recognized villages (henkikirjakylät): Erkylä Hamina Hausjärvi Hikiä Kara Karhi Kuru Lavinto Maitonen Oitti Puujaa Rastila Rutajärvi Ryttylä Selänoja Syvänoja Torhola Turkhauta Vantaa Demographics In 2020, 17.1% of the population of Hausjärvi was under the age of 15, 60.3% were aged 15 to 64, and 22.6% were over the age of 65. The average age was 44.6, over the national average of 43.4 but under the regional average of 45.4. Speakers of Finnish made up 96.4% of the population and speakers of Swedish made up 0.4%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 3.2%. Foreign nationals made up 2.5% of the total population. The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Hausjärvi from 1975-2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021. Urban areas In 2019, out of the total population of 8,260, 5,292 people lived in urban areas and 2,897 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 71 people were unknown. This made Hausjärvi's degree of urbanization 64.6%. The urban population in the municipality was divided between five urban areas as follows: Economy In 2018, 9.1% of the workforce of Hausjärvi worked in primary production (agriculture, forestry and fishing), 28.5% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing, construction and infrastructure), and 60.0% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 5.6%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 26.2%. The ten largest employers in Hausjärvi in 2019 were as follows: International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Naie, Japan (since 1995) Väike-Maarja Parish, Estonia (since 1989) Notes References External links Municipality of Hausjärvi – Official website Hyrinet – Hyvinkää–Riihimäki area portal Municipalities of Kanta-Häme