Municipality in the Canton of Geneva

Living in Vernier

Vernier (postcode 1214–1220) has 2,459 residential buildings with 17,039 homes in total on 116 streets.

17,039
homes
0%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
92%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
22%
in a quiet location

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Vernier in figures

Vernier (postcode 1214–1220) has 2,459 residential buildings with 17,039 homes in total on 116 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2000.
0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 0% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 92% 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 Vernier sold at a median price of 1 CHF per m² of living space in 2024 (9,197 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 Vernier sold at a median price of CHF 1.66m in 2024 (37 sales).
Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 14,513 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

1 CHF/m²

per m² of living space

Vernier · 2024 · 9,197 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 Vernier

Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

Single-family houses

Sale prices

CHF 1.66m

per house (median price)

Vernier · 2024 · 37 sales

1 CHF/m²

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

-100 %

since 1990

Line: median · band: middle 50%

All values as a table

Year	Value	25 %	75 %	Cases
2024	1 CHF/m²	–	–	9197
2023	49 CHF/m²	–	6,239 CHF/m²	9714
2022	253 CHF/m²	–	6,600 CHF/m²	10086
2021	38 CHF/m²	–	6,614 CHF/m²	9474
2018	1 CHF/m²	–	–	8852
2016	24 CHF/m²	–	4,953 CHF/m²	8938
2013	1 CHF/m²	–	–	7392
2012	5 CHF/m²	–	–	7252
2011	33 CHF/m²	–	5,765 CHF/m²	6249
2010	102 CHF/m²	–	5,234 CHF/m²	6286
2009	31 CHF/m²	–	4,421 CHF/m²	6133
2008	40 CHF/m²	–	4,189 CHF/m²	5120
2007	10 CHF/m²	–	4,187 CHF/m²	4629
2005	4,381 CHF/m²	3,750 CHF/m²	4,651 CHF/m²	29
2004	3,550 CHF/m²	3,038 CHF/m²	3,942 CHF/m²	23
2003	3,261 CHF/m²	2,899 CHF/m²	3,604 CHF/m²	36
2002	2,984 CHF/m²	2,576 CHF/m²	3,399 CHF/m²	20
2000	3,080 CHF/m²	2,214 CHF/m²	3,831 CHF/m²	27
1999	2,891 CHF/m²	2,490 CHF/m²	3,327 CHF/m²	24
1998	2,710 CHF/m²	2,434 CHF/m²	3,237 CHF/m²	17
1997	3,141 CHF/m²	2,926 CHF/m²	3,417 CHF/m²	12
1996	2,965 CHF/m²	2,647 CHF/m²	3,454 CHF/m²	14
1995	3,283 CHF/m²	2,843 CHF/m²	3,737 CHF/m²	13
1994	3,686 CHF/m²	3,354 CHF/m²	3,805 CHF/m²	20
1993	3,365 CHF/m²	2,903 CHF/m²	3,802 CHF/m²	11
1991	3,535 CHF/m²	2,917 CHF/m²	3,860 CHF/m²	18
1990	3,034 CHF/m²	2,818 CHF/m²	4,331 CHF/m²	12

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): 37,837
Growth over 10 years: +9.7%
Share of foreign nationals: 45.6%
Share aged 65 and over: 15.5%
Jobs (2024): 26,081
Income tax¹: CHF 14,513
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 3
1919–1945 16
1946–1970 101
1971–1990 56
1991–2010 399
from 2011 265

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 6%
District heating 14%
Gas 50%
Heating oil 18%
Wood 2%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Vernier.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Vernier?

The quietest streets

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).

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