Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Oberthal

Oberthal (postcode 3506–3531) has 250 residential buildings with 378 homes in total on 66 streets.

  • 378

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 0%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 75%

    in a quiet location

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Oberthal in figures

  • Oberthal (postcode 3506–3531) has 250 residential buildings with 378 homes in total on 66 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2010.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 0% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 0% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 75% 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 16,521 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 Oberthal

  • 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)
706
Growth over 10 years
-5.5%
Share of foreign nationals
2.1%
Share aged 65 and over
22.4%
Jobs (2024)
322
Income tax¹
CHF 16,521
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 0
  • 1919–1945 0
  • 1946–1970 0
  • 1971–1990 0
  • 1991–2010 8
  • from 2011 4

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 4%
  • Gas 1%
  • Heating oil 15%
  • Wood 65%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Oberthal.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Oberthal?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Hargarten11 dB
  2. 2.Neuweid18 dB
  3. 3.Bühl22 dB
  4. 4.Oberer Schönenwasen24 dB
  5. 5.Buch25 dB
  6. 6.Hinterkänelthal25 dB
  7. 7.Neuhaus27 dB
  8. 8.Steffisberg27 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Möschberg780 m · 990 m
  2. 2.Oberer Schönenwasen970 m · 850 m
  3. 3.Moosacker970 m · 1.0 km
  4. 4.Höhe1.4 km · 1.1 km
  5. 5.Schwalbennest1.7 km · 1.4 km
  6. 6.Alterswil1.8 km · 1.5 km
  7. 7.Gfell2.0 km · 1.4 km
  8. 8.Steffisberg1.8 km · 1.6 km

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Möschberg820 m
  2. 2.Oberer Schönenwasen880 m
  3. 3.Moosacker1.0 km
  4. 4.Höhe1.3 km
  5. 5.Schwalbennest1.5 km
  6. 6.Alterswil1.6 km
  7. 7.Steffisberg1.6 km
  8. 8.Häuslenmatt1.9 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 Oberthal

66 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.