Living in Rolle

Rolle, a city in Switzerland, had a population of 6,540 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the foreign population was 2,714.

Last checked 2026-10-1027 sources

Population6,540people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)7,346EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent20.05EUR/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 crime7,495incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 34% belowOfficial source · Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Vaud

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

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 Rolle.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 S¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	20.05 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)²Official · regional context

Is Rolle 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 worker70%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 60–80%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–79%

Student45%strong on cost, weak on education · range 34–56%

Family42%strong on family, weak on education · range 32–52%

Retirement54%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,203 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 20.05 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?

41.5% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 2,714 of 6,540 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)	7,346 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Rolle?

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

Left over each month€4,814of €6,144 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.	€6,144
Rent, 60 m²€20.05/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	− €1,203
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	€4,814

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Rolle Salary needed to live in Rolle

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesRolle 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	7,495 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440	31 Dec 2025	Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Vaud¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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

0°

4°-1°

6°0°

11°2°

15°5°

19°9°

23°13°

26°15°

25°14°

20°11°

15°8°

9°3°

5°0°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

108

171

193

214

243

266

244

193

127

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 10.9 · Apr 15 · May 19.2 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 5.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 5.1 · May 9 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 11.1 · Oct 7.5 · Nov 3 · Dec 0.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.9 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 10.2 · May 14.2 · Jun 18 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 19.6 · Sep 15.5 · Oct 11 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 2.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 81.9 · Feb 63.3 · Mar 64.5 · Apr 66.7 · May 86.2 · Jun 83.6 · Jul 84.1 · Aug 84 · Sep 85.6 · Oct 98.5 · Nov 95.7 · Dec 99.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 71.6 · Feb 108.1 · Mar 171.4 · Apr 193.1 · May 214 · Jun 242.6 · Jul 266.3 · Aug 243.8 · Sep 192.6 · Oct 127.4 · Nov 74.2 · Dec 55.8 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Geneva ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Reims (France) ±1.0 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.0 °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 passport58.5%
Foreign residents41.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	552.8 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹⁵Official
City area	2.73 km²	2020	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2020, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².¹Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	63 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁹Official
Foreign residents	2,714 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹¹Official
Non-permanent residents	63 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁹Official
Population density	2,396 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 (2020-2025; FJ=2020; area observed_at=2020).¹Official
Population	6,540 people	31 Dec 2024	Switzerland official denominator source¹⁷Official
Swiss non-permanent residents	0 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁹Official
Swiss permanent residents	3,826 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁹Official

International community in Rolle

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	59	100.0%
Abroad	58	98.3%
In Switzerland	1	1.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Country of birth

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

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	6,604	100.0%
Abroad	3,311	50.1%
In Switzerland	3,293	49.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship - total	59	100.0%
France	14	23.7%
Spain	7	11.9%
United States	7	11.9%
Italy	5	8.5%
Netherlands	4	6.8%
Portugal	4	6.8%
Czechia	3	5.1%
Bulgaria	2	3.4%
Germany	2	3.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Sweden	2	3.4%
Canada	2	3.4%
Belgium	1	1.7%
Austria	1	1.7%
Poland	1	1.7%
Türkiye	1	1.7%
Kosovo	1	1.7%
Latvia	1	1.7%
Colombia	1	1.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Alternatives for people set on Rolle

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.

Gland as a Rolle alternative in the same region

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

Residents: 13,987 Gland vs 6,540 Rolle+114%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,989 Gland vs 7,495 Rolle−7%
Rent: €20.05/m² Gland vs €20.05/m² Rollesame level
Median gross pay, region: €7,346 Gland vs €7,346 Rollesame level

Full comparison More about Gland

Luzern as a Rolle alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 164 km, better on 0 of 2 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 6,540 Rolle+1219%
Rent: €17.56/m² (2021) Luzern vs €20.05/m² (2024) Rolleno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 12,894 Luzern vs 7,495 Rolleno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Luzern vs €7,346 Rollesame level

Full comparison More about Luzern

Cities near Rolle

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

Sciez France · 14.3 km away

Rent: 16.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Thonon-les-Bains France · 14.9 km away

Rent: 16.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Allinges France · 17.0 km away

Rent: 14.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities

Urtenen-Schönbühl6,545 residents Teufen (AR)6,522 residents Balsthal6,560 residents Kerns6,514 residents Alpnach6,511 residents Porrentruy6,574 residents

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

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

Is Rolle part of Geneva?

Rolle is in the published commuting zone of Geneva; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Geneva city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁸

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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 Rolle?

Average net cold rent is 20.05 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,403 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 Rolle?

The median gross salary is 7,346 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Rolle?

Police recorded 7,495 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Vaud.

How many people live in Rolle?

The published population is 6,540 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Rolle?

2,714 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Rolle a good place to live?

Rolle 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 Rolle part of Geneva?

Rolle is in the published commuting zone of Geneva; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Rolle?

Gland, Saint-Prex, Nyon, Morges, Sciez are near Rolle. 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 Rolle?

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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Rolle, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 051a19eb12a1ac8c06bf2870b729f78a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/rolle/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Rolle, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {051a19eb12a1ac8c06bf2870b729f78a},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/rolle/},
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}

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Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2020, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km². disseminate.stats.swiss · checked 2026-07-15
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) dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-09-24
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024 pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-18
Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15

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Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024. pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2024-12-31
static.data.gouv.fr static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-27
Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Vaud Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 · vd.ch · checked 2026-10-08
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-30
Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-08
Swisscom blue Internet S swisscom.ch · checked 2026-09-15
Switzerland official denominator source pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-14
www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-27
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