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The resident counts list 5,181 Swiss permanent residents and 18 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. The population of Nidau, in Switzerland, was 7,053 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population7,053people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,310EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent16.9EUR/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 crime11,357incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — about the sameOfficial source · Gemeinden — Auszug aus der polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025
PM2.5, annual mean8.94µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

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

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 Nidau.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Nidau 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)16.9 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)6Official · regional context

Is Nidau 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 safety · range 59–79%
Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–79%
Student44%strong on cost, weak on education · range 33–55%
Family38%strong on family, weak on education · range 28–48%
Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–64%

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)7,310 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch21Official

What does a salary buy in Nidau?

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€4,972of €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€16.90/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− €1,014
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€4,972
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Nidau Salary needed to live in Nidau

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Nidau. 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 Nidau. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Nidau?

Police recorded about 11,357 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Gemeinden — Auszug aus der polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 20254

Recorded crime across major citiesNidau highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Nidau 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 residents11,357 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — about the same31 Dec 2025Gemeinden — Auszug aus der polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 20254Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport12 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights7Official
Nearest airportBRN3 Aug 2026OurAirports8Official
Distance to nearest airport31 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports8Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nidau. 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
Open official information

fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online
Open official information
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Nidau.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Nidau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.94 µg/m³ · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1
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
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwitzerlandAnnual PM2.5 in Nidau is 8.9 µg/m³. Of 43 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8.94 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 0.3 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 5.8 · May 10.1 · Jun 13.7 · Jul 15.8 · Aug 15.6 · Sep 11.7 · Oct 8.4 · Nov 3.7 · Dec 1.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -4.7 · Feb -5.2 · Mar -3 · Apr -0.3 · May 3.5 · Jun 7 · Jul 8.9 · Aug 9.3 · Sep 5.9 · Oct 3 · Nov -1.3 · Dec -3.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average temperature by monthJan -2.3 · Feb -2.8 · Mar -0.5 · Apr 2.5 · May 6.4 · Jun 10 · Jul 12 · Aug 12.1 · Sep 8.4 · Oct 5.5 · Nov 1.1 · Dec -1.4 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 95.8 · Feb 91.8 · Mar 96.6 · Apr 103.7 · May 133.6 · Jun 133.5 · Jul 136.4 · Aug 142.4 · Sep 116.6 · Oct 122.2 · Nov 110.4 · Dec 112.7 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 98 · Feb 104.7 · Mar 140 · Apr 156.5 · May 163.6 · Jun 180 · Jul 202.2 · Aug 189.2 · Sep 150.1 · Oct 130.8 · Nov 93.4 · Dec 85.3 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±4.6 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.8 °C, Titisee-Neustadt (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Auerbach/Vogtl. (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Klingenthal (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Schneeberg (Germany) ±1.4 °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

The city covered 1.5 km² in 2014.

How many people live in Nidau?

The published population was 7,053 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source15

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents411.1 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS13Official
City area1.53 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 km².3Official
Foreign non-permanent residents18 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official
Foreign residents1,872 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.11Official
Non-permanent residents18 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official
Population density4,610 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).3Official
Population7,053 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source15Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official
Swiss permanent residents5,181 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official

International community in Nidau

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 - total7,160100.0%
In Switzerland4,92668.8%
Abroad2,23431.2%

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 - total15100.0%
Abroad15100.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total7,160100.0%
Switzerland5,20972.8%
Italy1842.6%
Germany1672.3%
Eritrea1351.9%
Türkiye1221.7%
Portugal1201.7%
France1141.6%
Kosovo1021.4%
Syria891.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Tunisia711.0%
Afghanistan610.9%
Iraq600.8%
Spain570.8%
Serbia520.7%
Ukraine430.6%
North Macedonia330.5%
Sri Lanka330.5%
Poland320.4%
Congo (Kinshasa)270.4%
Algeria230.3%
Morocco220.3%
Slovakia210.3%
China200.3%
Hungary190.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina190.3%
Brazil160.2%
Slovenia150.2%
Austria140.2%
Romania140.2%
Cameroon140.2%
Ethiopia130.2%
Guinea120.2%
Somalia110.2%
Dominican Republic90.1%
Nigeria80.1%
Togo80.1%
Thailand80.1%
Netherlands70.1%
Czechia70.1%
Chile70.1%
India70.1%
Bulgaria60.1%
United Kingdom60.1%
Ghana60.1%
Mexico60.1%
Iran60.1%
Yemen60.1%
Sweden50.1%
Senegal50.1%
Colombia50.1%
Belgium40.1%
Ireland40.1%
Russia40.1%
Angola40.1%
Côte d'Ivoire40.1%
Tanzania40.1%
Egypt40.1%
Cuba40.1%
United States40.1%
Pakistan40.1%
Finland30.0%
Croatia30.0%
Gambia30.0%
Kenya30.0%
Libya30.0%
Ecuador30.0%
Jamaica30.0%
Japan30.0%
Philippines30.0%
Denmark20.0%
Latvia20.0%
Burundi20.0%
Mali20.0%
Guatemala20.0%
Canada20.0%
Paraguay20.0%
Peru20.0%
Tonga20.0%
No indication10.0%
Albania10.0%
Greece10.0%
Liechtenstein10.0%
Lithuania10.0%
Belarus10.0%
Cabo Verde10.0%
Liberia10.0%
Niger10.0%
Argentina10.0%
Nicaragua10.0%
Uruguay10.0%
Indonesia10.0%
Cambodia10.0%
Lebanon10.0%
Mongolia10.0%
South Korea10.0%
Georgia10.0%
Australia10.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Nidau

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.

Wohlen bei Bern as a Nidau alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,395 Wohlen bei Bern vs 11,357 Nidau−61%
  • Residents: 9,283 Wohlen bei Bern vs 7,053 Nidau+32%
  • Rent: €16.90/m² Wohlen bei Bern vs €16.90/m² Nidausame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Wohlen bei Bern vs €7,310 Nidausame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.9 µg/m³ Wohlen bei Bern vs 8.9 µg/m³ Nidausame level
Full comparisonMore about Wohlen bei Bern

Luzern as a Nidau alternative in the same country

81 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 86,234 Luzern vs 7,053 Nidau+1123%
  • Rent: €17.56/m² (2021) Luzern vs €16.90/m² (2024) Nidauno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 5.0 km Luzern vs 31.0 km Nidau−84%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 12,894 Luzern vs 11,357 Nidauno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Luzern vs €7,310 Nidausame level
Full comparisonMore about Luzern

Cities near Nidau

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

Biel/Bienne Commuting Zone · 1.4 km away
Rent
14.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities
Uznach7,038 residentsHeimberg7,079 residentsBottmingen7,014 residentsFrutigen7,100 residentsKüttigen6,997 residentsDerendingen7,133 residents

How does Nidau compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Nidau 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; Nidau's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Nidau part of Biel/Bienne?

Nidau is in the published commuting zone of Biel/Bienne; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Biel/Bienne city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source5

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Nidau?

The published population was 7,053 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Nidau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Nidau?

Police recorded about 11,357 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Gemeinden — Auszug aus der polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025.

What is the typical salary around Nidau?

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

How many foreign residents live in Nidau?

1,872 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Nidau a good place to live?

Nidau 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.

Is Nidau part of Biel/Bienne?

Nidau is in the published commuting zone of Biel/Bienne; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Nidau?

Biel/Bienne, Lyss, Pieterlen, Lengnau (BE), Grenchen are near Nidau. 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 Nidau?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,160 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). Nidau, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cd1901f0b933a0b74d3af1887793954a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/nidau/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Nidau, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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