Bournens is a small village in the Gros-de-Vaud between Sullens, Penthaz and Etagnières, within easy commuting distance of northern Lausanne.
Flats in Bournens change hands around CHF 9,000 per m², well above what the rest of Vaud pays. The premium is priced into the land more than into the building, which is why two similar houses here can be valued very differently. No single period defines Bournens, though before 1919 leads with 28 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune.
The average home in Bournens has 3.9 rooms for 120 m². That ratio describes the shape of local demand better than the price does. Many small rooms point to family housing, fewer and larger ones to conversions and new build. Few properties sell in Bournens each year, so the figures on this page rest on a small sample. Read them as an order of magnitude, since in a thin market two neighbouring sales can land far apart for no visible reason.
Half the flats sold in Bournens went above CHF 9,000 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 14 percent from the Vaud median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average. The premium over Vaud has a practical effect at resale. Buyers arriving from cheaper communes negotiate hard on condition, because they are already stretched on the price per square metre before they walk in. The district test is the harder one. Bournens comes out 20 percent from the Gros-de-Vaud median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it.
Flats in Bournens cost more per square metre than houses, CHF 9,000 against CHF 8,200. That points to a compact, well-served centre where small units are in demand, while the houses that sold sit further out on larger plots. The last twelve months added 2.9 percent in Bournens. Rises of this order usually come from a shortage of listings rather than from a wave of new buyers, and they unwind faster than they build.
Over 25 years the median moved from CHF 3,900 to CHF 8,800 per m², a change of +126 percent. That is the market, not your property. A flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely. The figures above describe Bournens, not your property. At this end of the market the distance between the two is where the negotiation happens, so start from a valuation that takes your own characteristics as its input.
Building stock from the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), updated October 18, 2026
Market data updated on October 12, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 9,000 per m² is the current median for flats in Bournens. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
Houses in Bournens are valued around CHF 8,200 per m² of living space. The plot weighs heavily on that figure, so two houses of identical size can be far apart in price if one has land around it and the other has none.
28 percent of homes in Bournens date from before 1919. That age band sets the technical agenda for a buyer here, since insulation, heating system and windows are what decide running costs for the next twenty years.