Håbo Municipality
Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden
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Håbo Municipality (Swedish: Håbo kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bålsta.
Håbo Municipality
Håbo kommun | |
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Skokloster castle | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 59°35′N 17°30′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Uppsala County |
| Seat | Bålsta |
| Area | |
• 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 (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 23,098 |
| • Density | 160.68/km2 (416.16/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 |
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 | 78 | 75 | 25 | 23,146 | 30 |
| Häggeby-Övergran | 1,917 | 1,502 | 33.6 | 65.4 | 83 | 82 | 18 | 30,238 | 37 |
| Krägga-Graneberg | 2,107 | 1,564 | 33.4 | 65.3 | 84 | 80 | 20 | 30,393 | 31 |
| Mansängen-Draget | 2,094 | 1,535 | 45.1 | 53.0 | 72 | 62 | 38 | 21,088 | 27 |
| Råby-Frösunda | 2,004 | 1,412 | 32.4 | 67.1 | 89 | 85 | 15 | 33,616 | 42 |
| Skokloster | 2,041 | 1,419 | 29.3 | 69.5 | 83 | 76 | 24 | 27,552 | 29 |
| Skörby-Gillmarken | 2,128 | 1,491 | 33.2 | 65.8 | 88 | 82 | 18 | 33,033 | 39 |
| Väppeby-Kalmarsand | 2,004 | 1,499 | 38.2 | 60.9 | 81 | 79 | 21 | 27,979 | 33 |
| Väppebyberget-Viby | 2,327 | 1,566 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 88 | 82 | 18 | 32,791 | 39 |
| Västerängen-Åkerby | 1,956 | 1,380 | 36.8 | 62.0 | 85 | 78 | 22 | 29,405 | 40 |
| Åsenområdet | 1,846 | 1,435 | 38.4 | 60.8 | 87 | 83 | 17 | 31,385 | 37 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
