Heimster

Municipality in the Canton of Geneva

Living in Genève

Genève (postcode 1201–1292) has 7,115 residential buildings with 115,225 homes in total on 672 streets.

  • 115,225

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 100%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 24%

    in a quiet location

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Genève in figures

  • Genève (postcode 1201–1292) has 7,115 residential buildings with 115,225 homes in total on 672 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1961.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 13% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 100% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 24% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
  • Owner-occupied flats in Genève sold at a median price of 48 CHF per m² of living space in 2024 (14,718 sales).
  • Net rents in the Canton of Geneva are 21.10 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
  • Single-family houses in Genève sold at a median price of CHF 1.90m in 2024 (18 sales).
  • Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 14,182 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

48 CHF/m²

per m² of living space

Genève · 2024 · 14,718 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 Genève

  • Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

Single-family houses

Sale prices

CHF 1.90m

per house (median price)

Genève · 2024 · 18 sales

48 CHF/m²

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

-99 %

since 1990

02,0004,0006,0008,0001990199620022009201520212024

Line: median · band: middle 50%

All values as a table
YearValue25 %75 %Cases
202448 CHF/m²–5,930 CHF/m²14718
202379 CHF/m²–5,766 CHF/m²14425
202226 CHF/m²–6,425 CHF/m²14576
202129 CHF/m²–5,906 CHF/m²13800
2020105 CHF/m²–5,585 CHF/m²14348
2019130 CHF/m²–5,631 CHF/m²12854
201891 CHF/m²–5,494 CHF/m²12210
20175 CHF/m²––12286
20166 CHF/m²––12251
2015150 CHF/m²–5,725 CHF/m²11961
201421 CHF/m²–6,245 CHF/m²12500
201333 CHF/m²–6,658 CHF/m²12931
2012106 CHF/m²–5,966 CHF/m²13755
201156 CHF/m²–6,994 CHF/m²13147
201063 CHF/m²–5,189 CHF/m²11429
200914 CHF/m²–5,135 CHF/m²10270
200844 CHF/m²–4,022 CHF/m²9944
20061 CHF/m²––8218
20055,405 CHF/m²4,404 CHF/m²7,007 CHF/m²396
20044,808 CHF/m²3,971 CHF/m²5,954 CHF/m²433
20034,746 CHF/m²3,839 CHF/m²5,640 CHF/m²365
20024,146 CHF/m²3,501 CHF/m²5,136 CHF/m²383
20014,220 CHF/m²3,471 CHF/m²4,872 CHF/m²337
20003,924 CHF/m²3,191 CHF/m²4,503 CHF/m²329
19993,580 CHF/m²3,029 CHF/m²4,231 CHF/m²243
19983,954 CHF/m²3,426 CHF/m²4,572 CHF/m²264
19973,810 CHF/m²3,388 CHF/m²4,586 CHF/m²272
19964,006 CHF/m²3,535 CHF/m²4,545 CHF/m²254
19954,129 CHF/m²3,535 CHF/m²4,602 CHF/m²174
19944,035 CHF/m²3,333 CHF/m²5,133 CHF/m²139
19933,807 CHF/m²3,220 CHF/m²4,441 CHF/m²151
19924,499 CHF/m²3,929 CHF/m²5,198 CHF/m²98
19914,337 CHF/m²3,812 CHF/m²4,965 CHF/m²127
19904,779 CHF/m²4,141 CHF/m²5,460 CHF/m²120

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)
209,061
Growth over 10 years
+7.5%
Share of foreign nationals
50.2%
Share aged 65 and over
16.0%
Jobs (2024)
194,744
Income tax¹
CHF 14,182
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 379
  • 1919–1945 395
  • 1946–1970 583
  • 1971–1990 402
  • 1991–2010 385
  • from 2011 380

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 1%
  • District heating 8%
  • Gas 62%
  • Heating oil 24%
  • Wood 1%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Genève.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Genève?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Rue de la Boulangerie40 dB
  2. 2.Chemin Dr-Adolphe-PASTEUR41 dB
  3. 3.Rue Bémont41 dB
  4. 4.Cour de Saint-Pierre42 dB
  5. 5.Rue CRAMER42 dB
  6. 6.Rue de la Tour-de-Boël42 dB
  7. 7.Chemin de la Tourelle43 dB
  8. 8.Chemin du Champ-Baron43 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Chemin de Ternier2.6 km · 60 m
  2. 2.Rue des Mouettes2.6 km · 130 m
  3. 3.Rue du Grand-Bureau2.6 km · 110 m
  4. 4.Rue Gustave-REVILLIOD2.7 km · 80 m
  5. 5.Quai CAPO-d'ISTRIA2.7 km · 130 m
  6. 6.Rue Simon-DURAND2.7 km · 180 m
  7. 7.Rue de la Colline2.8 km · 120 m
  8. 8.Route des Acacias2.8 km · 60 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Avenue Louis-AUBERT120 m
  2. 2.Rue LAMARTINE130 m
  3. 3.Chemin des Crêts-de-Champel190 m
  4. 4.Avenue WENDT210 m
  5. 5.Chemin des Clochettes210 m
  6. 6.Rue Joseph-PASQUIER230 m
  7. 7.Rue Albert-GOS240 m
  8. 8.Chemin Bram-Van-VELDE240 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 Genève

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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.