Municipality in the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Living in Stein
Stein (postcode 9014–9063) has 506 residential buildings with 737 homes in total on 90 streets.
737
homes
29%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
31%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
52%
in a quiet location
Find your address in Stein
Stein in figures
- Stein (postcode 9014–9063) has 506 residential buildings with 737 homes in total on 90 streets.
- The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2006.
- 29% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 1% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 31% a public transport stop within 300 m.
- 52% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
- Net rents in the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden are 13.90 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
- Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 11,136 per year for a single person with a gross income of about CHF 100,000.
Market & people
Prices, population and building stock
Rents
Official survey13.90 CHF/m²
per m² of living space per month, net
Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · 2024
Canton value – not published for Stein
- Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²
13.90 CHF/m²
Rents per m² of living space per month, net · Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · 2024
+7 %
since 2012
Line: average
All values as a table
| Year | Value | 25 % | 75 % | Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.90 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2023 | 13.40 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2022 | 13.50 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2021 | 13.50 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 13.10 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2019 | 12.90 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 13.00 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2017 | 12.70 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 13.00 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2015 | 12.60 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 13.30 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2013 | 13.20 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 13.00 CHF/m² | – | – | – |
Official survey: Sample of existing tenancies.
Sources: BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen). Values apply to the area named, not to an individual building.
Population & jobs
- Residents (2025)
- 1,497
- Growth over 10 years
- +7.9%
- Share of foreign nationals
- 7.7%
- Share aged 65 and over
- 21.0%
- Jobs (2024)
- 527
- Income tax¹
- CHF 11,136
- Household electricity price (2027)
- from 28.4 Rp./kWh
Sources: FSO (STATPOP, STATENT), ElCom. ¹ Canton and municipality, single person, gross income of about CHF 100,000.
Residential buildings by construction period
- before 1919 3
- 1919–1945 1
- 1946–1970 0
- 1971–1990 3
- 1991–2010 32
- from 2011 49
Heating systems in the existing stock
- Heat pump 12%
- Heating oil 29%
- Wood 39%
Source: GWR, residential buildings in Stein.
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Streets compared
What is it like to live where in Stein?
The quietest streets
Shops & public transport on the doorstep
- 1.Schachenweid100 m · 80 m
- 2.Heimat80 m · 140 m
- 3.Schachen180 m · 120 m
- 4.Auf Stein280 m · 260 m
- 5.Dorf350 m · 210 m
- 6.Steinbruggen380 m · 290 m
- 7.Schnädt530 m · 350 m
- 8.Langenegg520 m · 400 m
Short walks to daycare & kindergarten
Streets with at least three residential buildings; median of the buildings. Noise: loudest façade during the day (FOEN sonBASE); distances as the crow flies (OpenStreetMap, FOT).
Streets in Stein
90 streets with residential buildings – location, distances and noise for every building.
A
B
- Berg · 8
- Bisersweid · 3
- Blatten · 3
- Blindenau · 7
- Boden · 10
- Bommen · 1
- Brand · 10
- Brauerei · 4
- Bruggfeld · 1
- Bruggli · 9
- Buch · 1
- Böhl · 2
- Büel · 3
D
E
- Egg · 1
F
G
H
- Hagtobel · 14
- Halden · 3
- Halten · 7
- Haltenweid · 1
- Hargarten · 6
- Hasen · 3
- Heimat · 3
- Horgenbühl · 7
- Hägen · 3
- Högg · 1
K
L
- Langenegg · 33
- Lehmen · 1
- Lenggern · 2
- Lindenstrasse · 1
- Löder · 1
M
N
- Niederstein · 4
- Nord · 2
- Nordhölzli · 1
- Nördli · 1
O
- Oberhaus · 1
R
S
- Schachen · 56
- Schachenwald · 2
- Schachenweid · 4
- Schedlern · 5
- Schluchwald · 1
- Schmitten · 2
- Schnädt · 30
- Schooss · 1
- Schwendi · 1
- Sonder · 14
- Sondertal · 2
- Sonnenfeld · 1
- Steinbruggen · 5
- Steingass · 1
- Stöcken · 1
- Störgel · 13
- Sägehüsli · 2
- Sönderli · 3
T
- Tellhüsli · 1
U
- Unter der Grub · 5
- Unterer Hargarten · 1
V
- Vogelegg · 2