In brief
Only 70 people live in Ylijärvi (54460), 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
- €1,467
- Figure for Lappeenranta
- Lappeenranta€1,576
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €11.49
- Figure for Lappeenranta 2
- Lappeenranta€13.63
- Residents
- 70
- Mean age50.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €24,653
- a year, about €2,054 a month
- Lappeenranta€24,611
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 0%
- of 36 households
- Lappeenranta41%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 20%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Lappeenranta34%
- Finland36%
Housing costs
Price per m²
€1,467
Figure for Lappeenranta
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2026 Q2, 52 sales
Rent per m² a month
€11.49
Figure for Lappeenranta 2
New leases, non-subsidised flats, 2026 Q3
Lappeenranta: €13.63
Middle half of sales, € per m²
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 10.6 years
- Lappeenranta: 9.6
- Gross rental yield
- 9.4%
- Lappeenranta: 10.4%
- Middle half of rents, € a month
- 550–€670
- Figure for Lappeenranta 2, 2026 Q3
- Maintenance charge
- €4.55
- Average per m² a month, Finland outside Greater Helsinki, 2025
- Change a year
- 10 yrs5 yrsPrice-4.6%-5.6%Rent+1.0%+0.7%
- Average of the price index (Lappeenranta 2) and rent index (Lappeenranta)
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
YlijärviLappeenranta
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
- Ylijärvi36%37%14%
- Lappeenranta40%28%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
- 50.0
- Lappeenranta: 45.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 11%
- Lappeenranta: 14%
- Household size
- 1.9
- Lappeenranta: 1.8
- Floor area per person
- 53.0 m²
- Lappeenranta: 41.7 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
- Ylijärvi94%
- Lappeenranta58%41%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
- Ylijärvi94%
- Lappeenranta55%44%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
YlijärviLappeenranta
- Living alone47%, Lappeenranta 50%
- Living alone, under 350%, Lappeenranta 15%
- Couple under 35, no children0%, Lappeenranta 4%
- With children17%, Lappeenranta 17%
- With a child under 36%, Lappeenranta 3%
- Single parent6%, Lappeenranta 4%
- All members aged 18–6431%, Lappeenranta 49%
- At least one member 65 or over53%, Lappeenranta 34%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 100.2 m²
- Lappeenranta: 74.7 m²
- Dwellings
- 52
- Summer cottages
- 122
Education and income
Highest qualification
- Ylijärvi30%50%14%
- Lappeenranta21%37%23%11%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
- Ylijärvi25%59%16%
- Lappeenranta24%61%16%
- 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
- €24,653
- a year, about €2,054 a month
- Lappeenranta: €24,611
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €36,651
- a year, about €3,054 a month
- Lappeenranta: €33,379
- University or college degree
- 20%
- Lappeenranta: 34%
Jobs
Largest industries
YlijärviLappeenranta
Not published: too few residents
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 9
- Jobs per resident
- 0.13
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Lappeenranta: 0.43
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).