Kungsbacka Municipality

Kungsbacka Municipality (Kungsbacka kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, some 30 km south of Gothenburg. The municipal seat is located in the town Kungsbacka.

Kungsbacka Municipality Kungsbacka kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°29′N 12°04′E
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Kungsbacka
Area
• Total	1,472.94 km2 (568.71 sq mi)
• Land	606.67 km2 (234.24 sq mi)
• Water	866.27 km2 (334.47 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	85,653
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland
Municipal code	1384
Website	www.kungsbacka.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

In 1969 Tölö was merged into the City of Kungsbacka. In 1971 the municipality was created when the city amalgamated with Särö. The final step was taken in 1974 when three more former municipalities were added to form the new entity.

Kungsbacka Municipality is closely integrated in the region of Metropolitan Gothenburg, but despite this it is administratively not a part of Västra Götaland County like the rest of the region.

A local geographical landmark is the glacial ridge Fjärås bräcka, to the south of Kungsbacka, but it is the coast that is the predominant geographical feature. The municipality receives its drinking water from the nearby lake Lygnern; the water undergoes a natural filtering process as it trickles through the ridge, contributing to its quality.

Localities

There are 22 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Kungsbacka Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Kungsbacka	17,784
2	Onsala	11,375
3	Billdal 1)	9,609
4	Åsa	3,218
5	Särö	2,982
6	Fjärås kyrkby	2,213
7	Frillesås 2)	1,924
8	Backa	1,516
9	Vallda	1,439
10	Anneberg	1,398
11	Västra Hagen	810
12	Ölmanäs	787
13	Buerås	556
14	Halla Heberg	509
15	Lerkil	411
16	Gundal och Högås	363
17	Hagryd-Dala	355
18	Hjälmared	341
19	Brattås	339
20	Kläppa	298
21	Hjälm	251
22	Röda Holme	201

1) Billdal is a bimunicipal [1] locality. About 3,000 of the inhabitants are in Gothenburg Municipality.

2) A minor part of Frillesås is in Varberg Municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kungsbacka 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 83,376 residents, including 64,298 Swedish citizens of voting age. 34.6% voted for the left coalition and 64.4% for the right coalition. The right coalition won all 46 electoral districts in the municipality, making Kungsbacka the largest municipality in Sweden where this occurred. 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 % % Anneberg 1,854 1,369 39.8 59.0 89 91 9 31,316 54 Björkris 2,051 1,277 36.7 61.3 79 75 25 27,708 46 Bukärr C 2,348 1,787 25.6 73.1 85 90 10 35,463 65 Fjärås N 2,315 1,694 39.0 59.7 86 87 13 28,524 38 Fjärås S 1,748 1,233 33.3 65.4 88 88 12 29,054 37 Fjärås/Må 2,292 1,603 39.8 59.2 86 86 14 27,044 40 Fors 1,587 1,179 42.5 56.4 88 93 7 33,146 61 Forsbäck/Oskarsberg 2,558 1,887 29.3 70.5 89 90 10 36,565 60 Frillesås Kust 1,971 1,447 40.9 58.0 85 91 9 29,727 50 Frillesås Landsbygd 2,055 1,488 39.2 58.8 87 90 10 29,008 36 Gottskär 1,555 1,232 24.3 74.7 86 91 9 34,377 59 Gällinge/Idala 1,931 1,474 37.3 61.5 87 91 9 27,617 33 Hammerö 1,414 1,104 38.2 60.0 81 80 20 25,739 44 Hammerö S/V 1,624 1,251 35.3 63.5 83 85 15 27,796 48 Hanhals 1,351 1,014 36.1 63.2 88 91 9 29,896 42 Hede 1,624 1,187 43.0 56.5 87 90 10 30,598 54 Hålabäck 1,925 1,496 41.4 57.1 84 83 17 26,594 41 Innerstaden 1,258 1,149 32.3 66.3 83 86 14 27,877 36 Kolla N 1,444 1,175 36.1 63.4 90 88 12 30,641 56 Kolla S 1,189 909 32.1 67.0 91 89 11 31,697 50 Kullavik C 1,840 1,439 30.2 69.4 86 89 11 34,309 61 Kyvik 2,104 1,590 23.3 76.3 83 91 9 39,605 72 Malevik/Släps Inland 2,153 1,578 28.6 70.7 87 89 11 35,609 60 Onsala Kyrka 2,010 1,553 31.5 67.1 85 89 11 32,536 56 Onsala Rydet 1,912 1,430 29.8 69.1 90 90 10 33,736 55 Presse/Skällared 2,169 1,563 31.8 67.5 92 91 9 34,060 56 Släps Kullen 2,307 1,765 22.0 77.5 85 91 9 44,611 73 Särö 1,905 1,461 23.8 75.2 84 88 12 34,947 59 Södra Onsala 1,376 1,064 29.0 69.9 84 90 10 34,683 60 Tingberget 1,324 1,149 39.1 59.8 84 83 17 25,350 41 Tölö 1,935 1,292 38.6 60.4 90 88 12 33,493 56 Vallda Backa 2,003 1,471 38.0 61.6 89 93 7 31,167 51 Vallda Bröndome 1,529 1,126 31.2 66.8 88 89 11 30,223 44 Vallda Lerkil 1,886 1,442 31.2 68.3 87 91 9 32,375 50 Vallda Sandö 1,892 1,401 34.2 64.9 89 92 8 35,096 62 Varla N 2,181 1,711 38.1 61.5 85 86 14 28,780 49 Varla S 2,039 1,625 44.4 53.9 80 80 20 23,296 31 Vässingö/Röda Holme 1,613 1,282 33.5 65.7 89 91 9 31,956 58 Västra Onsala 2,439 1,806 33.5 65.4 89 92 8 31,570 45 Västra Villastaden 1,584 1,263 39.1 60.5 83 85 15 27,602 44 Åsa C 2,013 1,521 40.6 58.1 85 89 11 27,610 44 Åsa Kust 1,499 1,223 34.4 64.4 82 89 11 32,071 54 Älvsåker 1,862 1,387 39.0 59.4 89 90 10 31,023 41 Ö Villastaden 1,857 1,535 39.5 59.1 84 91 9 28,011 50 Ölmanäs 1,850 1,418 34.2 64.6 89 93 7 33,388 61 Ölmevalla Ö 1,828 1,248 39.8 59.6 86 87 13 31,244 46 Source: SVT

External links

• Kungsbacka Municipality - Official site