Municipality · Västerås
Broadband Access in Västerås Declines After Record Year
After peaking at 91.71% in 2024, the percentage of households in rural areas of Västerås with access to high-speed broadband has decreased to 75.62% in 2025. Despite this decline, it remains a significant increase from the 2017 figure of 38.84%. The trend has been steadily upward in recent years, but the drop in the past year is noteworthy.
About the numbers
- The latest value for Västerås is 75.62 (2025).
- Between 2017 and 2025 the highest value was 91.71 (2024) and the lowest 38.84 (2017).
- The median for similar-sized municipalities was 91.97 (2025). Västerås had the 12th highest value of 13.
Definition (Swedish, from Kolada): Andel av hushåll i glesbebyggt område som har tillgång till bredband om minst 1 gigabit per sekund, eller fiber i absolut närhet. Inkluderar tillgång till DOCSIS 3 och fiber, samt hushåll/arbetsställen i absoluta närhet till fiber.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 38.84 |
| 2018 | 53.56 |
| 2019 | 63.11 |
| 2020 | 63.61 |
| 2021 | 66.73 |
| 2022 | 75.11 |
| 2023 | 86.97 |
| 2024 | 91.71 |
| 2025 | 75.62 |