Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Blumenstein

Blumenstein (postcode 3638) has 377 residential buildings with 669 homes in total on 56 streets.

  • 669

    homes

  • 68%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 70%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 74%

    in a quiet location

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Blumenstein in figures

  • Blumenstein (postcode 3638) has 377 residential buildings with 669 homes in total on 56 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2005.
  • 68% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 0% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 70% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 74% 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 16,112 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 Blumenstein

  • Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

16.10 CHF/m²

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

+10 %

since 2012

121314151620122015201820212024

Line: average

All values as a table
YearValue25 %75 %Cases
202416.10 CHF/m²–––
202315.70 CHF/m²–––
202215.40 CHF/m²–––
202115.20 CHF/m²–––
202015.10 CHF/m²–––
201915.00 CHF/m²–––
201814.70 CHF/m²–––
201714.40 CHF/m²–––
201614.30 CHF/m²–––
201514.10 CHF/m²–––
201414.70 CHF/m²–––
201314.60 CHF/m²–––
201214.70 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)
1,308
Growth over 10 years
+12.1%
Share of foreign nationals
5.7%
Share aged 65 and over
25.1%
Jobs (2024)
363
Income tax¹
CHF 16,112
Household electricity price (2027)
from 29.5 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 1
  • 1919–1945 0
  • 1946–1970 3
  • 1971–1990 2
  • 1991–2010 34
  • from 2011 30

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 7%
  • District heating 5%
  • Heating oil 42%
  • Wood 34%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Blumenstein.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Blumenstein?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Wäsemligasse10 dB
  2. 2.Tannenbühlstrasse19 dB
  3. 3.Riedbachstrasse22 dB
  4. 4.Schmittenstrasse23 dB
  5. 5.Selibühlstrasse26 dB
  6. 6.Austrasse27 dB
  7. 7.New York Weg28 dB
  8. 8.Allmendstrasse30 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Thunstrasse130 m · 120 m
  2. 2.Gantrischstrasse180 m · 100 m
  3. 3.Badstrasse210 m · 110 m
  4. 4.Weidstrasse160 m · 160 m
  5. 5.Hohlenstrasse230 m · 100 m
  6. 6.Hofstattweg190 m · 140 m
  7. 7.Lilienweg220 m · 140 m
  8. 8.Oelegässli270 m · 100 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).

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