Vaxholm Municipality

The population in Vaxholm Municipality has the 8th highest median income per capita in Sweden.[3] The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 36.4% (national average: 27.0%) and the 14th highest in the country.[4]

On the 31st of December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 1 599, or 13.52% of the population (11 831 on the 31st of December 2017). On the 31st of December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 1 044, or 10.84% of the population (9 631 on the 31st of December 2002).[5] On 31 December 2017 there were 11 831 residents in Vaxholm, of which 1 285 people (10.86%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.[6]

Country of birth[6]
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	10,546
2	EU: Other countries	239
3	Finland	186
4	Asia: Other countries	153
5	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	82
6	South America	81
7	Poland	67
8	North America	60
9	Norway	53
10	Africa: Other countries	46
11	Thailand	42
12	Germany	41
13	Syria	38
14	Iran	32
15	Eritrea	25
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22
17	Afghanistan	20
18	Denmark	19
19	Oceania	14
20	Iraq	13
20	Turkey	13
22	Somalia	12
23	Soviet Union	11
24	Iceland	8
25	Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	7
26	Unknown country of birth	1