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Living in Gerlafingen

Gerlafingen had 5,859 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Switzerland. For Gerlafingen, the foreign population was 2,468 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population5,859people31 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 crime9,285incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 19% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Gerlafingen.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Gerlafingen 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 S14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB10Official · 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 Gerlafingen 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 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%
Family40%strong on family, weak on education · range 30–50%
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?

42.1% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 2,468 of 5,859 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.ch16Official

What does a salary buy in Gerlafingen?

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 Gerlafingen Salary needed to live in Gerlafingen

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gerlafingen. 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

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGerlafingen highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Gerlafingen 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 residents9,285 incidents per 100,000country median 11,44031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn9Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Gerlafingen. 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 Gerlafingen.

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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 3.1 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 10.5 · Apr 14.9 · May 18.9 · Jun 22.9 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 24.6 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 3.5 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO3Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.7 · Feb -2.8 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 3.1 · May 7.5 · Jun 11.1 · Jul 12.8 · Aug 12.7 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.6 · Nov 1.2 · Dec -1.8 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO4Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.4 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 5.2 · Apr 8.9 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 4.3 · Dec 1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO5Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 65.1 · Feb 56.9 · Mar 62.8 · Apr 75.5 · May 105.3 · Jun 106.6 · Jul 107.3 · Aug 114.7 · Sep 84.8 · Oct 85.5 · Nov 76.7 · Dec 84.8 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO6Official · nearest-station reading
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 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO7Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Trostberg (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.5 °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 residents571.3 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS13Official
City area1.89 km²2014Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2014, 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, 20248Official
Foreign residents2,468 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.11Official
Non-permanent residents43 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Population density3,100 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; area observed_at=2014).1Official
Population5,859 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source15Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Swiss permanent residents3,391 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official

International community in Gerlafingen

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

Country of birth

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total5,859100.0%
In Switzerland3,54360.5%
Abroad2,31639.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Country of birth

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total21100.0%
Abroad21100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total21100.0%
Romania523.8%
Ukraine523.8%
Italy314.3%
Germany29.5%
Croatia29.5%
Poland14.8%
Slovakia14.8%
North Macedonia14.8%
Russia14.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Alternatives for people set on Gerlafingen

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 Gerlafingen alternative in the same country

94 km away, 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: 120,376 Winterthur vs 5,859 Gerlafingen+1955%
  • Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €15.64/m² (2024) Gerlafingenno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 9,285 Gerlafingenno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €7,310 Gerlafingen+8%
Full comparisonMore about Winterthur

Cities near Gerlafingen

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

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities
Nürensdorf5,862 residentsSaint-Prex5,865 residentsLindau5,871 residentsJegenstorf5,872 residentsThayngen5,881 residentsLausen5,886 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gerlafingen 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; Gerlafingen'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 Gerlafingen?

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 Gerlafingen?

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

How safe is Gerlafingen?

Police recorded 9,285 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 Gerlafingen?

The published population is 5,859 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Gerlafingen?

2,468 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Gerlafingen a good place to live?

Gerlafingen 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 Gerlafingen?

Biberist, Derendingen, Zuchwil, Solothurn, Bellach are near Gerlafingen. 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 Gerlafingen?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,859 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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