Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Melchnau

Melchnau (postcode 4917–6147) has 494 residential buildings with 819 homes in total on 64 streets.

  • 819

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 58%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 55%

    in a quiet location

Find your address in Melchnau

Melchnau in figures

  • Melchnau (postcode 4917–6147) has 494 residential buildings with 819 homes in total on 64 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2007.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 54% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 58% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 55% 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 16,078 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 Melchnau

  • 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)
1,518
Growth over 10 years
-1.2%
Share of foreign nationals
16.1%
Share aged 65 and over
24.6%
Jobs (2024)
675
Income tax¹
CHF 16,078
Household electricity price (2027)
from 28.1 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 0
  • 1991–2010 32
  • from 2011 32

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 12%
  • District heating 19%
  • Gas 2%
  • Heating oil 32%
  • Wood 20%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Melchnau.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Melchnau?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Bodmen22 dB
  2. 2.Lochackerweg31 dB
  3. 3.Ischerhubel37 dB
  4. 4.Festistrasse38 dB
  5. 5.Grosszälgweg39 dB
  6. 6.Blenggendörfli40 dB
  7. 7.Zälgweg40 dB
  8. 8.Alte Festistrasse41 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Ischerhubel1.6 km · 620 m
  2. 2.Alte Festistrasse2.1 km · 230 m
  3. 3.Moosackerstrasse2.2 km · 140 m
  4. 4.Festistrasse2.0 km · 340 m
  5. 5.Amselweg2.3 km · 80 m
  6. 6.Schiltackerstrasse2.2 km · 210 m
  7. 7.Kirchfeldstrasse2.2 km · 250 m
  8. 8.Hägistrasse2.2 km · 290 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Käsereistrasse80 m
  2. 2.Sagiweg130 m
  3. 3.Stämpfligasse140 m
  4. 4.Hägistrasse200 m
  5. 5.Kirchfeldstrasse200 m
  6. 6.Neustrasse210 m
  7. 7.Zälgweg210 m
  8. 8.Maiackerweg210 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 Melchnau

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

New builds in Melchnau

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