The population is distributed as follows: Parish (town) number of citizens (31 December 2005): Total: 54,943 This is a demographic table based on Örnsköldsvik Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In North America the town is known for its excellent hockey players, a number of whom play with the NHL.

Due to the hilly surroundings, hiking and exploring the scenery of the High Coast is popular in the area.

Örnsköldsvik is the birthplace of many world-famous ice hockey players, including Nils Johansson, Per Svartvadet, Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund, Niklas Sundström, Andreas Salomonsson, Magnus Wernblom, Mattias Timander, Victor Hedman, Tobias Enström, and the twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin.

The Sedin twins were top players for the Vancouver Canucks, and Hedman plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning.