Municipality in the Canton of Schaffhausen

Living in Wilchingen

Wilchingen (postcode 8217–8218) has 586 residential buildings with 850 homes in total on 67 streets.

  • 850

    homes

  • 0%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 66%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 68%

    in a quiet location

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Wilchingen in figures

  • Wilchingen (postcode 8217–8218) has 586 residential buildings with 850 homes in total on 67 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1949.
  • 0% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 0% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 66% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 68% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
  • Net rents in the Canton of Schaffhausen are 14.60 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
  • Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 11,068 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

14.60 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Schaffhausen · 2024

Canton value – not published for Wilchingen

  • Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

14.60 CHF/m²

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

+13 %

since 2012

111213141520122015201820212024

Line: average

All values as a table
YearValue25 %75 %Cases
202414.60 CHF/m²–––
202314.60 CHF/m²–––
202214.00 CHF/m²–––
202114.20 CHF/m²–––
202013.70 CHF/m²–––
201913.60 CHF/m²–––
201813.40 CHF/m²–––
201713.30 CHF/m²–––
201613.10 CHF/m²–––
201513.10 CHF/m²–––
201413.80 CHF/m²–––
201313.50 CHF/m²–––
201212.90 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)
1,738
Growth over 10 years
+2.2%
Share of foreign nationals
16.9%
Share aged 65 and over
25.9%
Jobs (2024)
902
Income tax¹
CHF 11,068
Household electricity price (2027)
from 30.1 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 191
  • 1919–1945 17
  • 1946–1970 46
  • 1971–1990 109
  • 1991–2010 74
  • from 2011 54

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 10%
  • District heating 22%
  • Gas 1%
  • Heating oil 27%
  • Wood 18%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Wilchingen.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Wilchingen?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Haartelstrasse29 dB
  2. 2.Talackerstrasse29 dB
  3. 3.Trottenweg30 dB
  4. 4.Häidehof31 dB
  5. 5.Weiherweg31 dB
  6. 6.Bettenstrasse34 dB
  7. 7.Mettlenweg37 dB
  8. 8.Marktweg38 dB

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Galgenbuckstrasse2.8 km
  2. 2.Bahnhofstrasse2.9 km
  3. 3.Trasadingerstrasse3.0 km

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).

New builds

What is being created in Wilchingen

10 new homes are under construction, approved or planned here – from the federal building register.

New builds in Wilchingen

Sources: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), FOEN sonBASE, FOT stops. Distances as the crow flies.