St. Silvester

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg FSO no. 2303 Data 2025, as of 29 Sept 2026

In 2025, 7 of 511 dwellings stood vacant in St. Silvester, a vacancy rate of 1.37%.

The vacancy rate fell from 1.59% in 2016 to 1.37% in 2025 (-0.22 pp).

That is the 39th highest vacancy rate of 121 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg.

Key figures 2025

Vacancy rate
1.37%
Vacant dwellings
7
Dwelling stock
511

Vacancy trend 2016-2025

Vacancy rate, vacant dwellings and dwelling stock, 2016 to 2025
YearRateVacantStock
20251.37%7511
20240.00%0510
20231.96%10510
20221.22%6492
20211.67%8479
20201.51%7464
20192.16%10463
20182.39%11460
20172.90%13448
20161.59%7440

Breakdown of vacant dwellings

Of the 7 vacant dwellings, 0 are in single-family houses and 7 in multi-family houses; 7 are for rent and 0 for sale; 0 are new and 7 older.

House type

House typeVacantRateShare of vacant
Single-family houses00.00%0%
Multi-family houses71.37%100%

Sale / rent

Sale / rentVacantRateShare of vacant
For sale00.00%0%
For rent71.37%100%

Dwelling age

Dwelling ageVacantRateShare of vacant
New dwellings00.00%0%
Older dwellings71.37%100%

Comparison

The canton of Fribourg average is 1.11% (1’875 vacant of 168’919 dwellings).

Across Switzerland it is 1.00% (48’455 vacant of 4’845’500 dwellings).

ComparisonRateVacantStock
St. Silvester1.37%7511
Fribourg1.11%1’875168’919
Switzerland1.00%48’4554’845’500

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Source and method

Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), survey of vacant dwellings (Leerwohnungszählung), via stats.swiss. The dwelling stock is estimated from the published counts and rates.

House type, tenure and dwelling age are three independent breakdowns of the same vacant dwellings; they cannot be combined (there is no "rented new dwelling" figure).

Vacancy data for 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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