Municipality in the Canton of Vaud

Living in Echallens

Echallens (postcode 1040) has 1,047 residential buildings with 2,994 homes in total on 76 streets.

2,994
homes
47%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
80%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
60%
in a quiet location

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Echallens in figures

Echallens (postcode 1040) has 1,047 residential buildings with 2,994 homes in total on 76 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 1979.
47% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 49% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 80% a public transport stop within 300 m.
60% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
Net rents in the Canton of Vaud are 19.10 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 14,535 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

19.10 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Vaud · 2024

Canton value – not published for Echallens

Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

19.10 CHF/m²

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

+14 %

since 2012

Line: average

All values as a table

Year	Value	25 %	75 %	Cases
2024	19.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2023	18.80 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2022	18.40 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2021	18.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2020	18.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2019	17.60 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2018	17.50 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2017	17.10 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2016	17.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2015	16.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2014	17.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2013	16.90 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2012	16.80 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): 6,719
Growth over 10 years: +22.0%
Share of foreign nationals: 25.0%
Share aged 65 and over: 15.8%
Jobs (2024): 2,920
Income tax¹: CHF 14,535
Household electricity price (2027): from 27.9 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 83
1919–1945 27
1946–1970 92
1971–1990 331
1991–2010 343
from 2011 141

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 9%
Gas 39%
Heating oil 16%
Wood 5%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Echallens.

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Streets compared

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The quietest streets

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

1.Place du Château90 m · 30 m
2.Rue Saint-Denis130 m · 60 m
3.Place des Petites Roches80 m · 120 m
4.Passage des Rondze-Mulets130 m · 70 m
5.Avenue des Terreaux140 m · 60 m
6.Chemin du Marais130 m · 90 m
7.Rue de Praz-Palud70 m · 170 m
8.Place de l'Hôtel de Ville130 m · 130 m

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).

Currently on Heimster