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Overview
Lichtensteig has a population of 1,980. This amounts to an increase of 4.43% in the last 3 years.
Demographics
Average income is CHF 55,680.
6.13% of residents hold a university degree, 13.76% have completed higher vocational training and 49.09% have an SEK II qualification. Additionally, 31.02% of residents are currently enrolled in school.
According to the data, this is a residential area with high social standards and an educated population.
The unemployment rate is 1.21%.
Taxes
The total rate of taxation in the region is 12.82%. Factors such as income, marital status and the overall level of deductions are decisive for the tax rate.
In Lichtensteig, the tax rate is 17.98% for a childless, single person. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pay 16.28%, a married couple with two children 8.43% and a childless couple 12.13%%.
The property market in general
New buildings
With a total of 44 apartments, additional living space has been constructed in Lichtensteig over the past 5 years.
One of the new builds is a 2-room apartment.
Housing for families has also been created: For instance, 8 apartments with 3 rooms and 16 4-room apartments were added to the local housing stock.
The available housing stock was also expanded to include 10 5-room apartments and 9 apartments with at least 6 rooms.
Consequently, Lichtensteig is a very desirable place for families to live.
Housing stock
Lichtensteig now has a total of 1,195 apartments, following further expansion of the housing stock thanks to the construction of new dwellings.
As for 1-room apartments, a total of 55 properties are available.
What's more, there are 152 apartments with 2 rooms, 250 apartments with 3 rooms and 351 apartments with a full 4 rooms.
The 5-room apartments also make up a total of 210 properties, while the apartments with at least 6 rooms account for 177.
Empty apartments
The vacancy rate in Lichtensteig is 2.39%.
Of this figure, 1.85% of 1-room apartments,
1.34% of all 2-room apartments,
2.86% of 3-room apartments,
2.62% of the 4-room apartments
and 1.94% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently vacant.
The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 2.37%; 2.89% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.
Property market (rental only)
Rents for rental properties are, on average, around CHF 1,168 per month.
25% of all rents on offer are below a monthly rent of CHF 972, or they are equal to this amount (25th percentile).
In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are cheaper than or equivalent to CHF 1,390.
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