Key location factors for Volken at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · July 2026 · asking rents from listings
Volken is predominantly a single-family housing area: 76 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 9 % have 2 units.
The median build year 1988 is close to the Swiss average (1991). 45 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 33 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
Volken zählt 382 Einwohner. Die Bevölkerung ist in den letzten 5 Jahren um 0.5% gewachsen.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer lag 2025 bei 0.57%, was als knapper Markt eingestuft wird. Wer eine Wohnung sucht, muss mit begrenztem Angebot rechnen.
Der Kaufpreis liegt bei CHF 7'619 pro m2, teurer als in 68% aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Miete liegt bei CHF 20.90 pro m2 und Monat, günstiger als in 58% aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
Für eine alleinstehende Person mit CHF 150'000 Bruttoeinkommen liegt die Steuerbelastung bei 15.7%, was CHF 23'596 entspricht. Das ist günstiger als in 89% aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
65% der Fläche werden landwirtschaftlich genutzt, 29% sind Wald und 7% Siedlungsfläche. Diese Angaben betreffen die Fläche der Gemeinde selbst, nicht die unversiegelte Fläche in der weiteren Umgebung.
Rents in the range of CHF 19-23/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in Volken. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in Volken are currently typically in the range CHF 19-23 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,350–1,600 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 Volken is typically in the range CHF 7'200-8'000 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in Volken is typically in the range CHF 5'800-7'500 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 Volken is 15.7 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 23,596 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in Volken is below. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in Volken the share of second homes is 7.5 %, 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 Volken the median is around CHF 7'619 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 Volken colour-coded.
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