Abstract

In the last 3 years, the Canton Uri has seen its population has changed by 3.02%, to 37’931.

Population statistics

The average annual income level is CHF 66’245. 10.26% of the population have a university degree, 16.75% have a higher vocational education qualification, 48.28% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or have completed a vocational apprenticeship, 24.08% of residents have completed compulsory schooling and 0.62% of the population provided no information about their highest level of education. Consequently, this region has high social standards and an educated population. The overall unemployment rate is 0.46%.

Taxes

Overall, the rate of taxation in the area is 10.39%. The individual proportion of tax actually paid varies and is based on aspects such as specific income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. A retired couple (over 65) pays an average of 13.52% tax in the Canton Uri, a couple with two children pays 6.96% and a childless couple 9.91%. The tax burden for a single person without children is 13.6%.

New buildings

Over the past 5 years, the quantity of newly constructed apartments in the Canton Uri has changed continuously. A total of 1410 new apartments have been created. 163 of the new builds are 1-room apartments, which are particularly suitable for singles. The number of new 2-room apartments totals 334. In addition, 419 3-room apartments and 259 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. 130 apartments with 5 rooms and 105 apartments with at least 6 rooms have been added to the supply of housing available locally.

Housing stock

New construction has further increased the housing stock in the region; there are now a total of 21’687 apartments in the Canton Uri. A total of 911 1-room apartments are available on the market. The number of apartments with 2, 3 and 4 rooms is 2464, 4836 and 7102 respectively. Finally, the supply of 5-room properties includes 3708 apartments, and there are also 2666 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The 0.77% of the total housing stock in the Canton Uri is vacant. This means that 1.22% of the 1-room apartments, 0.94% of apartments with 2 rooms, 1.08% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.72% of all 4-room apartments and 0.33% of 5-room apartments are unoccupied. The rate of vacancy is 0.44% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.6% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

Rental properties are available at an average rent of CHF 1410 per month. 25% of the rents on offer are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1150 (25th percentile). The 75th percentile of monthly rents is CHF 1730.