö16,183
Helsingborg15,583
Västerås14,153
Örebro13,915
Gothenburg13,878
Norrköping12,832
Uppsala11,137
Linköping10,322
Jönköping9,782
Umeå9,210
Tidaholm7,494
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,494 offences per 100,000country median 9,98631 Dec 2025Brå — reported offences by municipality, 20253Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Immigration application processing time9027 Aug 2026migrationfit.com4Official
Destinations from nearest airport2 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat8Official
Nearest airportJKG13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv9Official
Distance to nearest airport47.9 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv9Official
Public transport score7527 Aug 2026migrationfit.com4Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 5.28 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual NO₂ was 2.73 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual PM10 was 8.3 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Tidaholm?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.3 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.28 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 Tidaholm is 5.3 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean2.73 µg/m³country median 4.02023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.6Official
PM10 — annual mean8.27 µg/m³country median 9.32023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.6Official
PM2.5 — annual mean5.28 µg/m³country median 5.12023Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.6Official
Average January temperature-0.528 Aug 2026migrationfit.com4Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 0.6 · Feb 0.9 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 10.7 · May 15.8 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 20.3 · Sep 15.6 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 1.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Borgunda21Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -3.6 · Feb -3.9 · Mar -2.2 · Apr 1.5 · May 5.7 · Jun 9.4 · Jul 12 · Aug 11.6 · Sep 8.1 · Oct 4 · Nov 0.8 · Dec -2.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Borgunda21Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -1.3 · Feb -1.5 · Mar 1 · Apr 5.9 · May 10.8 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 16.8 · Aug 15.9 · Sep 11.7 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 2.8 · Dec 0 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Borgunda21Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 43.4 · Feb 39.1 · Mar 32.4 · Apr 38.1 · May 53.4 · Jun 80.8 · Jul 77.3 · Aug 76.1 · Sep 58.8 · Oct 62.7 · Nov 54 · Dec 53 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Borgunda21Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Naila (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Schwarzenbach an der Saale (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Selb (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.3 °C, Espoo (Finland) ±1.1 °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

The city covered 520 km² in 2026. Population density was 24.5 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Tidaholm?

The published population was 12,805 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.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area520 km²31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)13Official
Cars per 1,000 residents607.5 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2025Official 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 area520 km²1 Jan 2026Official 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 share4.04 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)14Official
Foreign residents515 people31 Dec 2025Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.5Official
Population density24.5 people/km²31 Dec 2025Official 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
Female residents6,293 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)16Official
Male residents6,293 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)16Official
Population12,805 people31 Dec 2024SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.10Official

International community in Tidaholm

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 countries12,805100.0%
Sweden11,39389.0%
Syrian Arab Republic2752.1%
other countries2542.0%
Poland980.8%
Finland860.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina750.6%
Norway750.6%
Germany650.5%
Thailand620.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Iraq580.5%
Yugoslavia580.5%
Afghanistan460.4%
Kingdom of the Netherlands 400.3%
Ukraine260.2%
Denmark220.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)220.2%
United Kingdom210.2%
Lithuania200.2%
Philippines200.2%
Hungary140.1%
United States of America140.1%
Colombia130.1%
Latvia130.1%
Russian Federation130.1%
Brazil110.1%
Greece110.1%

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 groupPeopleShare
total12,805100.0%
Swedish12,27595.9%
European citizenship except Swedish3222.5%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown2081.6%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households6,135 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)15Official
Municipal tax rate21.227 Aug 2026migrationfit.com4Official

Alternatives for people set on Tidaholm

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.

Hjo as a Tidaholm alternative in the same region

23 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: €8.15/m² Hjo vs €8.28/m² Tidaholmno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,401 Hjo vs 7,494 Tidaholmno percentage
  • Unemployment: 7.6% Hjo vs 8.4% Tidaholm−10%
  • Foreign residents: 3.8% Hjo vs 4.0% Tidaholm−7%
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Cities near Tidaholm

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

Skövde 23.0 km away
Rent
9.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Hjo 23.5 km away
Rent
8.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Falköping 23.5 km away
Rent
8.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Sweden

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

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Tanum12,773 residentsÖckerö12,771 residentsÅre12,693 residentsOsby12,947 residentsOlofström13,000 residentsMönsterås13,069 residents

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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 Tidaholm?

The published population was 12,805 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Tidaholm?

Average net cold rent is about 8.28 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 580 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Tidaholm?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.3 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features..

How safe is Tidaholm?

Police recorded 7,494 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 Tidaholm?

The unemployment rate is 8.4 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Tidaholm?

The median gross salary is 3,307 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Tidaholm a good place to live?

Tidaholm 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 Tidaholm?

Åkarp, Skövde, Hjo, Falköping are near Tidaholm. 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 Tidaholm?

The official country of birth distribution records 12,805 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). Tidaholm, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 19136481db3796b3e622d703247e397b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/tidaholm/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_tidaholm-sweden-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_fedca3920110,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Tidaholm, Sweden: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {19136481db3796b3e622d703247e397b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/tidaholm/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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  7. 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
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