Salvan

Municipality in the canton of Valais FSO no. 6218 Data 2025, as of 29 Sept 2026

In 2025, 6 of 1’429 dwellings stood vacant in Salvan, a vacancy rate of 0.42%.

The vacancy rate rose from 0.00% in 2016 to 0.42% in 2025 (+0.42 pp).

That is the 99th highest vacancy rate of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais.

Key figures 2025

Vacancy rate
0.42%
Vacant dwellings
6
Dwelling stock
1’429

Vacancy trend 2016-2025

Vacancy rate, vacant dwellings and dwelling stock, 2016 to 2025
YearRateVacantStock
20250.42%61’429
20240.28%41’429
20230.35%51’429
20220.78%111’410
20210.36%51’389
20200.71%101’408
20191.15%161’391
20180.65%91’385
20170.00%01’385
20160.00%01’385

Breakdown of vacant dwellings

Of the 6 vacant dwellings, 3 are in single-family houses and 3 in multi-family houses; 6 are for rent and 0 for sale; 0 are new and 6 older.

House type

House typeVacantRateShare of vacant
Single-family houses30.21%50%
Multi-family houses30.21%50%

Sale / rent

Sale / rentVacantRateShare of vacant
For sale00.00%0%
For rent60.42%100%

Dwelling age

Dwelling ageVacantRateShare of vacant
New dwellings00.00%0%
Older dwellings60.42%100%

Comparison

The canton of Valais average is 1.18% (3’282 vacant of 278’136 dwellings).

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

ComparisonRateVacantStock
Salvan0.42%61’429
Valais1.18%3’282278’136
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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