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Overview

The population of Porrentruy has fallen by 1.86% in the past 3 years, to 6,441 inhabitants.

Population data

On average, residents earn CHF 66,390 annually.

18.53% of the population have a university degree, 8.41% have a higher vocational education qualification, 40.52% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or have completed a apprenticeship, 32.53% of residents have completed compulsory schooling and 0.02% of the population provided no information about their highest educational qualification.

The region is characterised by high social standards and an educated population.

The overall unemployment rate is 2.56%.

Taxes

14.37% is the tax burden in the region. However, the individual tax burden varies from person to person and is based on income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors.

Retired, married couples (over 65) pay an average of 18.11% tax in Porrentruy, married couples with two children 9.97% and childless married couples 12.84%%. The tax rate for a childless, unmarried person is 19.61%.

The property market overall

New buildings

Over the last 5 years, 101 apartments have been built in Porrentruy.

The 3 1-bedroom apartments are ideal for people living alone.

25 of the newly built apartments are also 2-room apartments.

For families looking for new living space, the 18 apartments and the 21 4-room apartments are of particular interest.

The number of new apartments amounts to 27 5-room apartments and 7 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The new builds have contributed to an additional increase in the housing stock, and there are now 4,154 apartments in Porrentruy.

A total of 270 1-room apartments are available on the housing market.

The total number of properties comes to 570 apartments with 2 rooms, 1,100 apartments with 3 rooms and 1,107 apartments with 4 rooms.

Finally, the stock of 5-room properties includes 630 apartments, and there are also 477 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

In Porrentruy, 4.1% of apartments are empty.

Of this total, 6.08% of 1-room apartments,

3.78% of apartments with 2 rooms,

4.66% of the 3-room apartments,

4.63% of the apartments with 4 rooms

and 2.11% of all 5-room apartments are presently unoccupied.

The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 2.69%; 3.44% of those vacant properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

Rents for rental properties are, on average, about CHF 995 per month.

A quarter of all rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 839 (25th percentile).

Finally, 75% of monthly rents are less than CHF 1,220, or are equal to this amount.