Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne (postcode 2502–2532) has 6,747 residential buildings with 32,611 homes in total on 549 streets.

32,611
homes
78%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
99%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
38%
in a quiet location

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Biel/Bienne in figures

Biel/Bienne (postcode 2502–2532) has 6,747 residential buildings with 32,611 homes in total on 549 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1985.
78% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 87% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 99% a public transport stop within 300 m.
38% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
Net rents in the Canton of Bern are 16.10 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 15,703 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

16.10 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Bern · 2024

Canton value – not published for Biel/Bienne

Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

16.10 CHF/m²

Rents per m² of living space per month, net · Canton of Bern · 2024

+10 %

since 2012

Line: average

All values as a table

Year	Value	25 %	75 %	Cases
2024	16.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2023	15.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2022	15.40 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2021	15.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2020	15.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2019	15.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2018	14.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2017	14.40 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2016	14.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2015	14.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2014	14.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2013	14.60 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2012	14.70 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): 56,896
Growth over 10 years: +6.0%
Share of foreign nationals: 34.9%
Share aged 65 and over: 18.4%
Jobs (2024): 44,244
Income tax¹: CHF 15,703
Household electricity price (2027): from 30.5 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 74
1919–1945 92
1946–1970 76
1971–1990 19
1991–2010 395
from 2011 254

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 6%
District heating 4%
Gas 58%
Heating oil 25%
Wood 2%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Biel/Bienne.

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Streets compared

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The quietest streets

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

1.Rue du Collège60 m · 40 m
2.Eisengasse80 m · 50 m
3.Rue du Canal80 m · 60 m
4.Esplanade du Palais des Congrès60 m · 90 m
5.Poststrasse60 m · 90 m
6.Rue Adam-Friedrich-Molz90 m · 70 m
7.Ruelle de la Fonderie120 m · 40 m
8.Rue de l'Industrie120 m · 50 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).

Currently on Heimster