Karlstad
Värmlands län
99,007 residents · 2025
Five-year population change
2020–2025
At least three years of post-secondary education
2025
Rank 26 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education
Statistics from SCB
Housing in Karlstad
Mean price of houses sold in Karlstad, 2025: SEK 3,543,000. Annual sales count: 511. Compared with Sweden. SCB. New homes 2025: 1,031 completed, 394 started.
House prices
Karlstad municipality · 2025
Detached, semi-detached, terraced and linked houses for permanent residence.
511 sales
Difference from Sweden: −SEK 370,000
Sweden: SEK 3,913,000
Housing construction
Number of homes in newly built buildings completed or started during the year.
Karlstad municipality · 2025 · Preliminary
2025: 1,031 completed homes and 394 started homes.
Completed homes
1,031
10.4 homes per 1,000 residents
Sweden: 3.0 per 1,000
Difference from Sweden: +7.4 per 1,000
Started homes
394
4.0 homes per 1,000 residents
Sweden: 2.8 per 1,000
Difference from Sweden: +1.2 per 1,000
Housing construction over time
Completed and started homes per year, 2021–2025.
Started homes are SCB construction starts, not building permits.
The latest preliminary figures are undercounted and revised as more reports arrive.
About the statistics
SCB's figures concern dwellings in newly constructed buildings. One- and two-dwelling buildings include detached, semi-detached, terraced and linked houses, excluding holiday homes. Multi-dwelling buildings have at least three dwellings and include special housing. The two building types are summed. Rates per 1,000 use the population on 31 December of the same year.
Source: SCB · TAB1169 · 2025 · updated June 5, 2026.
Source: SCB · TAB4572 · 1991–2025 · updated August 24, 2026.
Source: SCB · TAB5557 · population on 31 December 2025 · updated February 24, 2026.
Compare: Mean house price
Karlstad: SEK 3,543,000 Houses sold 2025