Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Köniz

Köniz (postcode 3007–3174) has 6,807 residential buildings with 22,840 homes in total on 346 streets.

22,840
homes
57%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
75%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
53%
in a quiet location

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Köniz in figures

Köniz (postcode 3007–3174) has 6,807 residential buildings with 22,840 homes in total on 346 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1972.
57% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 58% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 75% a public transport stop within 300 m.
53% 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 15,533 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 Köniz

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): 43,508
Growth over 10 years: +8.8%
Share of foreign nationals: 21.5%
Share aged 65 and over: 20.6%
Jobs (2024): 22,461
Income tax¹: CHF 15,533
Household electricity price (2027): from 25.0 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 139
1919–1945 352
1946–1970 465
1971–1990 342
1991–2010 641
from 2011 291

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 27%
District heating 3%
Gas 11%
Heating oil 41%
Wood 9%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Köniz.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Köniz?

The quietest streets

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

1.Eyboden50 m · 40 m
2.Zur Station70 m · 50 m
3.Spitzackerweg110 m · 50 m
4.Waldblickstrasse50 m · 130 m
5.Schwendistutz70 m · 120 m
6.Dörfliweg150 m · 50 m
7.Fichtenweg110 m · 90 m
8.Schulhausgässli120 m · 90 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