In brief
Only 71 people live in Luhtapohja (81330), so Statistics Finland publishes few details of the area.
Key figures
Residents and households 2024, prices and rents from the latest quarters
- Price per m², 1 bedroom
- €2,101
- Figure for Joensuu
- Joensuu€1,923
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €13.96
- Figure for Joensuu 2
- Joensuu€15.09
- Residents
- 71
- Mean age63.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €20,649
- a year, about €1,721 a month
- Joensuu€23,347
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 0%
- of 42 households
- Joensuu46%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 18%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Joensuu35%
- Finland36%
Housing costs
Price per m²
€2,101
Figure for Joensuu
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2026 Q2, 49 sales
Rent per m² a month
€13.96
Figure for Joensuu 2
New leases, non-subsidised flats, 2026 Q3
Joensuu: €15.09
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 12.5 years
- Joensuu: 10.6
- Gross rental yield
- 8.0%
- Joensuu: 9.4%
- Middle half of rents, € a month
- 590–€680
- Figure for Joensuu 2, 2026 Q3
- Maintenance charge
- €4.55
- Average per m² a month, Finland outside Greater Helsinki, 2025
- Change a year
- 10 yrs5 yrsPrice-3.1%-3.9%Rent+0.8%+0.9%
- Average of the price index (Joensuu) and rent index (Joensuu)
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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Age
LuhtapohjaJoensuu
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
- Luhtapohja21%65%
- Joensuu40%12%26%13%
- Finland43%26%15%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of all residents. Unemployment is counted for ages 16 to 64.
- Mean age
- 63.0
- Joensuu: 43.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 29%
- Joensuu: 16%
- Household size
- 1.7
- Joensuu: 1.8
- Floor area per person
- 51.2 m²
- Joensuu: 40.7 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
- Luhtapohja98%
- Joensuu53%46%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
- Luhtapohja90%
- Joensuu50%48%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
LuhtapohjaJoensuu
- Living alone45%, Joensuu 53%
- Living alone, under 350%, Joensuu 20%
- Couple under 35, no children2%, Joensuu 6%
- With children0%, Joensuu 16%
- With a child under 30%, Joensuu 3%
- Single parent0%, Joensuu 4%
- All members aged 18–6431%, Joensuu 54%
- At least one member 65 or over69%, Joensuu 31%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 81.1 m²
- Joensuu: 71.3 m²
- Dwellings
- 63
- Summer cottages
- 34
Education and income
Highest qualification
- Luhtapohja39%38%14%
- Joensuu18%37%23%12%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
- Luhtapohja37%54%
- Joensuu26%60%13%
- 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
- €20,649
- a year, about €1,721 a month
- Joensuu: €23,347
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €35,635
- a year, about €2,970 a month
- Joensuu: €31,054
- University or college degree
- 18%
- Joensuu: 35%
Jobs
Largest industries
LuhtapohjaJoensuu
Not published: too few residents
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 2
- Jobs per resident
- 0.03
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Joensuu: 0.45
Sectors
Not published: too few residents
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024
Change since 2010
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).