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Living in Suhr

In Suhr, unemployment is 2.8% (2022).

Suhr is in Switzerland; its population was 11,617 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 4,313 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population11,617people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,512EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent17.53EUR/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)
Unemployment rate2.8%country median 2.3% — 22% aboveOfficial source · Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO
Recorded crime4,683incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 59% belowOfficial source · Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG
PM2.5, annual mean10.6µg/m³country median 8.8 — 20% aboveOfficial source · cdn.who.int

Higher unemployment than 63% of Swiss cities that publish it and dirtier air than 91% of Swiss cities that publish it.

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

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 Suhr.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Suhr 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 S13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB9Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)17.53 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 Suhr 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 worker63%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 53–73%
Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 60–80%
Student41%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 30–52%
Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–66%
Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Suhr?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO2

Unemployment across cities in SwitzerlandUnemployment in Suhr is 2.8%. Of 176 cities with data, 52 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)7,512 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch20Official
Unemployment rate2.8 %country median 2.3%31 Dec 2022Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO2Official

What does a salary buy in Suhr?

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

regional median gross pay: €7,512 (pxweb.bfs.admin.ch, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€5,088of €6,266 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.€6,266
Rent, 60 m²€17.53/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− €1,052
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€5,088
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Suhr Salary needed to live in Suhr

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Suhr?

Police recorded about 4,683 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG1

Recorded crime across major citiesSuhr highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Suhr 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 residents4,683 incidents per 100,000country median 11,44031 Dec 2025Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG1Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportEML3 Aug 2026OurAirports7Official
Distance to nearest airport35 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports7Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Suhr. 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
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Suhr.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Suhr?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10.6 µg/m³ (2017) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: cdn.who.int3

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

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 Suhr is 10.6 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 mean10.6 µg/m³country median 8.831 Dec 2017cdn.who.int3Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.9 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 15.6 · May 19.6 · Jun 23.5 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 25 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 8 · Dec 4.3 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -1.5 · Feb -1.7 · Mar 1.2 · Apr 4.3 · May 8.5 · Jun 12.1 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 9.8 · Oct 6.5 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -0.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.2 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 9.9 · May 14 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 5 · Dec 1.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 63.1 · Feb 52.6 · Mar 61.3 · Apr 63.2 · May 98.5 · Jun 92.2 · Jul 98.4 · Aug 98.3 · Sep 69.6 · Oct 72 · Nov 69.1 · Dec 81.4 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 41.2 · Feb 74.2 · Mar 133.2 · Apr 166.8 · May 180.6 · Jun 200.2 · Jul 219.8 · Aug 204.1 · Sep 148.7 · Oct 86.3 · Nov 42.8 · Dec 31.1 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.9 °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

How many people live in Suhr?

The published population was 11,617 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source14

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents448.7 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS12Official
City area10.6 km²2021Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2021, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².4Official
Foreign non-permanent residents167 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Foreign residents4,313 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.10Official
Non-permanent residents167 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Population density1,096 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2020-2025; FJ=2021; area observed_at=2021).4Official
Population11,617 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source14Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Swiss permanent residents7,304 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official

International community in Suhr

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 - total230100.0%
Abroad22999.6%
In Switzerland10.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Country of birth

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total11,760100.0%
In Switzerland7,31662.2%
Abroad4,44437.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total230100.0%
Germany7934.3%
Ukraine5122.2%
Austria125.2%
Afghanistan83.5%
Poland73.0%
Portugal62.6%
Iran62.6%
Romania52.2%
Türkiye52.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bosnia and Herzegovina41.7%
Ethiopia41.7%
Italy31.3%
Slovakia31.3%
Slovenia31.3%
Eritrea31.3%
Bulgaria20.9%
Netherlands20.9%
Kosovo20.9%
Zimbabwe20.9%
Sierra Leone20.9%
United States20.9%
Myanmar20.9%
Albania10.4%
Belgium10.4%
France10.4%
Hungary10.4%
Czechia10.4%
Serbia10.4%
Russia10.4%
Congo (Kinshasa)10.4%
Senegal10.4%
Somalia10.4%
Canada10.4%
China10.4%
India10.4%
Iraq10.4%
Japan10.4%
Yemen10.4%
Syria10.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Alternatives for people set on Suhr

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.

Gränichen as a Suhr alternative in the same region

2 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,175 Gränichen vs 4,683 Suhr−32%
  • Residents: 8,692 Gränichen vs 11,617 Suhr−25%
  • Nearest airport: 33.0 km Gränichen vs 35.0 km Suhr−6%
  • Rent: €17.53/m² Gränichen vs €17.53/m² Suhrsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,512 Gränichen vs €7,512 Suhrsame level
Full comparisonMore about Gränichen

St. Gallen as a Suhr alternative in the same country

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

  • Residents: 78,863 St. Gallen vs 11,617 Suhr+579%
  • Rent: €15.01/m² (2021) St. Gallen vs €17.53/m² (2024) Suhrno percentage
  • Unemployment: 2.0% St. Gallen vs 2.8% Suhr−29%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 9,783 St. Gallen vs 4,683 Suhrno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €6,952 St. Gallen vs €7,512 Suhr−7%
Full comparisonMore about St. Gallen

Cities near Suhr

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

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities
Bussigny11,632 residentsWorb11,595 residentsZollikofen11,591 residentsRisch11,674 residentsIttigen11,546 residentsBelp11,718 residents

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

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

Is Suhr part of Aarau?

Suhr is in the published commuting zone of Aarau; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Aarau 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 Suhr?

The published population was 11,617 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Suhr?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10.6 µg/m³ (2017) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: cdn.who.int.

How safe is Suhr?

Police recorded about 4,683 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG.

What is the unemployment rate in Suhr?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO.

What is the typical salary around Suhr?

The median gross salary is 7,512 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

Is Suhr a good place to live?

Suhr 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 Suhr part of Aarau?

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

Which cities are near Suhr?

Aarau, Buchs (AG), Gränichen, Oberentfelden, Rupperswil are near Suhr. 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 Suhr?

The official country of birth distribution records 230 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). Suhr, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 57f33a70d83326c499eaa8cbcfe599f3]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/suhr/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Suhr, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
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