Living in Domat/Ems

For Domat/Ems, the resident counts list 6,189 Swiss permanent residents and 40 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. The population of Domat/Ems, in Switzerland, was 8,392 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population8,392people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)6,952EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent17.32EUR/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 crime4,600incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 60% belowOfficial source · Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Domat/Ems?

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

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71

Mobile plan, 10 GB€56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	70.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Swisscom blue Internet S¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	17.32 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2024	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)⁴Official · regional context

Is Domat/Ems a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker71%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 61–81%

Skilled employee71%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–81%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on education · range 37–59%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–64%

Retirement58%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 46–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,039 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 17.32 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?

26.3% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 2,203 of 8,392 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	6,952 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Domat/Ems?

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

Left over each month€4,670of €5,836 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.	€5,836
Rent, 60 m²€17.32/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	− €1,039
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	€4,670

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

Job SearchCareer Counselling

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesDomat/Ems highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,600 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440	31 Dec 2025	Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Domat/Ems. 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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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Domat/Ems.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

5°-2°

7°-1°

12°2°

16°5°

20°9°

24°13°

25°14°

20°11°

16°7°

10°2°

6°-1°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

101

119

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

112

145

159

174

190

208

192

158

132

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 7 · Mar 11.9 · Apr 16.1 · May 20.3 · Jun 23.6 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 16.1 · Nov 10.2 · Dec 5.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.1 · Feb -1.4 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 5.1 · May 9.3 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.3 · Aug 14.3 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 2.4 · Dec -1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 10.2 · May 14.4 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 14.9 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 5.6 · Dec 1.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 54.3 · Feb 40.2 · Mar 52.9 · Apr 49.5 · May 70.2 · Jun 93.3 · Jul 101 · Aug 119.3 · Sep 77.4 · Oct 66.7 · Nov 68.6 · Dec 58.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 97 · Feb 111.7 · Mar 144.6 · Apr 158.7 · May 174.1 · Jun 189.5 · Jul 207.5 · Aug 191.8 · Sep 158.1 · Oct 131.8 · Nov 92.7 · Dec 82.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Reims (France) ±1.0 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.1 °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

By nationality

National passport73.7%
Foreign residents26.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	515.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹⁴Official
City area	24.24 km²	2019	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2019, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	40 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹⁰Official
Foreign residents	2,203 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹²Official
Non-permanent residents	40 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹⁰Official
Population density	346.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2019; area observed_at=2019).²Official
Population	8,392 people	31 Dec 2024	Switzerland official denominator source¹⁶Official
Swiss non-permanent residents	0 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹⁰Official
Swiss permanent residents	6,189 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹⁰Official

International community in Domat/Ems

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 group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	41	100.0%
Abroad	41	100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Country of birth

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

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	8,428	100.0%
In Switzerland	5,944	70.5%
Abroad	2,484	29.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship - total	41	100.0%
Italy	13	31.7%
Portugal	8	19.5%
Lithuania	5	12.2%
Romania	4	9.8%
Ukraine	4	9.8%
Poland	2	4.9%
Nigeria	2	4.9%
Bulgaria	1	2.4%
Netherlands	1	2.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	1	2.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Alternatives for people set on Domat/Ems

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.

Ilanz/Glion as a Domat/Ems alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,763 Ilanz/Glion vs 4,600 Domat/Ems−40%
Residents: 5,067 Ilanz/Glion vs 8,392 Domat/Ems−40%
Rent: €17.32/m² Ilanz/Glion vs €17.32/m² Domat/Emssame level
Median gross pay, region: €6,952 Ilanz/Glion vs €6,952 Domat/Emssame level

Full comparison More about Ilanz/Glion

Biel/Bienne as a Domat/Ems alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 171 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 56,896 Biel/Bienne vs 8,392 Domat/Ems+578%
Rent: €14.52/m² (2021) Biel/Bienne vs €17.32/m² (2024) Domat/Emsno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 15,776 Biel/Bienne vs 4,600 Domat/Emsno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Biel/Bienne vs €6,952 Domat/Ems+5%

Full comparison More about Biel/Bienne

Cities near Domat/Ems

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

Bad Ragaz 20.3 km away

Rent: 16.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Vilters-Wangs 21.9 km away

Rent: 14.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Domat/Ems, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities

Gibloux8,393 residents Zurzach8,336 residents Buchs (AG)8,491 residents Wangen-Brüttisellen8,292 residents Savièse8,278 residents Stans8,508 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Domat/Ems 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; Domat/Ems'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 Domat/Ems?

Average net cold rent is 17.32 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,212 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 Domat/Ems?

The median gross salary is 6,952 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Domat/Ems?

Police recorded 4,600 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik.

How many people live in Domat/Ems?

The published population is 8,392 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Domat/Ems?

2,203 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Domat/Ems a good place to live?

Domat/Ems 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 Domat/Ems?

Chur, Landquart, Ilanz/Glion, Bad Ragaz, Vilters-Wangs are near Domat/Ems. 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 Domat/Ems?

The official country of birth distribution records 41 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Domat/Ems, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b4816487e8a89431db1e6de31d8e0d68]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/domat-ems/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Domat/Ems, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b4816487e8a89431db1e6de31d8e0d68},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/domat-ems/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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