Västerås Municipality

Västerås Municipality (Västerås kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.

Västerås Municipality Västerås kommun
Municipality
Västerås City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°37′N 16°32′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Västerås
Area
• Total	1,137.835976 km2 (439.320926 sq mi)
• Land	959.015976 km2 (370.278138 sq mi)
• Water	178.82 km2 (69.04 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	159,662
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1980
Website	www.vasteras.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas.

The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.

Localities

As of 2018, there were 17 localities in the municipality:

Municipality	Population
Västerås	127 799
Skultuna	3 342
Hökåsen	3 023
Irsta	2 833
Kvicksund	2 208
Tillberga	2 164
Barkarö	1 546
Enhagen-Ekbacken	1 091
Dingtuna	1 032
Tidö-Lindö	710
Malmen	522
Örtagården	471
Tortuna	418
Harkie	284
Munga	272
Lycksta	240
Kärsta och Bredsdal	221

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Västerås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 156,510 residents, including 116,663 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.8% voted for the left coalition and 51.9% for the right coalition. This made Västerås the most populated municipality in which the right coalition won the vote. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % 101 Centrum 1,572 1,429 45.8 53.8 75 71 29 26,218 45 102 Kyrkbacken 1,480 1,257 42.8 55.5 76 76 24 26,542 56 103 Herrgärdet 1,638 1,377 51.7 47.3 79 76 24 27,022 50 104 Kopparlunden 1,636 1,136 49.6 49.4 75 55 45 24,841 41 105 Östermalm 1,593 1,227 43.9 55.5 79 63 37 30,042 55 106 Östra Hamnen 1,694 1,476 40.5 58.8 87 76 24 36,688 65 107 Lillåudden 1,606 1,284 39.3 59.6 83 70 30 34,190 63 108 Norrmalm/Blåsbo 1,554 1,341 41.6 57.9 87 85 15 29,986 58 109 Aroslund/Iggebygärdet 1,679 1,322 45.4 53.4 80 78 22 27,061 53 110 Kristiansborg/Karlsdal 1,760 1,372 43.5 55.4 78 74 26 26,914 56 111 Annedal/Stallhagen 1,632 1,458 37.3 62.1 85 83 17 34,371 64 112 Oxbacken/Västermalm 1,617 1,407 47.2 51.9 81 76 24 25,258 54 113 Pettersberg Ö 1,221 1,025 49.4 49.4 83 75 25 26,848 49 114 Pettersberg V 3,042 1,619 64.7 29.9 54 21 79 14,560 26 115 Jakobsberg 1,801 1,452 40.9 58.4 84 83 17 32,033 66 116 Hammarby Stadshage 2,035 1,329 54.0 44.3 69 53 47 20,894 44 117 Vetterslund 1,632 1,193 54.3 43.5 77 57 43 24,027 45 201 Hammarby Ö 1,956 1,281 51.6 46.9 74 55 45 22,174 40 202 Hammarby V 1,617 1,311 57.9 38.1 66 35 65 20,134 33 203 Bäckby Ö 2,263 1,498 67.3 28.1 54 29 71 14,871 19 204 Bäckby N 2,099 1,287 67.3 28.6 57 20 80 16,691 22 205 Bäckby V 1,675 1,245 53.9 45.2 82 55 45 24,954 39 206 Bäckby C 1,483 1,106 59.0 38.8 76 44 56 23,031 31 207 Bäckby S 1,553 1,197 49.2 48.8 79 47 53 24,481 36 208 Skälby V 1,901 1,299 40.7 58.4 83 62 38 29,049 50 209 Skälby Ö 1,729 1,216 50.5 47.0 78 59 41 25,896 40 210 Stohagen/Spantgatan 1,615 1,287 52.0 46.3 76 71 29 25,615 46 211 Enhagen-Ekbacken 1,793 1,279 35.5 64.0 91 88 12 37,334 63 212 Barkarö/Tidö-Lindö 1,272 896 32.0 67.3 89 86 14 35,942 57 213 Barkarö C 1,778 1,192 39.2 59.6 91 89 11 36,249 70 214 Dingtuna-Lillhärad 1,744 1,324 39.6 59.9 88 89 11 31,863 45 215 Dingtuna C 1,011 721 37.1 62.6 89 86 14 29,292 39 216 Kvicksund/Rytterne 2,073 1,627 36.7 62.6 88 88 12 30,278 51 301 Skallberget S 1,678 1,159 57.1 39.9 60 45 55 16,808 30 302 Skallberget N 1,382 1,047 56.4 42.6 72 71 29 22,766 38 303 Nordanby 1,259 792 52.0 45.3 75 61 39 26,030 47 304 Gryta NÖ 1,950 1,460 52.2 47.4 88 82 18 30,799 59 305 Gryta NV 1,932 1,399 52.4 46.6 83 77 23 29,409 58 306 Önsta 1,737 1,251 48.2 50.9 79 67 33 30,099 53 307 Gryta SÖ 1,926 1,374 50.5 48.7 79 68 32 27,773 55 308 Gryta SV 1,919 1,348 52.6 45.9 74 67 33 25,773 44 309 Tunby-Vega 1,950 1,425 46.2 53.1 80 76 24 28,615 49 310 Rönnby S 1,980 1,472 41.3 57.6 89 87 13 33,185 67 311 Rönnby N 1,740 1,354 47.2 51.9 82 81 19 24,781 49 312 Fredriksberg 2,077 1,349 62.8 34.0 58 32 68 16,915 24 313 Råby S 1,621 1,138 61.0 36.5 67 35 65 19,000 35 314 Råby N 1,629 1,181 63.9 33.7 66 33 67 18,821 32 315 Råby Ö 1,298 946 57.5 41.2 71 45 55 20,007 31 316 Vallby S 2,195 1,331 65.4 30.0 55 19 81 14,069 27 317 Eriksborg/Hagaberg 1,819 1,324 44.9 53.8 84 59 41 29,016 54 318 Brottberga/Vallby N 1,919 1,428 35.3 63.3 82 55 45 30,410 49 319 Vallby C/Bjärby 2,255 1,379 48.7 48.0 65 38 62 18,951 33 320 Skultuna 1,813 1,254 48.4 50.8 76 76 24 24,698 36 321 Skultuna C 2,000 1,381 49.1 50.0 73 70 30 21,414 26 322 Haraker Romfartuna 2,043 1,648 38.3 60.0 86 89 11 28,076 39 401 Emaus 973 976 48.0 50.3 78 63 37 25,852 59 402 Bergslagsparken 1,324 1,071 45.5 53.8 83 75 25 27,075 46 403 Gideonsberg 1,754 1,324 53.8 45.7 73 69 31 21,882 41 404 Skälängen 1,559 1,313 52.7 46.2 79 72 28 24,541 44 405 Nordanby gärde 1,637 1,328 52.5 46.7 81 69 31 25,367 44 406 Sandgärdet 1,606 1,292 44.8 53.9 80 77 23 26,067 43 407 Haga 1,587 1,326 46.5 52.2 79 74 26 23,222 43 408 Skjutbanegatan 1,572 1,344 44.5 54.0 81 71 29 24,856 39 409 Hemdal 1,837 1,428 46.7 52.3 78 74 26 26,408 51 410 Malmaberg S 1,945 1,551 50.3 48.2 69 68 32 21,297 35 411 Malmaberg N 1,775 1,375 50.4 48.9 78 76 24 26,402 51 412 Klockartorp 1,793 1,500 45.7 53.2 79 79 21 24,068 37 413 Skiljebo S 1,699 1,289 46.5 52.6 87 81 19 31,933 58 414 Skiljebo N 1,747 1,333 50.1 47.4 68 63 37 19,881 37 415 Odensviplatsen 1,536 1,150 54.6 44.7 78 67 33 21,690 40 416 Brandthovda 1,315 984 43.2 56.2 89 83 17 33,273 59 417 Bjurhovda SV 1,552 1,042 53.6 44.2 69 52 48 21,272 28 418 Bjurhovda SO 1,610 1,136 49.2 48.2 67 64 36 21,772 30 419 Bjurhovda N 1,730 1,376 42.8 56.2 90 83 17 31,936 51 420 Hökåsen/Tillberga 1,974 1,386 31.8 67.3 88 90 10 31,356 50 421 Hökåsen C 1,852 1,315 40.8 58.5 91 86 14 31,319 48 422 Tillberga C 2,121 1,563 40.2 59.2 85 88 12 28,097 34 423 Tortuna/Sevalla 1,075 844 34.6 63.6 89 93 7 28,982 41 501 Viksäng V/Ängsgärdet 1,539 1,353 58.6 39.6 63 53 47 17,488 36 502 Viksäng/Stenhagen 1,715 1,373 50.4 47.7 79 72 28 24,536 47 503 Viksäng Ö 1,933 1,285 51.0 47.6 81 71 29 26,423 48 504 Talltorp/Lillhamra 2,030 1,282 40.2 58.8 88 80 20 35,351 67 505 Notudden 1,561 1,244 41.6 57.4 85 65 35 32,065 58 506 Mälarparken 1,270 1,029 44.8 54.6 87 77 23 31,394 54 507 Framnäs 1,371 1,185 38.7 60.5 87 86 14 34,017 70 508 Berghamra/Hamre 2,003 1,416 39.4 59.9 80 83 17 33,632 66 509 Gäddeholm 1,316 801 41.1 58.5 94 87 13 39,511 70 510 Irsta S 1,282 928 35.4 63.6 90 89 11 30,579 49 511 Irsta N 1,464 999 41.8 57.8 91 91 9 33,685 57 512 Björksta/Kungsåra 1,518 1,178 37.6 60.8 85 90 10 28,348 38 513 Öster Mälarstrand 1,518 1,241 45.0 54.3 86 67 33 32,060 58 514 Kärrbolandet 1,541 1,193 35.7 63.7 89 89 11 31,378 51 Source: SVT

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

Västerås is twinned with:

• Lahti
• Randers
• Ålesund
• Akureyri
• České Budějovice
• Banja Luka
• Kassel
• Jinan
• Gaborone

External links

• Västerås Municipality - Official site