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Balsthal had a population of 6,560 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 2,406 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population6,560people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,310EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent15.64EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)
Recorded crime10,427incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 9% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Balsthal?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Balsthal recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71
Mobile plan, 10 GB€56
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited70.68 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Swisscom blue Internet S11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB7Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)15.64 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)2Official · regional context

Is Balsthal a good place to live?

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Remote worker69%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 59–79%
Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–79%
Student44%strong on cost, weak on education · range 33–55%
Family39%strong on family, weak on education · range 29–49%
Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €938 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 15.64 EUR/m²/month. Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

How international is the population?

36.7% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 2,406 of 6,560 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)7,310 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch18Official

What does a salary buy in Balsthal?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €7,310 (pxweb.bfs.admin.ch, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€5,048of €6,113 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€6,113
Rent, 60 m²€15.64/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31− €938
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€5,048
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Balsthal Salary needed to live in Balsthal

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Balsthal. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Balsthal. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesBalsthal highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Balsthal highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779
Bern20,196
Interlaken18,896
Olten15,369
Kloten13,097
St. Gallen9,783
Winterthur7,988
Muri bei Bern5,389
Wetzikon (ZH)4,048
Küsnacht (ZH)3,718
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents10,427 incidents per 100,000country median 11,44031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn6Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport12 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights3Official
Nearest airportBRN3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official
Distance to nearest airport47 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Balsthal. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person
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State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.4 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15.3 · May 19.5 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 25.2 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 3.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI13Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.2 · Feb -2.5 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 3.3 · May 7.8 · Jun 11.6 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 1.7 · Dec -1.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official
Average temperature by monthJan 0.7 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 5.2 · Apr 9.2 · May 13.5 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 1.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 82.7 · Feb 66.8 · Mar 73.7 · Apr 75.6 · May 110.5 · Jun 103.4 · Jul 117 · Aug 115 · Sep 89.5 · Oct 89.6 · Nov 82.4 · Dec 100.7 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 38.8 · Feb 75.7 · Mar 133.7 · Apr 170 · May 192 · Jun 218.9 · Jul 239.6 · Aug 214.4 · Sep 153.4 · Oct 89.6 · Nov 40.6 · Dec 29.4 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.6 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents587.5 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS10Official
City area15.72 km²2015Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2014-15, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².1Official
Foreign non-permanent residents43 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official
Foreign residents2,406 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.8Official
Non-permanent residents43 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official
Population density417.3 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2014-15; area observed_at=2015).1Official
Population6,560 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source12Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official
Swiss permanent residents4,154 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official

International community in Balsthal

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total59100.0%
Abroad59100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total6,622100.0%
In Switzerland4,33665.5%
Abroad2,28634.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Citizenship

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total6,622100.0%
Switzerland4,15762.8%
Italy2754.2%
Germany2313.5%
Kosovo2263.4%
North Macedonia2103.2%
Portugal1712.6%
Romania1552.3%
Türkiye1332.0%
Eritrea1332.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Serbia881.3%
Bulgaria851.3%
Poland801.2%
Hungary791.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina761.1%
Morocco610.9%
Croatia570.9%
Slovakia400.6%
Sri Lanka300.5%
Syria270.4%
Austria260.4%
Ukraine250.4%
Slovenia230.3%
Spain220.3%
Brazil180.3%
Tunisia170.3%
Netherlands150.2%
Afghanistan140.2%
Thailand120.2%
Ethiopia110.2%
Czechia100.2%
France90.1%
India90.1%
Iraq90.1%
Lithuania80.1%
China70.1%
Russia50.1%
Kenya50.1%
Latvia40.1%
Somalia40.1%
Vietnam40.1%
Belgium30.0%
Greece30.0%
United Kingdom30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Estonia30.0%
Moldova30.0%
Nigeria30.0%
Albania20.0%
Norway20.0%
Dominican Republic20.0%
Colombia20.0%
Mexico20.0%
Pakistan20.0%
Uzbekistan20.0%
Liechtenstein10.0%
Belarus10.0%
Benin10.0%
Côte d'Ivoire10.0%
Guinea10.0%
Cameroon10.0%
Mauritius10.0%
Guatemala10.0%
Cuba10.0%
Venezuela10.0%
United States10.0%
Indonesia10.0%
Japan10.0%
Mongolia10.0%
Philippines10.0%
Armenia10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Alternatives for people set on Balsthal

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Winterthur as a Balsthal alternative in the same country

80 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 120,376 Winterthur vs 6,560 Balsthal+1735%
  • Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €15.64/m² (2024) Balsthalno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 14.0 km Winterthur vs 47.0 km Balsthal−70%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 10,427 Balsthalno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €7,310 Balsthal+8%
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Cities near Balsthal

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Balsthal, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities
Porrentruy6,574 residentsUrtenen-Schönbühl6,545 residentsOberägeri6,578 residentsRolle6,540 residentsTeufen (AR)6,522 residentsVétroz6,605 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Balsthal under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Balsthal's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How much does it cost to rent in Balsthal?

Average net cold rent is 15.64 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,095 a month before utilities. Source: Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton).

What is the typical salary around Balsthal?

The median gross salary is 7,310 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Balsthal?

Police recorded 10,427 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn.

How many people live in Balsthal?

The published population is 6,560 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Balsthal?

2,406 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Balsthal a good place to live?

Balsthal may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Balsthal?

Oensingen, Niederbipp, Hägendorf, Langenthal, Wangen bei Olten are near Balsthal. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Balsthal?

The official country of birth distribution records 59 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Balsthal, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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