Key location factors for Merzligen at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · April 2026 · asking rents from listings
Merzligen is predominantly a single-family housing area: 73 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 20 % have 2 units.
The median build year 2010 is above the Swiss average (1991). 4 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 18 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
Merzligen zählt 403 Einwohner gemäss BFS STATPOP. Die Bevölkerung ist in den letzten 5 Jahren um 3.1% gewachsen.
30.3% der Bevölkerung sind 65 Jahre oder älter, 11.2% sind unter 15 Jahre alt. Damit liegt der Seniorenanteil deutlich über dem Kinderanteil.
Wohneigentum kostet rund 6'867 CHF pro m2, was teurer ist als in 54% aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Mieten sind mit 18.50 CHF pro m2 und Monat dagegen günstiger als in 83% aller Gemeinden.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer lag 2025 bei 1.02%, was als ausgeglichener Markt eingestuft wird. Damit ist weder von einem starken Überangebot noch von grosser Knappheit auszugehen.
Im Umkreis gibt es mehr unversiegelte Fläche als bei 17% aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Innerhalb der Gemeinde selbst macht Landwirtschaft 72% der Fläche aus, Wald 17% und Siedlung 11%.
Rents in the range of CHF 17-20/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in Merzligen. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in Merzligen are currently typically in the range CHF 17-20 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,200–1,400 per month — the effective market range starts lower for small apartments and rises disproportionately for large ones.
The m² price for owner-occupied apartments in Merzligen is typically in the range CHF 6'500-7'300 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in Merzligen is typically in the range CHF 5'400-7'000 per m² (defensive range ±12 %). House prices vary considerably depending on plot size, buildability and micro-location within the municipality — a direct m² comparison serves only as an initial orientation.
The effective tax burden in Merzligen is 20.0 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 29,993 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in Merzligen is above. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in Merzligen the share of second homes is 9.4 %, below the 20 % threshold. The second-home law does not apply here, and new second homes are generally permitted. Source: Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), 2025.
A first reference point is the local price per square metre: in Merzligen the median is around CHF 6'867 per m² for condominiums. A realistic estimate also factors in location, year of construction, condition, fit-out quality and view. How the price compares with other municipalities is shown by the Immoskop municipality comparison: all 2’110 municipalities by housing costs, taxes and health insurance premiums — as guidance, not a substitute for an official or bank-verified valuation.
Municipalities nearby, ordered by driving time — purchase price difference to Merzligen colour-coded.
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