Key location factors for Silenen at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · July 2026 · asking rents from listings
Silenen is predominantly a single-family housing area: 64 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 23 % have 2 units.
The median build year 2009 is above the Swiss average (1991). 13 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 28 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
Silenen zählt 2'037 Einwohner. Die Bevölkerung ist in den letzten 5 Jahren um 4.1 % gewachsen.
Der Quadratmeterpreis für Wohnungen liegt bei 6'210 CHF, was günstiger ist als in 63 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Miete liegt bei 16.90 CHF pro m2 und Monat, günstiger als in 91 % aller Gemeinden.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer lag 2025 bei 0.6 %, was als knapper Markt eingestuft wird. Freie Wohnungen sind entsprechend rar.
Die Steuerbelastung liegt bei 14.4 % (21'601 CHF bei 150'000 CHF Bruttoeinkommen, alleinstehend, ohne Kirchensteuer), günstiger als in 96 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Krankenkassenprämie beträgt 363 CHF im Monat für Erwachsene im Standardmodell, günstiger als in 99 % aller Gemeinden.
23 % der Bevölkerung sind 65 Jahre oder älter, 16.7 % sind unter 15 Jahre alt.
Rents in the range of CHF 15-19/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in Silenen. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in Silenen are currently typically in the range CHF 15-19 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,100–1,300 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 Silenen is typically in the range CHF 5'800-6'600 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in Silenen is typically in the range CHF 4'600-6'000 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 Silenen is 14.4 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 21,601 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in Silenen is below. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in Silenen the share of second homes is 17.9 %, 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 Silenen the median is around CHF 6'210 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 Silenen colour-coded.
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