It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities.

There are 25 original local government entities included in the municipality.

There are 16 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Varberg Municipality.

This is a demographic table based on Varberg 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 66,604 inhabitants, including 51,969 Swedish citizens of voting age.