Håbo Municipality

Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden

Håbo Municipality Håbo kommun
Municipality
Skokloster castle
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°35′N 17°30′E / 59.583°N 17.500°E / 59.583; 17.500
Country	Sweden
County	Uppsala County
Seat	Bålsta
Area ^[1]
• Total	186.47 km² (72.00 sq mi)
• Land	143.75 km² (55.50 sq mi)
• Water	42.72 km² (16.49 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	22,974
• Density	120/km² (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0305
Website	www.habo.se

Håbo Municipality (Swedish: Håbo kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bålsta.

The municipality was formed in connection with the local government reform of 1952.

Localities

Bålsta (seat)
Slottsskogen

Since 2001, the municipality is connected with the Stockholm commuter rail system by an extension to Bålsta Station. Coming with this, Bålsta now also offers interchange to regional railways, similar to Märsta, Sundbyberg and Södertälje.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Håbo Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 22,319 residents, including 16,323 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 36.4% voted for the left coalition and 62.5% for the right coalition. 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

Gamla Bålsta-Pomona

1,895

1,520

42.9

55.9

23,146

Häggeby-Övergran

1,917

1,502

33.6

65.4

30,238

Krägga-Graneberg

2,107

1,564

33.4

65.3

30,393

Mansängen-Draget

2,094

1,535

45.1

53.0

21,088

Råby-Frösunda

2,004

1,412

32.4

67.1

33,616

Skokloster

2,041

1,419

29.3

69.5

27,552

Skörby-Gillmarken

2,128

1,491

33.2

65.8

33,033

Väppeby-Kalmarsand

2,004

1,499

38.2

60.9

27,979

Väppebyberget-Viby

2,327

1,566

37.3

61.9

32,791

Västerängen-Åkerby

1,956

1,380

36.8

62.0

29,405

Åsenområdet

1,846

1,435

38.4

60.8

31,385

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Håbo i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2024.