In brief
Nuijamies (50130) has 3,025 residents, 6% of the population of Mikkeli. The age structure is close to Mikkeli's: 20% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 29% are 65 or over. 50% of households are people living alone and 17% are families with children.
52% of homes are in blocks of flats and 46% in detached, semi-detached or terraced houses. Homes are smaller on average than in Mikkeli (72.2 m² compared with 79.2 m²). 60% of households own their home and 39% rent (Mikkeli: 35% rent). An old one-bedroom flat sells for €1,675 per m² on average, 17% more than the average in Mikkeli. The price per m² has fallen by 9% since 2020. The price equals 11.0 years of rent at €12.70 per m² a month in new leases.
The median disposable monetary income of residents is €26,072 a year, about €2,173 a month: 4% higher than in Mikkeli and about the same as in Finland. 12% of the labour force is unemployed, about the same as in Mikkeli (12%). The area has 2,233 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (23%). More common than usual is information and communication: 7% of jobs (Mikkeli: 2%).
The number of residents has stayed about the same since 2014.
Rank among the city's areas
Jobs per resident
0.74
5th highest of 36 areas in Mikkeli
Mikkeli 0.42
University or college degree
42%
5th highest of 36 areas in Mikkeli
Mikkeli 34%
Residents
3,025
5th highest of 36 areas in Mikkeli
Students
7%
6th highest of 36 areas in Mikkeli
Mikkeli 7%
Key figures
Residents and households 2024, prices and rents from the latest quarters
- Price per m², 1 bedroom
- €1,675
- -9.1% since 2020
- Mikkeli€1,434
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €12.70
- Figure for Mikkeli
- Mikkeli€12.70
- Residents
- 3,025
- +0.9% since 2014
- Mean age47.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €26,072
- +29.4% since 2014
- a year, about €2,173 a month
- Mikkeli€25,063
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 39%
- of 1,680 households
- Mikkeli35%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 42%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Mikkeli34%
- Finland36%
Housing costs
An old one-bedroom flat sells for €1,675 per m² on average, 17% more than the average in Mikkeli. The price per m² has fallen by 9% since 2020.
Price per m²
€1,675
Postal code area 50130
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2025, 11 sales
Rent per m² a month
€12.70
Figure for Mikkeli
New leases, non-subsidised flats, 2026 Q3
Mikkeli: €12.70
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 11.0 years
- Mikkeli: 9.4
- Gross rental yield
- 9.1%
- Mikkeli: 10.6%
- Maintenance charge
- €4.55
- Average per m² a month, Finland outside Greater Helsinki, 2025
- Change a year
- 10 yrs5 yrsPrice-3.1%-4.0%Rent+0.8%+0.7%
- Average of the price index (Mikkeli) and rent index (Mikkeli)
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.
Compared with the other areas
In none of these 9 figures is the area among the three highest or lowest postal code areas of Mikkeli.
Price per m², 1 bedroom3/6
€591Kattilansilta€1,934TuppuralaMikkeli €1,434Nuijamies €1,675€591Kattilansilta€1,934TuppuralaMedian disposable income18/36
€19,201Vanhamäki€31,387SyysjärviMikkeli €25,063Nuijamies €26,072€19,201Vanhamäki€31,387SyysjärviHouseholds renting8/36
1%Rahula52%Moision Sairaala-alueMikkeli 35%Nuijamies 39%1%Rahula52%Moision Sairaala-alueAged 16 to 347/36
5%Hauhala30%Mikkeli KeskusMikkeli 20%Nuijamies 20%5%Hauhala30%Mikkeli KeskusAged 65 or over19/36
16%Tusku53%VanhamäkiMikkeli 29%Nuijamies 29%16%Tusku53%VanhamäkiFamilies with children21/36
6%Moision Sairaala-alue31%SyysjärviMikkeli 17%Nuijamies 17%6%Moision Sairaala-alue31%SyysjärviUniversity or college degree5/36
16%Kantala50%SyysjärviMikkeli 34%Nuijamies 42%16%Kantala50%SyysjärviUnemployment17/36
3%Hangastenmaa28%Moision Sairaala-alueMikkeli 12%Nuijamies 12%3%Hangastenmaa28%Moision Sairaala-alueAverage home size31/36
59.0 m²Mikkeli Keskus126.1 m²AnnilanselkäMikkeli 79.2 m²Nuijamies 72.2 m²59.0 m²Mikkeli Keskus126.1 m²Annilanselkä
Residents
Age
The age structure is close to Mikkeli's: 20% of residents are aged 16 to 34 and 29% are 65 or over.
NuijamiesMikkeli
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
Residents' main activities are much like Mikkeli's: 40% are employed.
- Nuijamies40%32%13%
- Mikkeli40%31%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
- 47.0
- Mikkeli: 47.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 12%
- Mikkeli: 12%
- Household size
- 1.8
- Mikkeli: 1.8
- Floor area per person
- 41.3 m²
- Mikkeli: 44.5 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
60% of households own their home and 39% rent (Mikkeli: 35% rent).
- Nuijamies60%39%
- Mikkeli64%35%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
52% of homes are in blocks of flats and 46% in detached, semi-detached or terraced houses. Homes are smaller on average than in Mikkeli (72.2 m² compared with 79.2 m²).
- Nuijamies52%46%
- Mikkeli45%53%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
50% of households are people living alone and 17% are families with children.
NuijamiesMikkeli
- Living alone50%, Mikkeli 50%
- Living alone, under 3511%, Mikkeli 12%
- Couple under 35, no children4%, Mikkeli 3%
- With children17%, Mikkeli 17%
- With a child under 33%, Mikkeli 3%
- Single parent6%, Mikkeli 4%
- All members aged 18–6444%, Mikkeli 45%
- At least one member 65 or over39%, Mikkeli 39%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 72.2 m²
- Mikkeli: 79.2 m²
- Dwellings
- 1,920
- Summer cottages
- 34
Education and income
Highest qualification
42% of adults have a university or college degree, more than in Mikkeli (34%).
- Nuijamies17%37%28%14%
- Mikkeli21%41%24%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
17% of adults are in Finland's lowest-earning fifth and 16% in the highest, close to 20% each.
- Nuijamies17%68%16%
- Mikkeli19%66%14%
- 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
- €26,072
- a year, about €2,173 a month
- Mikkeli: €25,063
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €34,826
- a year, about €2,902 a month
- Mikkeli: €34,406
- University or college degree
- 42%
- Mikkeli: 34%
Jobs
The area has 2,233 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (23%). More common than usual is information and communication: 7% of jobs (Mikkeli: 2%).
Largest industries
NuijamiesMikkeli
- Health and social work23%, Mikkeli 27%
- Wholesale and retail trade17%, Mikkeli 10%
- Construction13%, Mikkeli 5%
- Manufacturing9%, Mikkeli 12%
- Professional, scientific and technical8%, Mikkeli 4%
- Information and communication7%, Mikkeli 2%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 2,233
- Jobs per resident
- 0.74
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Mikkeli: 0.42
Sectors
- Nuijamies24%76%
- Mikkeli19%78%
- Finland20%77%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024
Change since 2010
The number of residents has stayed about the same since 2014. Median income has risen by 29% since 2014, at the same pace as in Mikkeli.
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).