--- entity_id: city:se:geonames:2723567 entity_type: city name: "Bålsta" country_code: SE country: Sweden slug: balsta canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/balsta.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/balsta.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/se/balsta snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-09-06 fact_count: 19 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 2 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/ citation_title: "Bålsta, Sweden: jobs, air quality, climate" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Bålsta Bålsta is one of the cities recorded in Sweden. Residents of Bålsta numbered 23,252 at the end of 2025. Bålsta registered an unemployment rate of 9.2% at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 5 µg/m³. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Bålsta? The published population was 23,252 people in 2025. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 23,252 people · Period: 2025 - Claims: claim-229ac9288cfe ### Is the air quality good in Bålsta? The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. - Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ. - Value: 5 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-2e52d00f678f ### What is the unemployment rate in Bålsta? The unemployment rate is 9.2 % (2024). - Value: 9.2 % · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-68fc45bc2afd ## Mobility Bålsta's nearest airport was ARN, 24 km away and offered 123 direct destinations. ## Population The total area of Bålsta was 12.4 km² at the end of 2023. Bålsta counted 9,678 households at the end of 2024. The population density of Bålsta stood at 1,309 people per km² at the end of 2023. ## Work Employment totaled 11,913 in Bålsta at the end of 2024. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 23,252 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | aging | verified | [1] | | People in employment | `employment_total` | 11,913 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] | | Employment rate | `g03_employment_rate_pct` | 84.8 % | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [3] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 9.2 % | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 5 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 0.8 · Feb 1 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 10.7 · May 16.3 · Jun 20.2 · Jul 23.1 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 16.8 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 2.4 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan -4.2 · Feb -5.1 · Mar -2.9 · Apr 0.5 · May 5.2 · Jun 9.6 · Jul 12.5 · Aug 12 · Sep 8.5 · Oct 4.3 · Nov 1.1 · Dec -2.2 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -1.5 · Feb -1.9 · Mar 0.9 · Apr 5.6 · May 10.7 · Jun 15 · Jul 17.8 · Aug 16.9 · Sep 12.6 · Oct 7.3 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.3 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [8] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 27.8 · Feb 22.4 · Mar 22.7 · Apr 26.5 · May 33.5 · Jun 54.4 · Jul 54.8 · Aug 66 · Sep 46.1 · Oct 44.6 · Nov 38 · Dec 35.3 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [9] | | Area | `area_km2` | 144.1 km² | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [10] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 12.38 km² | city | 2023-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [11] | | Foreign-resident share | `foreign_population_share_percent` | 7.12 % | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [12] | | Households | `households` | 9,678 households | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [13] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 1,309 people/km² | city | 2023-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [11] | | Population Female | `population_female` | 11,394 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [1] | | Population Male | `population_male` | 11,394 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [1] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 123 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [14] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 24 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [15] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | ARN | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [15] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Language courses and integration - [Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents](https://www.informationsverige.se/sv/om-sverige/samhallsorientering-om-sverige.html) — Civic Orientation · Swedish municipalities · checked 2026-08-10 - [Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education](https://www.skolverket.se/styrning-och-ansvar/regler-och-ansvar/ansvar-i-skolfragor/ratt-till-sfi) — State Language Course · Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework · Swedish · checked 2026-08-10 These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city. ## Public employment service - [Arbetsförmedlingen](https://arbetsformedlingen.se/platsbanken) — Job Search This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Bålsta when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.1177.se/sa-fungerar-varden/vard-om-du-kommer-fran-ett-annat-land/vard-av-personer-fran-annat-land/) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Sweden country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/sweden/). ## Relationship to a nearby hub ### Is Bålsta part of Stockholm? Bålsta belongs to the official functional urban area of Stockholm; this describes an urban and commuting relationship, not municipal ownership. It is about 43.8 km away by straight-line distance. - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/501971/EU-27-LAU-2023-NUTS-2021.xlsx/40820469-1dad-6ec5-2318-46ea2993a1cf?t=1708527769154 ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - United Arab Emirates: 0 (0.0%) - Afghanistan: 129 (0.6%) - Albania: 43 (0.2%) - Armenia: 0 (0.0%) - Angola: 0 (0.0%) - Argentina: 0 (0.0%) - Austria: 11 (0.0%) - Australia: 0 (0.0%) - Azerbaijan: 18 (0.1%) - Bosnia and Herzegovina: 25 (0.1%) - Barbados: 0 (0.0%) - Bangladesh: 19 (0.1%) - Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%) - Bulgaria: 16 (0.1%) - Bahrain: 0 (0.0%) - Burundi: 0 (0.0%) - Benin: 0 (0.0%) - Bermuda: 0 (0.0%) - Bolivia: 13 (0.1%) - Brazil: 14 (0.1%) - Bahamas: 0 (0.0%) - Bhutan: 0 (0.0%) - Botswana: 0 (0.0%) - Belarus: 19 (0.1%) - Canada: 0 (0.0%) - Democratic Republic of the Congo: 33 (0.1%) - Central African Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Congo, the Republic of the: 0 (0.0%) - Switzerland: 0 (0.0%) - Cote d´Ivoire: 0 (0.0%) - Chile: 73 (0.3%) - Cameroon: 0 (0.0%) - China: 52 (0.2%) - Colombia: 35 (0.2%) - Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%) - Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%) - Cuba: 0 (0.0%) - Cape Verde: 0 (0.0%) - Cyprus: 0 (0.0%) - Czech Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Germany: 95 (0.4%) - Djibouti: 0 (0.0%) - Denmark: 42 (0.2%) - Dominica: 0 (0.0%) - Dominican Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Algeria: 0 (0.0%) - Ecuador: 0 (0.0%) - Estonia: 60 (0.3%) - Egypt: 16 (0.1%) - Eritrea: 113 (0.5%) - Spain: 22 (0.1%) - Ethiopia: 26 (0.1%) - Finland: 750 (3.3%) - Fiji: 0 (0.0%) - France: 30 (0.1%) - Gabon: 0 (0.0%) - United Kingdom: 70 (0.3%) - Grenada: 0 (0.0%) - Georgia: 0 (0.0%) - Ghana: 12 (0.1%) - Gambia: 0 (0.0%) - Guinea: 0 (0.0%) - Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%) - Greece: 30 (0.1%) - Guatemala: 0 (0.0%) - Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%) - Guyana: 0 (0.0%) - Hong Kong: 0 (0.0%) - Honduras: 0 (0.0%) - Croatia: 14 (0.1%) - Haiti: 0 (0.0%) - Hungary: 38 (0.2%) - Indonesia: 11 (0.0%) - Ireland: 10 (0.0%) - Israel: 0 (0.0%) - India: 35 (0.2%) - Iraq: 149 (0.6%) - Iran (Islamic Republic of): 124 (0.5%) - Iceland: 16 (0.1%) - Italy: 30 (0.1%) - Jamaica: 0 (0.0%) - Jordan: 18 (0.1%) - Japan: 0 (0.0%) - Kenya: 14 (0.1%) - Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%) - Cambodia: 0 (0.0%) - Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of: 0 (0.0%) - Korea, Republic of Korea: 26 (0.1%) - Kuwait: 0 (0.0%) - Kazakhstan: 0 (0.0%) - Lao People´s Democratic Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Lebanon: 34 (0.1%) - Saint Lucia: 0 (0.0%) - Sri Lanka: 20 (0.1%) - Liberia: 0 (0.0%) - Lesotho: 0 (0.0%) - Lithuania: 74 (0.3%) - Luxembourg: 0 (0.0%) - Latvia: 54 (0.2%) - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: 0 (0.0%) - Morocco: 22 (0.1%) - Monaco: 0 (0.0%) - Moldova, Republic of: 0 (0.0%) - Montenegro: 0 (0.0%) - Madagascar: 0 (0.0%) - North Macedonia: 0 (0.0%) - Mali: 0 (0.0%) - Myanmar: 0 (0.0%) - Mongolia: 0 (0.0%) - Mauritania: 0 (0.0%) - Malta: 0 (0.0%) - Mauritius: 0 (0.0%) - Maldives: 0 (0.0%) - Malawi: 0 (0.0%) - Mexico: 0 (0.0%) - Malaysia: 12 (0.1%) - Moçambique: 0 (0.0%) - Namibia: 0 (0.0%) - Niger: 0 (0.0%) - Nigeria: 0 (0.0%) - Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%) - Kingdom of the Netherlands : 30 (0.1%) - Norway: 81 (0.4%) - Nepal: 0 (0.0%) - New Zealand: 0 (0.0%) - Oman: 0 (0.0%) - unknown country of birth: 0 (0.0%) - other countries: 270 (1.2%) - Panama: 0 (0.0%) - Peru: 22 (0.1%) - Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%) - Philippines: 29 (0.1%) - Pakistan: 21 (0.1%) - Poland: 216 (0.9%) - Palestinian territory, occupied: 0 (0.0%) - Portugal: 0 (0.0%) - Paraguay: 0 (0.0%) - Qatar: 0 (0.0%) - Czechoslovakia: 0 (0.0%) - Romania: 87 (0.4%) - Serbia: 19 (0.1%) - Russian Federation: 79 (0.3%) - Rwanda: 0 (0.0%) - Saudi Arabia: 14 (0.1%) - Seychelles: 0 (0.0%) - Sudan: 17 (0.1%) - Sweden: 18,972 (82.6%) - Singapore: 0 (0.0%) - Slovenia: 0 (0.0%) - Slovakia: 0 (0.0%) - Sierra Leone: 0 (0.0%) - Senegal: 0 (0.0%) - Somalia: 23 (0.1%) - Suriname: 0 (0.0%) - South Sudan: 0 (0.0%) - Soviet Union: 0 (0.0%) - El Salvador: 0 (0.0%) - Syrian Arab Republic: 155 (0.7%) - Eswatini: 0 (0.0%) - Chad: 0 (0.0%) - Togo: 0 (0.0%) - Thailand: 126 (0.5%) - Tadzjikistan: 0 (0.0%) - Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%) - Tunisia: 13 (0.1%) - Tonga: 0 (0.0%) - All birth countries: 22,973 (100.0%) - Türkiye: 76 (0.3%) - Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%) - Taiwan: 0 (0.0%) - Tanzania, United Republic of: 11 (0.0%) - Ukraine: 127 (0.6%) - Uganda: 17 (0.1%) - United States of America: 35 (0.2%) - Uruguay: 0 (0.0%) - Uzbekistan: 22 (0.1%) - Venezuela: 0 (0.0%) - Viet Nam: 0 (0.0%) - Kosovo: 0 (0.0%) - Yemen: 0 (0.0%) - Yugoslavia: 25 (0.1%) - South Africa: 19 (0.1%) - Zambia: 0 (0.0%) - Zimbabwe: 0 (0.0%) - Population universe: Registered population by municipality and country of birth; total sex - Period: 2024 - Source: https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/BE/BE0101/BE0101E/FolkmRegFlandK ### Citizenship - European citizenship except Swedish: 1,065 (4.6%) - Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown: 547 (2.4%) - total: 22,973 (100.0%) - Swedish: 21,361 (93.0%) - Population universe: Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex - Period: 2024 - Source: https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/BE/BE0101/BE0101Y/FolkmDesoMedKon ## Sources 1. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/BE/BE0101/BE0101A/FolkmangdDecCKM 2. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/AM/AM0210/AM0210D/ArRegArbStatus 3. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/AA/AA0003/AA0003B/IntGr1KomUtbBAS 4. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/AA/AA0003/AA0003B/IntGr1KomUtbBAS 5. 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OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 15. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Bålsta, Sweden: jobs, air quality, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_balsta-sweden-jobs-air-quality-climate_85c5d6b98c13, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Bålsta, Sweden: jobs, air quality, climate}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Bålsta, Sweden: jobs, air quality, climate](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/ - Title: Bålsta, Sweden: jobs, air quality, climate - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/balsta/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/balsta.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/balsta.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/se/balsta - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json