Municipality in the Canton of Basel-Stadt

Living in Basel

Basel (postcode 4001–4059) has 19,073 residential buildings with 105,984 homes in total on 751 streets.

105,984
homes
93%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
98%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
44%
in a quiet location

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Basel in figures

Basel (postcode 4001–4059) has 19,073 residential buildings with 105,984 homes in total on 751 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1932.
93% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 81% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 98% a public transport stop within 300 m.
44% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
Net rents in the Canton of Basel-Stadt are 19.70 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 16,800 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

19.70 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Basel-Stadt · 2024

Canton value – not published for Basel

Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

19.70 CHF/m²

Rents per m² of living space per month, net · Canton of Basel-Stadt · 2024

+17 %

since 2012

Line: average

All values as a table

Year	Value	25 %	75 %	Cases
2024	19.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2023	19.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2022	18.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2021	18.50 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2020	18.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2019	18.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2018	18.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2017	17.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2016	17.20 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2015	16.90 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2014	17.40 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2013	17.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2012	16.90 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): 177,571
Growth over 10 years: +5.3%
Share of foreign nationals: 40.0%
Share aged 65 and over: 18.9%
Jobs (2024): 196,083
Income tax¹: CHF 16,800
Household electricity price (2027): from 33.4 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 5,481
1919–1945 6,561
1946–1970 4,525
1971–1990 1,402
1991–2010 610
from 2011 494

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 8%
District heating 46%
Gas 36%
Heating oil 8%
Wood 1%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Basel.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Basel?

The quietest streets

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

1.Claraplatz40 m · 30 m
2.Greifengasse30 m · 40 m
3.Marktgasse40 m · 40 m
4.Tellplatz60 m · 30 m
5.Eisengasse40 m · 70 m
6.Untere Rheingasse50 m · 60 m
7.Inselstrasse50 m · 60 m
8.Kornhausgasse30 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