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Summary
The population of Bern has decreased by 0.06% over the last 3 years and now totals 134,506 inhabitants.
Demographics
On average, people earn CHF 73,465 annually.
Of the population, 35.53% have a university degree, 13.26% have completed higher vocational education, 35.63% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 15.57% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling.
The unemployment rate is 1.08%.
Taxes
Overall, the tax rate in the region is 15.13%. The individual percentage of tax actually paid varies and is determined by factors such as specific income, marital status, the total amount of deductions and so on.
In Bern, the rate of taxation is 19.75% for an unmarried person without children. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pay 19.08%, a married couple with two children 10.62% and a childless couple 14.56%%.
The property market in general
New buildings
Bern has gained 1,399 new apartments in the past 5 years.
Of these new builds, a total of 274 apartments have exactly one room to live in.
More 2-room apartments have also been created; 356 apartments of this size were added in total.
377 apartments with 3 rooms and 282 4-room apartments were also constructed.
Investments were also made in more spacious apartments: 92 5-room apartments were built, offering lots of living space; 18 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms were also built.
Housing stock
Bern now has a total of 81,384 apartments, following further expansion of the housing stock as a result of the construction of new dwellings.
There are a total of 8,989 1-room apartments available in the area.
The number of apartments with 2, 3 and 4 rooms is 30,428, 16,021 and 5,026 respectively.
A total of 5,026 5-room apartments and 2,497 spacious apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms are also available on the market.
Empty apartments
The vacancy rate in Bern is 0.44%.
Of this total, 0.57% of 1-room apartments,
0.44% of the 2-room apartments,
0.47% of the 3-room apartments,
0.41% of 4-room apartments
and 0.24% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently uninhabited.
The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.19%; 0.08% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.
Property market (rental only)
Rent prices for rental properties average CHF 1,495 per month.
In terms of the rents on the market, a quarter of them are equivalent to or lower than a monthly rent of CHF 1,250.
Additionally, 75% of all monthly rents are cheaper than or equal to CHF 1,770.
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