Appendix table 2. Background factors of persons entitled to vote in the Municipal elections 2021
| Persons entitled to vote/ whole country |
Voting areas with complete voting data |
|
| Age, average | 50.9 | 50.7 |
| Sex, men (%) | 49.0 | 49.2 |
| Income, median (EUR) | 22 341.0 | 22 057.0 |
| Education: lower secondary (%) |
24.2 | 24.2 |
| Education: upper secondary (%) |
42.6 | 44.0 |
| Education: lowest tertiary (%) |
9.3 | 9.5 |
| Education: lower tertiary (%) |
12.3 | 12.2 |
| Education: higher university, doctorate (%) |
11.3 | 9.9 |
| Employed (%) | 52.6 | 52.2 |
| Unemployed (%) | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Students (%) | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Pensioners (%) | 30.4 | 30.5 |
| Other inactive population (%) | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Finnish speaking (%) | 88.1 | 89.6 |
| Swedish speaking (%) | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Other language speaking (%) | 7.2 | 6.1 |
| Social Democrats, support (%) | 17.7 | 18.7 |
| Finns Party, support (%) | 14.4 | 15.2 |
| Coalition Party, support (%) | 21.3 | 19.9 |
| Centre Party, support (%) | 14.8 | 16.5 |
| Green League, support (%) | 10.5 | 9.6 |
| Left Alliance, support (%) | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| Swedish People’s Party, support (%) | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| Christian Democrats, support (%) | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Movement Now, support (%) | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Others, support (%) | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Source: Municipal Elections 2021, Review of voting, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Sami Fredriksson 029 551 2696, Jaana Asikainen 029 551 3506, vaalit@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala
Updated 13.7.2021
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
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Appendix table 2. Background factors of persons entitled to vote in the Municipal elections 2021
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