Construction plays an essential part in the economy and in ensuring that fundamental human needs are met. At the same time, building systems are becoming ever more complex. To have control of the built environment and to make sure that it is safe and meets people's needs, reliable statistics are necessary. We currently have access to reliable basic data on certain aspects of construction, for example the number of dwellings and construction activity.
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Overview
Residential buildings (2022) |
1,785,321 |
New buildings with dwellings (2022) |
10,552 |
Total number of dwellings (2022) |
4,741,917 |
Newly built dwellings (2022) |
46,505 |
Empty dwellings rate (2024) |
1.08% |
Average surface area per occupied dwelling (2022) |
102.2 m2 |
Living space per occupant (2022) |
46.5 m2 |
| Occupants per dwelling (2022) | 2.2 |
| Occupants per room (2022) | 0.59 |
| Mover rate (2022) | 9.5% |
| Average rent (2022) 1) | 1,412 CHF |
| Home ownership rate (2021) 2) | 35.9% |
| Share of residential buildings owned by individuals (2022, without ZH and VS) | 67.0% |
| Share of buildings heated by fossil fuels (2022) | 56.8% |
2) Confidence interval: ± 0.2 percentage points
Source: FSO - Buildings and dwellings statistics, Structural survey, Empty dwellings census, Housing construction statistics.
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