Demographics and conditions for children — Linköping

In-depth statistics on children and young people in Linköping: health and economic conditions, population, household types, migration patterns, education labour market, year 6 grade development and refugee reception. For school-specific statistics, see the municipality overview. Sources: Kolada, Socialstyrelsen, SCB, Skolverket. Updated 2024/25.

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Children's health and care

Health and care indicators for children and young people in Linköping.

Mental ill health, children and youth: 8.7 %
Initiated child investigations: 22.5 per 1,000 inh. 0–20
Children placed in care: 10.8 per 1,000 inh. 0–20
Net cost, child/youth care: 3,506 SEK/inh. 0–20/year
Injuries/incidents, ages 0-14: 8,484.1 per 100,000
Injuries/incidents, ages 15-24: 7,001.1 per 100,000

Source: Kolada (N33820, N31801, N31810, N31819) and Socialstyrelsen.

Socialstyrelsen's injury/incidents measures are 3-year municipality-level averages, not school or DeSO measures. Small numbers are secret-masked by the source and are therefore not shown.

Children's economic conditions

Child poverty and economic standard in Linköping (2024/25).

Children in economic vulnerability: 18 %
Median economic standard: 309 kSEK

Source: SCB — EU poverty threshold (60 % of median) and DeSO-weighted medians.

Demographics

Population data for Linköping (2025).

Total population: 168,714
Population change: 0.4 %
Population 1–5 yrs (preschool age): 8,169
Population 7–15 yrs (compulsory-school age): 17,040
Population 16–18 yrs (upper-secondary age): 5,925
Higher education 25–64 yrs: 41.1 %
Foreign-born 20–64 yrs: 24.3 %
16–24 yrs not in work/study: 4.3 %

Source: Kolada — database for Swedish municipalities and regions.

Household types

Distribution of household types in Linköping (2024/25).

Single without children: 45.5 %
Single with children: 5 %
Couple without children: 24 %
Couple with children: 19.1 %
Other households: 6.4 %
Total households: 83,057

Source: SCB.

Migration

In- and out-migration in Linköping (2024/25).

In-migration: 9,883
Out-migration: 9,649
Net migration: +234

Source: SCB.

Labour market — education sector

Employment and commuting in Linköping (LISA register).

Employed in education: 8,012
Share in education sector: 8.4 %
Share of women in education: 74.6 %
Out-commuting: 14.7 %
In-commuting: 24.4 %
Lives and works in the municipality: 71,818

Source: SCB LISA register.

Compulsory school grade development (year 6, municipality)

Average grade points per metric in year 6 over time. Data from Skolverket's Statistics Database.

Source: Skolverket Statistics Database.

Refugee reception

Refugee reception in Linköping (2025).

Newcomers received: 0.7 per 1,000 inh.
Newcomer children 0–17: 20 per 1,000 inh.
Establishment rate after 2 yrs: 65 %

Source: Kolada.

Data sources

Kolada — Council for the Promotion of Municipal Analyses. Database for Swedish municipalities and regions.
Socialstyrelsen — injuries/incidents among children and young people at municipality level.
SCB — Statistics Sweden. Demographics, households, migration, LISA register, economic standard, child poverty.
Skolverket Statistics Database — year 6 grade development.

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Source: Kolada, Socialstyrelsen, SCB, Skolverket. Updated 2024/25.

Data from Jul 2026Source: Kolada + Socialstyrelsen + SCB + Skolverket