Ockelbo Municipality

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'''Ockelbo Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Ockelbo kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Gävleborg County]], in east central [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in [[Ockelbo]].

The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamation]] of "old" ''Ockelbo'' with ''Skog''.

==Localities== * [[Lingbo]] * [[Ockelbo]] (seat) * [[Jädraås]] * [[Åmot, Sweden|Åmot]]

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Ockelbo Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=OckelboVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2101-ockelbo.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Ockelbo i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 5,860 residents, including 4,549 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=OckelboVal2022/> 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" |Location ! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}} |- ! ! ! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! ! ! ! ! |- ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | |- | align="left" |Ockelbo Byar | 1,916 | 1,595 | 47.7 | 51.5 | 79 | 89 | 11 | 22,909 | 26 |- | align="left" |Ockelbo N | 1,727 | 1,214 | 47.1 | 52.2 | 79 | 77 | 23 | 23,294 | 27 |- | align="left" |Ockelbo S | 2,217 | 1,740 | 52.4 | 46.2 | 78 | 85 | 15 | 21,743 | 27 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=OckelboVal2022/> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.ockelbo.se/ Ockelbo] - official site

{{Geographic location | Centre = Ockelbo | N = [[Bollnäs Municipality|Bollnäs]] | NE = [[Söderhamn Municipality|Söderhamn]] | E = [[Gävle Municipality|Gävle]] | S = [[Sandviken Municipality|Sandviken]] | W = [[Falun Municipality|Falun]] ([[Dalarna County|Dalarna]]) }} {{Gävleborg County}} {{Localities in Ockelbo Municipality}}

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