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Österåker

Stockholms län

49,943 residents · 2025

+7.1%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 37,933/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 23 of 290, Median earned income

31.8%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 41 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

Statistics from SCB

Democracy in Österåker

Voter turnout and parliamentary election results in Österåker, election year 2022.

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

82.4%

Sweden: 80.5%

1.9 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

82.0%

Sweden: 80.2%

1.8 percentage points above Sweden

Parliamentary election results

Parties’ shares of valid votes in the 2022 parliamentary election.

Moderate Party had the largest share of valid votes.

Moderate Party 8,236 votes

Österåker 27.5%
Sweden 19.1%

Social Democratic Party 7,468 votes

Österåker 24.9%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 5,809 votes

Österåker 19.4%
Sweden 20.5%

Centre Party 2,256 votes

Österåker 7.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 1,919 votes

Österåker 6.4%
Sweden 4.6%

Christian Democrats 1,421 votes

Österåker 4.7%
Sweden 5.3%

Green Party 1,406 votes

Österåker 4.7%
Sweden 5.1%

Left Party 1,112 votes

Österåker 3.7%
Sweden 6.7%

Other parties 370 votes

Österåker 1.2%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Österåker Sweden
Österåker. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.7%86.7%94.7%1973198219912002201420221973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Österåker: 93.3%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Österåker: 91.5%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Österåker: 87.4%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Österåker: 89.0%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Österåker: 89.1%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Österåker: 83.8%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Österåker: 83.4%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Österåker: 85.5%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Österåker: 87.3%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Österåker: 88.2%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Österåker: 89.3%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Österåker: 87.3%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Moderate Party

Moderate Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.

Österåker Sweden
Moderate Party. Moderate Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.Moderate Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.11.1%29.9%48.7%1973198219912002201420221973, Sweden: 14.3%1976, Sweden: 15.6%1979, Sweden: 20.3%1982, Österåker: 39.2%1982, Sweden: 23.6%1985, Österåker: 35.7%1985, Sweden: 21.3%1988, Österåker: 30.6%1988, Sweden: 18.3%1991, Österåker: 36.2%1991, Sweden: 21.9%1994, Österåker: 36.1%1994, Sweden: 22.4%1998, Österåker: 36.4%1998, Sweden: 22.9%2002, Österåker: 24.0%2002, Sweden: 15.3%2006, Österåker: 42.3%2006, Sweden: 26.2%2010, Österåker: 45.5%2010, Sweden: 30.1%2014, Österåker: 37.4%2014, Sweden: 23.3%2018, Österåker: 29.7%2018, Sweden: 19.8%2022, Österåker: 27.5%2022, Sweden: 19.1%

The municipal boundary between Österåker and Vaxholm changed before the 1982 election.

Source: SCB · TAB2707 · TAB2707 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.

Source: SCB · TAB2706 · TAB2706 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.