Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Sonvilier

Sonvilier (postcode 2333–2615) has 388 residential buildings with 725 homes in total on 50 streets.

  • 725

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 59%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 53%

    in a quiet location

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Sonvilier in figures

  • Sonvilier (postcode 2333–2615) has 388 residential buildings with 725 homes in total on 50 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1993.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 61% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 59% 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 17,203 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 Sonvilier

  • 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)
1,221
Growth over 10 years
-1.4%
Share of foreign nationals
13.2%
Share aged 65 and over
16.1%
Jobs (2024)
308
Income tax¹
CHF 17,203
Household electricity price (2027)
from 27.2 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 6
  • 1919–1945 0
  • 1946–1970 2
  • 1971–1990 1
  • 1991–2010 21
  • from 2011 19

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 7%
  • Gas 2%
  • Heating oil 58%
  • Wood 30%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Sonvilier.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Sonvilier?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Combe à la Biche6 dB
  2. 2.Sous les Roches9 dB
  3. 3.Sur la Côte21 dB
  4. 4.Aux Pruats31 dB
  5. 5.Combe d'Humbert36 dB
  6. 6.Montagne de l'Envers37 dB
  7. 7.La Chaux-d'Abel44 dB
  8. 8.Route des Sauges46 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Route des Pendants2.2 km · 210 m
  2. 2.Impasse des Coquelicots2.3 km · 80 m
  3. 3.Passage de la Gare2.3 km · 110 m
  4. 4.Rue de la Gare2.4 km · 160 m
  5. 5.Rue Ferdinand-Gonseth2.4 km · 160 m
  6. 6.Route des Sauges2.4 km · 220 m
  7. 7.Rue du Coq2.5 km · 230 m
  8. 8.Crêt Besson2.6 km · 140 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.La Ruelle140 m
  2. 2.Chemin du Chêne160 m
  3. 3.Route du Stand160 m
  4. 4.Rue du Nouveau Pont160 m
  5. 5.Crêt Besson170 m
  6. 6.Rue des Sociétés170 m
  7. 7.La Ruette180 m
  8. 8.Passage de l'If200 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).

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