The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area.

In 1967 the rural municipality Simlångsdalen (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the City of Halmstad.

[4] There are 21 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Halmstad Municipality.

This is a demographic table based on Halmstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

[5] In total there were 104,409 residents, including 79,133 Swedish citizens of voting age.