It is considered part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Skurup was merged with Rydsgård and Vemmenhög.

There are 4 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Skurup Municipality.

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

[3] In total there were 16,403 residents, including 12,295 Swedish citizens of voting age.