Municipality in the Canton of Bern

Living in Vechigen

Vechigen (postcode 3066–3513) has 1,580 residential buildings with 3,023 homes in total on 151 streets.

3,023
homes
24%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
55%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
51%
in a quiet location

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Vechigen in figures

Vechigen (postcode 3066–3513) has 1,580 residential buildings with 3,023 homes in total on 151 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1980.
24% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 28% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 55% a public transport stop within 300 m.
51% 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 15,396 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 Vechigen

Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

16.10 CHF/m²

Rents per m² of living space per month, net · Canton of Bern · 2024

+10 %

since 2012

Line: average

All values as a table

Year	Value	25 %	75 %	Cases
2024	16.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2023	15.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2022	15.40 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2021	15.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2020	15.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2019	15.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2018	14.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2017	14.40 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2016	14.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2015	14.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2014	14.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2013	14.60 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2012	14.70 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): 5,982
Growth over 10 years: +17.9%
Share of foreign nationals: 9.5%
Share aged 65 and over: 23.2%
Jobs (2024): 1,486
Income tax¹: CHF 15,396
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 89
1919–1945 5
1946–1970 78
1971–1990 102
1991–2010 161
from 2011 176

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 13%
District heating 6%
Heating oil 37%
Wood 26%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Vechigen.

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Streets compared

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The quietest streets

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

1.Bahnhofstrasse130 m · 80 m
2.Kernstrasse50 m · 210 m
3.Gummenweg100 m · 230 m
4.Unterer Bollhölzliweg200 m · 230 m
5.Bollgutweg280 m · 170 m
6.Schlossstrasse280 m · 180 m
7.Oberfeldstrasse400 m · 80 m
8.Feldackerweg450 m · 90 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

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).

Currently on Heimster