Majority Of Swiss Homes Have No More Than Two Inhabitants

2025-09-22 02:10:34

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Only one or two people live in more than half of the detached homes in Switzerland. This content was published on September 22, 2025 - 11:30 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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At the end of 2024, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) counted a total of 1.8 million buildings used for residential purposes, with a total of 4.84 million dwellings. Over one million of all buildings were single-family homes and 55% of them were occupied by just one or two people, according to the FSO.

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The average living space per person in Switzerland in 2024 was therefore 46.6 square metres. According to the FSO, this figure rose regularly until 2021 and has stagnated since then.

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