In brief
Ridasjärvi (05950) has 393 residents, 1% of the population of Hyvinkää. It is the 2nd smallest among the postal code areas of Hyvinkää. The age structure is close to Hyvinkää's: 15% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 23% are 65 or over. 31% of households are people living alone and 20% are families with children.
Almost all homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses (96%). Homes are larger on average than in Hyvinkää (102.0 m² compared with 76.7 m²). 87% of households own their home and 10% rent (Hyvinkää: 38% rent). There are too few sales for the area to have its own price, so the one-bedroom price of €1,585 per m² is that of price area Hyvinkää. The price equals 9.3 years of rent at €14.16 per m² a month in new leases.
The median disposable monetary income of residents is €28,904 a year, about €2,409 a month: 5% higher than in Hyvinkää and 10% higher than in Finland. 6% of the labour force is unemployed, less than in Hyvinkää (11%). The area has 203 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (54%). More common than usual is agriculture, forestry and fishing: 8% of jobs (Hyvinkää: 1%).
The number of residents has fallen by 6% since 2014, while it has grown in Hyvinkää. The trend has turned recently: since 2021 the number has grown by 2%.
Rank among the city's areas
Unemployment
6%
The lowest of 15 areas in Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää 11%
Students
5%
The lowest of 15 areas in Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää 7%
Aged 16 to 34
15%
2nd lowest of 15 areas in Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää 21%
Residents
393
2nd lowest of 15 areas in Hyvinkää
Key figures
Residents and households 2024, prices and rents from the latest quarters
- Price per m², 1 bedroom
- €1,585
- Figure for Hyvinkää
- Hyvinkää€1,658
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €14.16
- Figure for Hyvinkää
- Hyvinkää€13.87
- Residents
- 393
- -5.8% since 2014
- Mean age46.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €28,904
- +22.1% since 2014
- a year, about €2,409 a month
- Hyvinkää€27,552
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 10%
- of 172 households
- Hyvinkää38%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 28%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Hyvinkää34%
- Finland36%
Housing costs
There are too few sales for the area to have its own price, so the one-bedroom price of €1,585 per m² is that of price area Hyvinkää. The price equals 9.3 years of rent at €14.16 per m² a month in new leases.
Price per m²
€1,585
Figure for Hyvinkää
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2026 Q2, 26 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
- 9.3 years
- Hyvinkää: 10.0
- Gross rental yield
- 10.7%
- 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
Statistics Finland has published no yearly prices for this postal code area in recent years, because there were too few sales.
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The area is among the three highest or lowest postal code areas of Hyvinkää in 2 of 8 figures: aged 16 to 34, unemployment.
Median disposable income5/15
€24,156Paavola-Vaivero€34,970HyvinkääHyvinkää €27,552Ridasjärvi €28,904€24,156Paavola-Vaivero€34,970HyvinkääHouseholds renting12/15
2%Palopuro50%Paavola-VaiveroHyvinkää 38%Ridasjärvi 10%2%Palopuro50%Paavola-VaiveroAged 16 to 3414/15
11%Kytäjä23%Hyvinkää KeskusHyvinkää 21%Ridasjärvi 15%11%Kytäjä23%Hyvinkää KeskusAged 65 or over9/15
10%Hyvinkää33%Hyvinkää KeskusHyvinkää 24%Ridasjärvi 23%10%Hyvinkää33%Hyvinkää KeskusFamilies with children10/15
11%Hyvinkää Keskus46%HyvinkääHyvinkää 20%Ridasjärvi 20%11%Hyvinkää Keskus46%HyvinkääUniversity or college degree12/15
22%Paavola-Vaivero50%HyvinkääHyvinkää 34%Ridasjärvi 28%22%Paavola-Vaivero50%HyvinkääUnemployment15/15
6%Ridasjärvi20%Paavola-VaiveroHyvinkää 11%Ridasjärvi 6%6%Ridasjärvi20%Paavola-VaiveroAverage home size4/15
63.6 m²Hyvinkää Keskus134.3 m²KytäjäHyvinkää 76.7 m²Ridasjärvi 102.0 m²63.6 m²Hyvinkää Keskus134.3 m²Kytäjä
Residents
Age
The age structure is close to Hyvinkää's: 15% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 23% are 65 or over.
RidasjärviHyvinkää
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
Employed people make up 48% of residents, more than in Hyvinkää (44%).
- Ridasjärvi48%27%15%
- 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
- 46.0
- Hyvinkää: 45.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 6%
- Hyvinkää: 11%
- Household size
- 2.2
- Hyvinkää: 1.9
- Floor area per person
- 47.8 m²
- Hyvinkää: 41.1 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
87% of households own their home and 10% rent (Hyvinkää: 38% rent).
- Ridasjärvi87%
- Hyvinkää61%38%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
Almost all homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses (96%). Homes are larger on average than in Hyvinkää (102.0 m² compared with 76.7 m²).
- Ridasjärvi96%
- Hyvinkää54%45%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
31% of households are people living alone and 20% are families with children.
RidasjärviHyvinkää
- Living alone31%, Hyvinkää 47%
- Living alone, under 353%, Hyvinkää 11%
- Couple under 35, no children3%, Hyvinkää 3%
- With children20%, Hyvinkää 20%
- With a child under 34%, Hyvinkää 4%
- Single parent2%, Hyvinkää 5%
- All members aged 18–6446%, Hyvinkää 47%
- At least one member 65 or over34%, Hyvinkää 34%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 102.0 m²
- Hyvinkää: 76.7 m²
- Dwellings
- 202
- Summer cottages
- 149
Education and income
Highest qualification
28% of adults have a university or college degree, fewer than in Hyvinkää (34%).
- Ridasjärvi18%49%22%
- Hyvinkää23%38%23%10%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
25% of adults are in Finland's highest-earning fifth, more than the 20% across Finland.
- Ridasjärvi18%57%25%
- 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
- €28,904
- a year, about €2,409 a month
- Hyvinkää: €27,552
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €53,967
- a year, about €4,497 a month
- Hyvinkää: €39,075
- University or college degree
- 28%
- Hyvinkää: 34%
Jobs
The area has 203 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (54%). More common than usual is agriculture, forestry and fishing: 8% of jobs (Hyvinkää: 1%).
Largest industries
RidasjärviHyvinkää
- Health and social work54%, Hyvinkää 24%
- Manufacturing10%, Hyvinkää 16%
- Transport and storage9%, Hyvinkää 3%
- Wholesale and retail trade9%, Hyvinkää 15%
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing8%, Hyvinkää 1%
- Education4%, Hyvinkää 6%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 203
- Jobs per resident
- 0.52
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Hyvinkää: 0.43
Sectors
- Ridasjärvi13%79%
- Hyvinkää26%74%
- Finland20%77%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024
Change since 2010
The number of residents has fallen by 6% since 2014, while it has grown in Hyvinkää. The trend has turned recently: since 2021 the number has grown by 2%. Median income has risen by 22% since 2014, slower than in Hyvinkää (26%).
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).