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Summary
Switzerland is a popular residential region. Over the last 3 years, the population has grown to 8,815,385, which is equivalent to a population increase of 2.43%.
Demographic data
The average income here is CHF 79,980.
19.46% of the population have a university degree, 14% have a higher vocational training qualification, 44.54% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 21.89% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory schooling and 0.12% of the population did not specify their higher education qualifications.
Consequently, this area has high social standards and an educated population.
At present, 1.11% of the population is unemployed.
Taxes
The tax percentage is 13.22%. The actual amount of tax paid differs from person to person and depends on factors such as actual income, marital status and the overall level of deductions.
In Switzerland, a retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 16.94% tax, a couple with two children 8.79% and a couple with no children 12.34%%. The tax rate for a single person with no children is 18.29%.
The property market overall
New builds
New living space has been created in Switzerland over the past 5 years. A total of 246,069 new apartments were built.
Of these new apartments, a total of 11,927 apartments have exactly one room to live in.
A total of 52,466 new 2-room apartments have additionally been constructed.
With 75,716 new 3-room apartments and 66,455 4-room apartments, the region is particularly attractive for families.
The number of new apartments amounts to 27,507 5-room apartments and 11,998 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.
Housing stock
Thanks to the construction of new dwellings, the amount of housing available in Switzerland has increased and there are now a total of 4,741,917 apartments.
There are a total of 305,354 1-room apartments available in the region.
The number of apartments with 2, 3 and 4 rooms is 1,283,459, 1,300,126 and 705,911 respectively.
In total, there are 705,911 5-room apartments and 439,448 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.
Empty apartments
The vacancy rate in Switzerland is 1.16%.
Of this number, 1.62% of 1-room apartments,
1.36% of all apartments with 2 rooms,
1.37% of the 3-room apartments,
1.1% of the 4-room apartments
and 0.74% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently vacant.
Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.75%; 0.77%% of this value applies to apartments with more than 6 rooms.
Property market (rental only)
The average rental price for flats in the area is CHF 1,550.
A quarter of rents are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1,250 (25th percentile).
Monthly rents are lower than CHF 1,900 (75th percentile), or they are equal to this average price.
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