In brief
Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja (05840) has 3,505 residents, 7% of the population of Hyvinkää. The age structure is close to Hyvinkää's: 20% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 21% are 65 or over. 41% of households are people living alone and 22% are families with children.
64% of homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses and 35% are in blocks of flats. Homes are larger on average than in Hyvinkää (82.6 m² compared with 76.7 m²). 69% of households own their home and 30% rent (Hyvinkää: 38% rent). An old one-bedroom flat sells for €1,052 per m² on average, 37% less than the average in Hyvinkää. The price per m² has fallen by 23% since 2019. The price equals 6.2 years of rent at €14.16 per m² a month in new leases.
The median disposable monetary income of residents is €28,458 a year, about €2,372 a month: 3% higher than in Hyvinkää and 8% higher than in Finland. 11% of the labour force is unemployed, about the same as in Hyvinkää (11%). The area has 953 jobs; the largest industry is wholesale and retail trade (40%). Its share is clearly higher than in Hyvinkää (15%).
The number of residents has fallen by 9% since 2014, while it has grown in Hyvinkää.
Rank among the city's areas
Students
8%
3rd highest of 15 areas in Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää 7%
Price per m², 1 bedroom
€1,052
2nd lowest of 6 areas in Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää €1,658
Key figures
Residents and households 2024, prices and rents from the latest quarters
- Price per m², 1 bedroom
- €1,052
- -22.5% since 2019
- Hyvinkää€1,658
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €14.16
- Figure for Hyvinkää
- Hyvinkää€13.87
- Residents
- 3,505
- -8.8% since 2014
- Mean age44.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €28,458
- +23.9% since 2014
- a year, about €2,372 a month
- Hyvinkää€27,552
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 30%
- of 1,756 households
- Hyvinkää38%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 31%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Hyvinkää34%
- Finland36%
Housing costs
An old one-bedroom flat sells for €1,052 per m² on average, 37% less than the average in Hyvinkää. The price per m² has fallen by 23% since 2019.
Price per m²
€1,052
Postal code area 05840
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2025, 9 sales
Rent per m² a month
€14.16
Figure for Hyvinkää
New leases, non-subsidised flats, 2026 Q3
Hyvinkää: €13.87
Middle half of sales, € per m²
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 6.2 years
- Hyvinkää: 10.0
- Gross rental yield
- 16.2%
- Hyvinkää: 10.0%
- Maintenance charge
- €4.55
- Average per m² a month, Finland outside Greater Helsinki, 2025
- Change a year
- 10 yrs5 yrsPrice-3.3%-5.2%Rent+0.7%+0.5%
- Average of the price index (Hyvinkää) and rent index (Hyvinkää)
Source: Statistics Finland
Yearly average price of old flats in blocks of flats in this postal code area. Gaps are years with too few sales to publish. Source: Statistics Finland.
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In none of these 9 figures is the area among the three highest or lowest postal code areas of Hyvinkää.
Price per m², 1 bedroom5/6
€823Paavola-Vaivero€2,075Hyvinkää KeskusHyvinkää €1,658Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja €1,052€823Paavola-Vaivero€2,075Hyvinkää KeskusMedian disposable income7/15
€24,156Paavola-Vaivero€34,970HyvinkääHyvinkää €27,552Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja €28,458€24,156Paavola-Vaivero€34,970HyvinkääHouseholds renting7/15
2%Palopuro50%Paavola-VaiveroHyvinkää 38%Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 30%2%Palopuro50%Paavola-VaiveroAged 16 to 346/15
11%Kytäjä23%Hyvinkää KeskusHyvinkää 21%Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 20%11%Kytäjä23%Hyvinkää KeskusAged 65 or over10/15
10%Hyvinkää33%Hyvinkää KeskusHyvinkää 24%Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 21%10%Hyvinkää33%Hyvinkää KeskusFamilies with children7/15
11%Hyvinkää Keskus46%HyvinkääHyvinkää 20%Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 22%11%Hyvinkää Keskus46%HyvinkääUniversity or college degree10/15
22%Paavola-Vaivero50%HyvinkääHyvinkää 34%Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 31%22%Paavola-Vaivero50%HyvinkääUnemployment6/15
6%Ridasjärvi20%Paavola-VaiveroHyvinkää 11%Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 11%6%Ridasjärvi20%Paavola-VaiveroAverage home size9/15
63.6 m²Hyvinkää Keskus134.3 m²KytäjäHyvinkää 76.7 m²Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja 82.6 m²63.6 m²Hyvinkää Keskus134.3 m²Kytäjä
Residents
Age
The age structure is close to Hyvinkää's: 20% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 21% are 65 or over.
Hyvinkäänkylä-VehkojaHyvinkää
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
Pensioners make up 23% of residents, less than in Hyvinkää (27%).
- Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja47%23%14%
- Hyvinkää44%27%14%
- Finland43%26%15%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of all residents. Unemployment is counted for ages 16 to 64.
- Mean age
- 44.0
- Hyvinkää: 45.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 11%
- Hyvinkää: 11%
- Household size
- 2.0
- Hyvinkää: 1.9
- Floor area per person
- 42.2 m²
- Hyvinkää: 41.1 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
69% of households own their home and 30% rent (Hyvinkää: 38% rent).
- Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja69%30%
- Hyvinkää61%38%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
64% of homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses and 35% are in blocks of flats. Homes are larger on average than in Hyvinkää (82.6 m² compared with 76.7 m²).
- Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja35%64%
- Hyvinkää54%45%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
41% of households are people living alone and 22% are families with children.
Hyvinkäänkylä-VehkojaHyvinkää
- Living alone41%, Hyvinkää 47%
- Living alone, under 357%, Hyvinkää 11%
- Couple under 35, no children3%, Hyvinkää 3%
- With children22%, Hyvinkää 20%
- With a child under 34%, Hyvinkää 4%
- Single parent6%, Hyvinkää 5%
- All members aged 18–6448%, Hyvinkää 47%
- At least one member 65 or over30%, Hyvinkää 34%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 82.6 m²
- Hyvinkää: 76.7 m²
- Dwellings
- 1,909
- Summer cottages
- 8
Education and income
Highest qualification
31% of adults have a university or college degree, fewer than in Hyvinkää (34%).
- Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja21%44%23%
- Hyvinkää23%38%23%10%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
16% of adults are in Finland's lowest-earning fifth and 21% in the highest, close to 20% each.
- Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja16%63%21%
- Hyvinkää16%62%22%
- Finland20%60%20%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over in each national income group. Across Finland the groups hold 20%, 60% and 20% of adults.
- Inhabitants' disposable monetary income, median
- €28,458
- a year, about €2,372 a month
- Hyvinkää: €27,552
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €41,894
- a year, about €3,491 a month
- Hyvinkää: €39,075
- University or college degree
- 31%
- Hyvinkää: 34%
Jobs
The area has 953 jobs; the largest industry is wholesale and retail trade (40%). Its share is clearly higher than in Hyvinkää (15%).
Largest industries
Hyvinkäänkylä-VehkojaHyvinkää
- Wholesale and retail trade40%, Hyvinkää 15%
- Manufacturing15%, Hyvinkää 16%
- Health and social work14%, Hyvinkää 24%
- Construction12%, Hyvinkää 9%
- Education8%, Hyvinkää 6%
- Professional, scientific and technical4%, Hyvinkää 4%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 953
- Jobs per resident
- 0.27
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Hyvinkää: 0.43
Sectors
- Hyvinkäänkylä-Vehkoja28%71%
- Hyvinkää26%74%
- Finland20%77%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024
Change since 2010
The number of residents has fallen by 9% since 2014, while it has grown in Hyvinkää. Median income has risen by 24% since 2014, at the same pace as in Hyvinkää.
Permanent residents at the end of each year. Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo.
Income after taxes and compulsory payments, including transfers received. Euros of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo.
Neighbouring areas
Definitions and sources
- Residents
- People whose permanent home was in the area on 31 December, placed by the coordinates of their building. About 1% of residents have no coordinates and appear only in city figures.
- Income
- Disposable monetary income of residents aged 18 or over: earnings, business and property income and transfers received, minus taxes and other transfers paid. In euros of each year.
- Households
- People living permanently in the same dwelling. Household types overlap.
- Prices
- Average debt-free prices per m² of old flats in housing companies. A postal code area with too few sales gets the figure of its price area or city.
- Rents
- Average rents per m² of non-subsidised flats in new leases, by rent area.
- Small areas
- Statistics Finland withholds details of areas with fewer than 30 residents, households or adults, with fewer than 10 dwellings or only one building, or with fewer than 10 jobs.
Source: Statistics Finland: postal code area statistics (Paavo) 2024, prices of old dwellings, rents of dwellings (CC BY 4.0).