Municipal data and statistics — Hällefors

In-depth municipal statistics for Hällefors: economy and housing, society/culture/environment, adult education (Komvux, SFI) and comparison with the SCB municipality group. For school-specific statistics, see the municipality overview. Sources: Kolada, SCB. Updated 2024/25.

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Economy and housing

Municipal finances, housing and infrastructure in Hällefors.

Municipal finances

Municipal tax rate: 22.1 %
Total tax rate (municipal + regional): 34.4 %
Tax base: 224,997 SEK/inh.
Net result: -976 SEK/inh.
Result, share of tax + grants: -1.1 %
Solvency: 27.8 %

Social assistance

Households receiving assistance: 4.1 per 1,000 inh.
Young adults 18–24 on assistance: 6.4 %
Months of assistance (avg): 42.5
Net cost of social assistance: 1,863 SEK/inh.

Digitalisation and learning tools

Includes textbooks, computers, software, internet connectivity and other teaching equipment.

Learning tools, compulsory school: 2,219 SEK/student
Learning tools, upper secondary: 3,484 SEK/student

Housing and infrastructure

Overcrowded households (Kolada): 14.8 %
New housing completions: 0 per 1,000 inh.
Good public transport access: 91.6 %
Broadband ≥100 Mbit/s: 62.6 %
Rental housing: 22.2 %
Tenant-owned housing: 14.9 %
Owner-occupied housing: 60.4 %
Other housing: 2.5 %
Cars in use: 3,377

Society, culture and environment

Safety, culture and sustainability in Hällefors.

Crime and safety

Reported crimes per 100,000 inhabitants (2025).

Reported crimes, total: 7,403 per 100,000 inh.
Violent crimes: 826 per 100,000 inh.
Residential burglaries: 365 per 100,000 inh.
Drug crimes: 397 per 100,000 inh.

Source: Kolada (data from BRÅ).

Disability support (LSS)

LSS cost per inh. 0–64: 7,059 SEK/year
LSS decisions per 1,000 inh. 0–64: 1.3

Work environment and sick leave

Sick leave among municipal employees. Relevant for understanding staffing capacity and teacher recruitment.

Sick leave, total: 7.7 %
Long-term sick leave (>59 days): 42 % of total
Sick leave <30 years: 7.9 %
Sick leave 30–49 years: 6.9 %
Sick leave >49 years: 8.4 %
Stress-related cases: 0.4 % of population

Culture school

Share of students 6–19 years: 26.7 %
Number of students: 245
Average student fee: 522 SEK/student
Cost per inhabitant: 1,069 SEK/inh.
Net cost per inhabitant: 819 SEK/inh.
Share of girls: 70 %

Public libraries

Loans per inhabitant: 3 per inh.
Children's book loans (0–17 years): 3.3 per inh.
Active borrowers: 14.8 %
Media budget: 819 SEK/inh.

Environment and sustainability

CO₂ emissions per inhabitant: 4.8 tonnes
Organic food (municipal kitchens): 20.9 %

Adult education

Komvux (municipal adult education) and SFI (Swedish for immigrants) in Hällefors.

Komvux

Students in Komvux: 144
Cost per full-time student: 131,962 SEK/year
Passing grades, foundation level: 59 %
Passing grades, upper-secondary level: 73 %
Certified teachers, foundation level: 53.8 %
Certified teachers, upper-secondary level: 89 %
Net cost, foundation level adult ed.: 375 SEK/inh./year
Net cost, upper-secondary adult ed.: 92 SEK/inh./year

SFI (Swedish for immigrants)

Students in SFI: 24
Cost per full-time student: 875 SEK/year
SFI course D pass rate: 100 %
Teacher certification: 53.5 %

Benchmark vs SCB group C8

Hällefors belongs to SCB municipality group C8 — Rural municipality: municipality with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants in the largest urban area and low commuting. Shown here is how Hällefors compares to the 40 municipalities in the group.

Hällefors Group median

Merit value 205.3 (median: 208.2)

40th

Qualified teachers 62.4 (median: 62.9)

46th

Students/teacher 9 (median: 10.1)

85th

Cost/pupil 178065.5 (median: 161846.7)

26th

Graduating 3 yrs 66.7 (median: 68.4)

39th

All subjects passed 55.6 (median: 66.3)

6th

Above group median for students/teacher

Below group median for merit value

Below group median for qualified teachers

Below group median for cost/pupil

Municipalities in the same SCB group

Hällefors belongs to SCB municipality group C8 — Rural municipality: municipality with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants in the largest urban area and low commuting. 40 municipalities in total. Showing 8 below.

Municipalities in SCB group C8 — Rural municipality
Municipality	Merit score	Certified teachers	Cost/student	Graduation 3 yr
Hällefors	205.3	62.4 %	178,066 SEK	66.7 %
Arvidsjaur	213	67.7 %	150,409 SEK	78.4 %
Arvika	213.8	73 %	158,016 SEK	71.9 %
Bengtsfors	213.2	70.8 %	174,380 SEK	73 %
Bollnäs	214.6	67.7 %	146,677 SEK	64.6 %
Dals-Ed	225.9	82.1 %	170,292 SEK	73.7 %
Dorotea	233.7	60.7 %	220,403 SEK	81.5 %
Filipstad	208.9	65.1 %	154,997 SEK	60 %
Gislaved	208.3	66.5 %	144,536 SEK	57.6 %

Source: SCB municipality classification (2017) and Kolada.

Data sources

Kolada — Council for the Promotion of Municipal Analyses. Database for Swedish municipalities and regions.
SCB — Statistics Sweden. Demographics, housing, municipality classification.
BRÅ — National Council for Crime Prevention. Underlying source for crime data (via Kolada).

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Source: Kolada, SCB, BRÅ. Updated 2024/25.

Data from May 2026 Source: Kolada + SCB