Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Unterseen

Unterseen (postcode 3800) has 1,328 residential buildings with 3,426 homes in total on 63 streets.

  • 3,426

    homes

  • 37%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 93%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 72%

    in a quiet location

Find your address in Unterseen

Unterseen in figures

  • Unterseen (postcode 3800) has 1,328 residential buildings with 3,426 homes in total on 63 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2006.
  • 37% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 80% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 93% 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 15,942 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 Unterseen

  • 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)
5,708
Growth over 10 years
+0.3%
Share of foreign nationals
21.6%
Share aged 65 and over
25.5%
Jobs (2024)
3,516
Income tax¹
CHF 15,942
Household electricity price (2027)
from 27.6 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 2
  • 1919–1945 2
  • 1946–1970 3
  • 1971–1990 4
  • 1991–2010 148
  • from 2011 86

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 6%
  • District heating 7%
  • Gas 18%
  • Heating oil 42%
  • Wood 8%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Unterseen.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Unterseen?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Hohlen23 dB
  2. 2.Steindlerstrasse34 dB
  3. 3.Obere Gasse35 dB
  4. 4.Rüti35 dB
  5. 5.Gurbenstrasse37 dB
  6. 6.Auf dem Graben38 dB
  7. 7.Kirchgasse38 dB
  8. 8.Stadtfeldstrasse38 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Bahnhofstrasse70 m · 40 m
  2. 2.Unterdorf170 m · 40 m
  3. 3.Unter den Häusern180 m · 30 m
  4. 4.Untere Gasse200 m · 30 m
  5. 5.Spielmatte80 m · 140 m
  6. 6.Hauptstrasse140 m · 90 m
  7. 7.Aarestrasse110 m · 130 m
  8. 8.Kreuzgasse200 m · 40 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Gartenstrasse60 m
  2. 2.Hintere Scheidgasse150 m
  3. 3.Freihofstrasse150 m
  4. 4.Vorholzstrasse160 m
  5. 5.Beatenbergstrasse190 m
  6. 6.Auf dem Graben200 m
  7. 7.Obere Gasse200 m
  8. 8.Seidenfadenstrasse220 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).

Streets in Unterseen

63 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.