Heimster

Municipality in the Canton of Geneva

Living in Carouge

Carouge (postcode 1227) has 1,121 residential buildings with 11,591 homes in total on 83 streets.

  • 11,591

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 99%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 22%

    in a quiet location

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Carouge in figures

  • Carouge (postcode 1227) has 1,121 residential buildings with 11,591 homes in total on 83 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1978.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 0% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 99% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 22% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
  • Owner-occupied flats in Carouge sold at a median price of 16 CHF per m² of living space in 2024 (14,028 sales).
  • Net rents in the Canton of Geneva are 21.10 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
  • Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 13,778 per year for a single person with a gross income of about CHF 100,000.

Market & people

Prices, population and building stock

Owner-occupied flats

Sale prices

16 CHF/m²

per m² of living space

Carouge · 2024 · 14,028 sales

Rents

Official survey

21.10 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Geneva · 2024

Canton value – not published for Carouge

  • Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

16 CHF/m²

Owner-occupied flats per m² of living space · Carouge · 2024

-100 %

since 1991

02,0004,0006,0008,0001991199620002005201620202024

Line: median · band: middle 50%

All values as a table
YearValue25 %75 %Cases
202416 CHF/m²–7,236 CHF/m²14028
20227 CHF/m²––13667
202117 CHF/m²–5,746 CHF/m²11905
20201 CHF/m²––11443
20194 CHF/m²––10539
201844 CHF/m²–5,852 CHF/m²9799
201723 CHF/m²–6,432 CHF/m²10255
201649 CHF/m²–6,210 CHF/m²10000
201592 CHF/m²–7,411 CHF/m²9243
201437 CHF/m²–6,449 CHF/m²11644
201124 CHF/m²–5,705 CHF/m²10698
20053,873 CHF/m²3,666 CHF/m²4,386 CHF/m²184
20044,478 CHF/m²4,175 CHF/m²5,111 CHF/m²40
20034,823 CHF/m²3,730 CHF/m²5,350 CHF/m²13
20024,400 CHF/m²4,095 CHF/m²4,502 CHF/m²12
20003,984 CHF/m²3,803 CHF/m²4,453 CHF/m²23
19993,998 CHF/m²3,721 CHF/m²4,552 CHF/m²44
19984,098 CHF/m²3,774 CHF/m²4,388 CHF/m²29
19973,885 CHF/m²3,548 CHF/m²4,135 CHF/m²23
19963,873 CHF/m²3,446 CHF/m²4,292 CHF/m²15
19944,292 CHF/m²4,052 CHF/m²4,861 CHF/m²18
19933,922 CHF/m²3,667 CHF/m²4,304 CHF/m²21
19924,245 CHF/m²3,776 CHF/m²4,876 CHF/m²41
19914,168 CHF/m²3,699 CHF/m²4,869 CHF/m²12

Sale prices: Prices actually paid in property transfers · Official survey: Sample of existing tenancies.

Sources: OCSTAT Genève, transactions immobilières (Registre foncier); BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen). Values apply to the area named, not to an individual building.

Population & jobs

Residents (2025)
22,488
Growth over 10 years
+7.5%
Share of foreign nationals
37.0%
Share aged 65 and over
15.8%
Jobs (2024)
27,046
Income tax¹
CHF 13,778
Household electricity price (2027)
from 24.4 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 38
  • 1919–1945 38
  • 1946–1970 91
  • 1971–1990 84
  • 1991–2010 132
  • from 2011 103

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 2%
  • District heating 7%
  • Gas 70%
  • Heating oil 15%
  • Wood 1%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Carouge.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Carouge?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Rue Adolphe-FONTANEL46 dB
  2. 2.Chemin FILLION47 dB
  3. 3.Chemin de Grange-Collomb48 dB
  4. 4.Rue de La-Tambourine48 dB
  5. 5.Rue du Tunnel48 dB
  6. 6.Chemin Jules-VÜY49 dB
  7. 7.Chemin du Bief-à-Dance49 dB
  8. 8.Chemin du Centurion49 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Chemin Henri-BAUMGARTNER1.5 km · 40 m
  2. 2.Route de Drize1.4 km · 100 m
  3. 3.Chemin de Grange-Collomb1.3 km · 180 m
  4. 4.Chemin du Bief-à-Dance1.4 km · 150 m
  5. 5.Route de Troinex1.5 km · 130 m
  6. 6.Chemin de la Vigne-Rouge1.5 km · 220 m
  7. 7.Route de Saint-Julien1.6 km · 100 m
  8. 8.Rue de La-Tambourine1.7 km · 140 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Route de Drize660 m
  2. 2.Route de Veyrier700 m
  3. 3.Chemin Henri-BAUMGARTNER710 m
  4. 4.Chemin du Bief-à-Dance770 m
  5. 5.Chemin de Grange-Collomb770 m
  6. 6.Rue Daniel-GEVRIL830 m
  7. 7.Route de Troinex830 m
  8. 8.Clos-de-la-Fonderie910 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).

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Streets in Carouge

83 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.