Heimster

Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Grossaffoltern

Grossaffoltern (postcode 3257–3262) has 1,021 residential buildings with 1,515 homes in total on 79 streets.

  • 1,515

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 69%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 56%

    in a quiet location

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Grossaffoltern in figures

  • Grossaffoltern (postcode 3257–3262) has 1,021 residential buildings with 1,515 homes in total on 79 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2002.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 23% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 69% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 56% 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 15,908 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 Grossaffoltern

  • 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)
3,070
Growth over 10 years
+4.1%
Share of foreign nationals
6.3%
Share aged 65 and over
24.2%
Jobs (2024)
702
Income tax¹
CHF 15,908
Household electricity price (2027)
from 32.9 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 5
  • 1919–1945 2
  • 1946–1970 5
  • 1971–1990 7
  • 1991–2010 50
  • from 2011 85

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 17%
  • District heating 1%
  • Heating oil 49%
  • Wood 15%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Grossaffoltern.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Grossaffoltern?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Feld31 dB
  2. 2.Jaussacher34 dB
  3. 3.Chrumme35 dB
  4. 4.Brunnacher37 dB
  5. 5.Buechacher37 dB
  6. 6.Nassacher37 dB
  7. 7.Sandgruebe37 dB
  8. 8.Erle38 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Lehn2.2 km · 220 m
  2. 2.Sandacher2.3 km · 230 m
  3. 3.Chaltebrünne2.4 km · 120 m
  4. 4.Unterdorf2.5 km · 100 m
  5. 5.Wengistrasse2.7 km · 150 m
  6. 6.Bernstrasse2.6 km · 260 m
  7. 7.Greppen2.5 km · 310 m
  8. 8.Holi2.7 km · 230 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Wengistrasse170 m
  2. 2.Wysserain190 m
  3. 3.Buechacher200 m
  4. 4.Nassacher210 m
  5. 5.Hintere Dorfstrasse230 m
  6. 6.Sandgruebe230 m
  7. 7.Holleracher260 m
  8. 8.Bierhübeli280 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).

New builds

What is being created in Grossaffoltern

15 new homes are under construction, approved or planned here – from the federal building register.

New builds in Grossaffoltern
Planned

Oberdorf 3–35

Grossaffoltern

15 flats

Quiet side

Streets in Grossaffoltern

79 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.