On the Venoge plain at the foot of Cossonay, Penthalaz makes the most of its station to attract commuters from the western Lausanne area.
Penthalaz prices below the Vaud median, at CHF 7,700 per m². For a buyer that widens what one budget covers, often by a room or by a plot. For a seller it means the surrounding communes set the ceiling. Prices below the cantonal level move later and less than the top of the market. In practice a correction in Vaud reaches communes like this one with a delay, and so does a recovery.
Out of 132 communes measured in Vaud, Penthalaz sits at position 91. The communes immediately above and below are the ones a buyer will actually compare against, far more than the cantonal average. Houses carry a premium of 21 percent per square metre over flats in Penthalaz, CHF 9,300 against CHF 7,700. Households buying a house here are mostly trading up from a flat nearby, so demand holds even when volumes drop.
The last twelve months added 2.6 percent in Penthalaz. 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. Against the Gros-de-Vaud district the gap comes to 5 percent. This is the comparison that carries weight for an estimate: communes in one district share a labour market, a transport network and the same pool of buyers. The largest group of homes in Penthalaz, 16 percent, dates from 1946-1960, with the rest spread across the other bands. Where stock is this varied, a commune price per m² carries less weight and the comparison has to come down to buildings of the same age.
At 3.5 rooms and 93 m² on average, homes in Penthalaz are sized for households rather than single occupants. If you are looking for a studio or a two-room flat, expect a thinner choice and less room to negotiate. The median flat in Penthalaz comes out at CHF 7,700 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.
Over 25 years the median moved from CHF 4,100 to CHF 9,000 per m², a change of +120 percent. That is the market, not your property: a flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely. Enough properties change hands in Penthalaz each year to keep the price data steady. Estimates land in a narrower range here, and a valuation can lean on recent comparable sales instead of falling back on the cantonal average.
Before you settle on a price in Penthalaz, get a number that reflects your own property rather than the commune. It takes a few minutes, and it changes what you are able to defend in a negotiation.
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 →CHF 7,700 per m² is the current median for flats in Penthalaz. 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 Penthalaz are valued around CHF 9,300 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.
The dominant band in Penthalaz is 1946-1960, which covers 16 percent of homes. Average size runs to 3.5 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.