The average price for a villa in Stockholm is SEK 7.1 million, while the average price for a villa in Nyköping is SEK 3 million. When the two-child family Fallsdalen would sell their third in Årsta in Stockholm municipality to move to a villa, they realized that the supply in their price range was lean. They would end up far outside Stockholm, and instead had to think about it.

- My husband is from Oxelösund so we decided that we could as well move to Nyköping, says Denice Fallsdalen.

The proximity to nature attracted and also that the children could move more freely. They found a red house with a large garden - and struck.

Opportunities for couples to buy villa

The opportunities for couples in their 30s to be able to buy a villa are good in Nyköping, compared to other municipalities in Sörmland, according to the SVT survey. In Nyköping, a couple between the ages of 34 and 39 could afford to choose between 25 percent of the villas for sale last year in the central parts. After Oxelösund, Nyköping is the municipality in Sörmland where couples in their 30s are most likely to afford a villa. In Trosa and Gnesta, the couple could only afford to choose between six percent of the villas for sale last year.