Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Oberbalm

Oberbalm (postcode 3086–3147) has 270 residential buildings with 462 homes in total on 88 streets.

  • 462

    homes

  • 33%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 32%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 72%

    in a quiet location

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Oberbalm in figures

  • Oberbalm (postcode 3086–3147) has 270 residential buildings with 462 homes in total on 88 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1988.
  • 33% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 0% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 32% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 72% 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 Oberbalm

  • 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)
865
Growth over 10 years
-2.5%
Share of foreign nationals
2.7%
Share aged 65 and over
23.2%
Jobs (2024)
287
Income tax¹
CHF 16,112
Household electricity price (2027)
from 24.6 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 3
  • 1919–1945 1
  • 1946–1970 0
  • 1971–1990 0
  • 1991–2010 24
  • from 2011 2

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 4%
  • District heating 4%
  • Heating oil 22%
  • Wood 62%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Oberbalm.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Oberbalm?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Flühschlauchen10 dB
  2. 2.Mätteli11 dB
  3. 3.Schneitershaus15 dB
  4. 4.Weier17 dB
  5. 5.Borisried20 dB
  6. 6.Fuhren21 dB
  7. 7.Allmend25 dB
  8. 8.Brüchen28 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Bankgässli40 m · 110 m
  2. 2.Schulhausweg70 m · 110 m
  3. 3.Dorfgasse140 m · 90 m
  4. 4.Schmittengässli180 m · 80 m
  5. 5.Oberbalmstrasse170 m · 150 m
  6. 6.Hinterbergstrasse120 m · 240 m
  7. 7.Jurablickweg120 m · 250 m
  8. 8.Oberdorfstrasse190 m · 190 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Bach2.8 km

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).

Streets in Oberbalm

88 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.