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Ockelbo Municipality

Ockelbo kommun

Ockelbo Railway Station

Ockelbo Railway Station

Coat of arms of Ockelbo Municipality

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Ockelbo Municipality in Gävleborg County.png

Sweden

Gävleborg County

Area

• Total

1,135.54 km² (438.43 sq mi)

• Land

1,069.59 km² (412.97 sq mi)

• Water

65.95 km² (25.46 sq mi)

Area as of January 1, 2010.

Population

(June 30, 2012)

• Total

5,987

• Density

5.2724/km² (13.6554/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

2101

Website

www.ockelbo.se

Ockelbo Municipality (Ockelbo kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Ockelbo.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of "old" Ockelbo with Skog.

Localities

Lingbo
Ockelbo (seat)
Jädraås
Åmot

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ockelbo 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 5,860 residents, including 4,549 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% 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

%

%

Ockelbo Byar

1,916

1,595

47.7

51.5

79

89

11

22,909

26

Ockelbo N

1,727

1,214

47.1

52.2

79

77

23

23,294

27

Ockelbo S

2,217

1,740

52.4

46.2

78

85

15

21,743

27

Source: SVT

See also

In Spanish: Municipio de Ockelbo para niños

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