Municipality in the Canton of Solothurn

Living in Obergösgen

Obergösgen (postcode 4653) has 511 residential buildings with 1,223 homes in total on 56 streets.

  • 1,223

    homes

  • 3%

    with a supermarket ≤ 500 m

  • 86%

    with public transport ≤ 300 m

  • 40%

    in a quiet location

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Obergösgen in figures

  • Obergösgen (postcode 4653) has 511 residential buildings with 1,223 homes in total on 56 streets.
  • The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2011.
  • 3% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 40% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 86% a public transport stop within 300 m.
  • 40% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
  • Net rents in the Canton of Solothurn are 14.90 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
  • Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 14,193 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

14.90 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Solothurn · 2024

Canton value – not published for Obergösgen

  • Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

14.90 CHF/m²

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

+10 %

since 2012

111213141520122015201820212024

Line: average

All values as a table
YearValue25 %75 %Cases
202414.90 CHF/m²–––
202314.60 CHF/m²–––
202214.00 CHF/m²–––
202114.10 CHF/m²–––
202014.00 CHF/m²–––
201913.90 CHF/m²–––
201813.50 CHF/m²–––
201713.30 CHF/m²–––
201613.50 CHF/m²–––
201513.20 CHF/m²–––
201413.70 CHF/m²–––
201313.60 CHF/m²–––
201213.50 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)
2,490
Growth over 10 years
+13.6%
Share of foreign nationals
29.5%
Share aged 65 and over
23.7%
Jobs (2024)
572
Income tax¹
CHF 14,193
Household electricity price (2027)
from 31.7 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 0
  • 1919–1945 0
  • 1946–1970 0
  • 1971–1990 1
  • 1991–2010 56
  • from 2011 63

Heating systems in the existing stock

  • Heat pump 13%
  • Gas 12%
  • Heating oil 39%
  • Wood 7%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Obergösgen.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Obergösgen?

The quietest streets

  1. 1.Bollenfeld44 dB
  2. 2.Moosmattstrasse44 dB
  3. 3.Stöckenstrasse44 dB
  4. 4.Belchenstrasse45 dB
  5. 5.Hardmattring45 dB
  6. 6.Akazienweg46 dB
  7. 7.Wässerig46 dB
  8. 8.Michelmattstrasse47 dB

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

  1. 1.Fähreweg560 m · 50 m
  2. 2.Seidenhofweg510 m · 120 m
  3. 3.Dullikerstrasse580 m · 70 m
  4. 4.Wässerig530 m · 220 m
  5. 5.Dänikerstrasse740 m · 150 m
  6. 6.Schachenstrasse830 m · 120 m
  7. 7.Rosengasse870 m · 100 m
  8. 8.Widackerring840 m · 150 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

  1. 1.Kleinfeldstrasse30 m
  2. 2.Birkenweg70 m
  3. 3.Akazienweg90 m
  4. 4.Ahornweg90 m
  5. 5.Hardmattstrasse110 m
  6. 6.Oltnerstrasse160 m
  7. 7.Gartenstrasse160 m
  8. 8.Alte Landstrasse160 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).

New builds

What is being created in Obergösgen

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

New builds in Obergösgen

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