On the heights above Lausanne, Épalinges combines the M2 metro terminus, the Biopôle and villa districts set in greenery.
At CHF 10,700 per m² for a flat, Épalinges sits in the upper band of the Vaud market. That level usually goes with scarce building land and few sales, so a valuation rests on a thin set of comparables. Paying 16 percent more than the cantonal median buys location, not floor space. The same budget moved to a neighbouring commune would typically add a room, and that is the trade most buyers here have already made.
Position 34 of 132 in Vaud puts Épalinges among communes with similar price levels and often very different housing stock. Two communes can share a rank and still value the same flat differently once age and condition are taken in. Up 2.8 percent in a year, Épalinges has been priced by whoever was willing to pay most for a small number of properties. In a commune with few sales, that is exactly how a median gets moved.
The district test is the harder one. Épalinges comes out 0 percent from the Lausanne median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it. No single period defines Épalinges, though 1971-1980 leads with 15 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune. Average size in Épalinges is 107 m² across 3.7 rooms. Compare your own property with that figure before you read any price per square metre: an outsized home rarely sells at the local rate, and a small one often beats it.
The median flat in Épalinges comes out at CHF 10,700 per m², a gap of 16 percent against the Vaud median. That figure covers every flat sold, whatever the floor, the age of the building or the state of the kitchen. The 25-year record opens at CHF 3,800 and closes at CHF 9,700, +155 percent apart. Use it to sanity-check an estimate rather than to project forward, since nothing in the series promises the next decade repeats it.
Transaction volume in Épalinges is high enough that one unusual sale does not distort the medians. That matters, because thin markets are where automated estimates go furthest wrong and where a local opinion earns its keep. In Épalinges the difference between two flats on the same street can run into six figures. Getting your own number, rather than reading the commune median, is what makes that difference visible before you set a price.
Building stock data: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings, FSO, updated August 3, 2026
Market data updated on August 24, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →Around CHF 10,700 per m² for a flat, which is 16 percent from the Vaud median. Houses are priced separately and usually land somewhere else entirely, so work from the figure that matches your property type.
Count on roughly CHF 10,600 per m² for a house in Épalinges. That rate applies to habitable surface, which leaves out the garage, the cellar and any unconverted attic, all of which add value but never at the same rate.
15 percent of homes in Épalinges date from 1971-1980. 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.