Heimster

Municipality in the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Living in Wald

Wald (postcode 9043–9044) has 378 residential buildings with 516 homes in total on 50 streets.

  • 516

    homes

  • 50%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 48%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 66%

    in a quiet location

Find your address in Wald

Wald in figures

  • Wald (postcode 9043–9044) has 378 residential buildings with 516 homes in total on 50 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2007.
  • 50% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 47% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 48% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 66% 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 11,773 per year for a single person with a gross income of about CHF 100,000.

Market & people

Prices, population and building stock

Rents

Official survey

13.90 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · 2024

Canton value – not published for Wald

  • 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

1112131420122015201820212024

Line: average

All values as a table
YearValue25 %75 %Cases
202413.90 CHF/m²–––
202313.40 CHF/m²–––
202213.50 CHF/m²–––
202113.50 CHF/m²–––
202013.10 CHF/m²–––
201912.90 CHF/m²–––
201813.00 CHF/m²–––
201712.70 CHF/m²–––
201613.00 CHF/m²–––
201512.60 CHF/m²–––
201413.30 CHF/m²–––
201313.20 CHF/m²–––
201213.00 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)
929
Growth over 10 years
+8.5%
Share of foreign nationals
14.3%
Share aged 65 and over
21.1%
Jobs (2024)
336
Income tax¹
CHF 11,773
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 2
  • 1919–1945 0
  • 1946–1970 0
  • 1971–1990 2
  • 1991–2010 11
  • from 2011 19

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 5%
  • District heating 2%
  • Gas 17%
  • Heating oil 25%
  • Wood 37%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Wald.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Wald?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Untere Tanne9 dB
  2. 2.Grund10 dB
  3. 3.Hörli17 dB
  4. 4.Rechberg17 dB
  5. 5.Farenschwendi20 dB
  6. 6.Nord21 dB
  7. 7.Schiben23 dB
  8. 8.Falkenhorst24 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Dorf80 m · 140 m
  2. 2.Oberdorf190 m · 150 m
  3. 3.Sonnhalde220 m · 140 m
  4. 4.Vordorf240 m · 140 m
  5. 5.Unterdorf310 m · 80 m
  6. 6.Höhi260 m · 170 m
  7. 7.Allee280 m · 180 m
  8. 8.Ochsenwees380 m · 160 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Oberdorf80 m
  2. 2.Dorf150 m
  3. 3.Höhi150 m
  4. 4.Vordorf190 m
  5. 5.Allee190 m
  6. 6.Sonnhalde290 m
  7. 7.Spitz390 m
  8. 8.Töbeli410 m

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 Wald

50 streets with residential buildings – location, distances and noise for every building.

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Sources: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), FOEN sonBASE, FOT stops. Distances as the crow flies.