In brief
Kylmälä (02540) has 583 residents, 1% of the population of Kirkkonummi. The age structure is close to Kirkkonummi's: 17% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 21% are 65 or over. 26% of households are people living alone and 21% are families with children.
Almost all homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses (98%). Homes are larger on average than in Kirkkonummi (126.6 m² compared with 92.2 m²). 94% of households own their home and 5% rent (Kirkkonummi: 35% rent). This is the 2nd lowest renting share among the postal code areas of Kirkkonummi. There are too few sales for the area to have its own price, so the price of €2,086 per m² is the average of old flats of all sizes in blocks of flats in the whole municipality (2025). The price equals 12.0 years of rent at €14.46 per m² a month in new leases.
The median disposable monetary income of residents is €30,839 a year, about €2,570 a month: about the same as in Kirkkonummi and 17% higher than in Finland. 8% of the labour force is unemployed, about the same as in Kirkkonummi (9%). The area has 143 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (35%). More common than usual is agriculture, forestry and fishing: 10% of jobs (Kirkkonummi: 1%).
The number of residents has fallen by 12% since 2014, while it has grown in Kirkkonummi.
Rank among the city's areas
Households renting
5%
2nd lowest of 15 areas in Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi 35%
Homes in small houses
98%
3rd highest of 15 areas in Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi 62%
Key figures
Residents and households 2024, prices and rents from the latest quarters
- Price per m², 1 bedroom
- €2,086
- Figure for Kirkkonummi
- Kirkkonummi–
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €14.46
- Kirkkonummi€14.46
- Residents
- 583
- -12.5% since 2014
- Mean age47.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €30,839
- +22.8% since 2014
- a year, about €2,570 a month
- Kirkkonummi€30,745
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 5%
- of 243 households
- Kirkkonummi35%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 37%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Kirkkonummi43%
- Finland36%
Prices, rents and charges
There are too few sales for the area to have its own price, so the price of €2,086 per m² is the average of old flats of all sizes in blocks of flats in the whole municipality (2025). The price equals 12.0 years of rent at €14.46 per m² a month in new leases.
Price per m²
€2,086
Kirkkonummi, all flat sizes
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2025, 187 sales
Rent per m² a month
€14.46
Figure for Helsinki satellite municipalities
New leases, non-subsidised flats, 2026 Q3
Kirkkonummi: €14.46
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 12.0 years
- Kirkkonummi: –
- Gross rental yield
- 8.3%
- Kirkkonummi: –
- Maintenance charge
- €4.55
- Average per m² a month, Finland outside Greater Helsinki, 2025
- Change a year
- 10 yrs5 yrsPrice-0.2%-3.3%Rent+0.6%+0.1%
- Average of the price index (Uusimaa) and rent index (Uusimaa)
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 Kirkkonummi in 2 of 8 figures: households renting, average home size.
Median disposable income10/15
€23,691Gesterby€41,462SundsbergKirkkonummi €30,745Kylmälä €30,839€23,691Gesterby€41,462SundsbergHouseholds renting14/15
4%Lapinkylä93%UpinniemiKirkkonummi 35%Kylmälä 5%4%Lapinkylä93%UpinniemiAged 16 to 3411/15
13%Luoma34%SarvvikKirkkonummi 20%Kylmälä 17%13%Luoma34%SarvvikAged 65 or over8/15
5%Sundsberg26%LuomaKirkkonummi 18%Kylmälä 21%5%Sundsberg26%LuomaFamilies with children12/15
3%Upinniemi60%SundsbergKirkkonummi 27%Kylmälä 21%3%Upinniemi60%SundsbergUniversity or college degree12/15
24%Gesterby71%SundsbergKirkkonummi 43%Kylmälä 37%24%Gesterby71%SundsbergUnemployment7/15
3%Sundsberg23%GesterbyKirkkonummi 9%Kylmälä 8%3%Sundsberg23%GesterbyAverage home size3/15
62.6 m²Sarvvik144.0 m²LuomaKirkkonummi 92.2 m²Kylmälä 126.6 m²62.6 m²Sarvvik144.0 m²Luoma
Residents
Age
The age structure is close to Kirkkonummi's: 17% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 21% are 65 or over.
KylmäläKirkkonummi
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
Children under 15 make up 11% of residents, less than in Kirkkonummi (17%).
- Kylmälä52%23%11%
- Kirkkonummi48%19%17%
- Finland43%26%15%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of all residents. Unemployment is counted for ages 16 to 64.
- Mean age
- 47.0
- Kirkkonummi: 42.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 8%
- Kirkkonummi: 9%
- Household size
- 2.4
- Kirkkonummi: 2.2
- Floor area per person
- 54.7 m²
- Kirkkonummi: 43.4 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
94% of households own their home and 5% rent (Kirkkonummi: 35% rent). This is the 2nd lowest renting share among the postal code areas of Kirkkonummi.
- Kylmälä94%
- Kirkkonummi64%35%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
Almost all homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses (98%). Homes are larger on average than in Kirkkonummi (126.6 m² compared with 92.2 m²).
- Kylmälä98%
- Kirkkonummi37%62%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
26% of households are people living alone and 21% are families with children.
KylmäläKirkkonummi
- Living alone26%, Kirkkonummi 37%
- Living alone, under 350%, Kirkkonummi 8%
- Couple under 35, no children1%, Kirkkonummi 3%
- With children21%, Kirkkonummi 27%
- With a child under 34%, Kirkkonummi 5%
- Single parent2%, Kirkkonummi 5%
- All members aged 18–6447%, Kirkkonummi 45%
- At least one member 65 or over35%, Kirkkonummi 28%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 126.6 m²
- Kirkkonummi: 92.2 m²
- Dwellings
- 281
- Summer cottages
- 230
Education and income
Highest qualification
37% of adults have a university or college degree, fewer than in Kirkkonummi (43%).
- Kylmälä23%33%23%14%
- Kirkkonummi22%28%25%18%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
31% of adults are in Finland's highest-earning fifth, more than the 20% across Finland.
- Kylmälä17%53%31%
- Kirkkonummi17%52%31%
- 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
- €30,839
- a year, about €2,570 a month
- Kirkkonummi: €30,745
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €62,216
- a year, about €5,185 a month
- Kirkkonummi: €49,776
- University or college degree
- 37%
- Kirkkonummi: 43%
Jobs
The area has 143 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (35%). More common than usual is agriculture, forestry and fishing: 10% of jobs (Kirkkonummi: 1%).
Largest industries
KylmäläKirkkonummi
- Health and social work35%, Kirkkonummi 18%
- Education13%, Kirkkonummi 9%
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing10%, Kirkkonummi 1%
- Manufacturing7%, Kirkkonummi 13%
- Construction7%, Kirkkonummi 8%
- Wholesale and retail trade7%, Kirkkonummi 12%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 143
- Jobs per resident
- 0.25
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Kirkkonummi: 0.26
Sectors
- Kylmälä14%76%
- Kirkkonummi21%78%
- Finland20%77%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024
Change since 2010
The number of residents has fallen by 12% since 2014, while it has grown in Kirkkonummi. Median income has risen by 23% since 2014, at the same pace as in Kirkkonummi.
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).