Youth Employment Disparities in Segregated Stockholm: A Stark Reality

Stockholm is segregated, and living conditions vary significantly. But to what extent? Region Stockholm has attempted to answer this in a new report.

The report, published earlier this week, measures living conditions in 1,270 small geographic areas in Stockholm County.

It reveals that approximately 25% of Stockholm's residents live under so-called "vulnerable" conditions, with 2% being particularly at risk. These areas include Botkyrka, Haninge, Huddinge, Järfälla, Stockholm, Södertälje, and Upplands-Bro, where 64% of the population is foreign-born.

Areas with favorable living conditions are found in five municipalities: Danderyd, Lidingö, Sollentuna, Stockholm, and Täby.

"High Proportion"

In the most vulnerable areas, about half of the residents have only a pre-secondary education, which is more than seven times the number in municipalities with good living conditions. Unemployment in the most vulnerable areas is nearly 30%, compared to 4% in municipalities with favorable conditions.

The most at-risk areas have a larger proportion of young people than the affluent ones. At the same time, the figures show that one in seven young people, aged 16 to 29, in vulnerable areas neither study nor work. This is more than double the number in municipalities with good living conditions.

– It is a very high proportion. But we must remember that only 2% of the county's population lives in the most vulnerable areas, said regional councilor Märta Martin-Granlund (C) earlier to Dagens Nyheter.