Summary

The population of the Canton Valais is currently 365’844, which is a population change of 4.98% over the last 3 years.

Demographics

The 61’840 is CHF 60,350. 16.91% of the population have a university degree, 10.5% have a higher vocational education qualification, 46.51% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 25.83% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling and 0.26% of the population did not indicate their higher education qualifications. Consequently, the area has high social standards. The total 1.3%.

Taxes

The overall tax rate is 12.82%. This differs from person to person and is based on income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. In the Canton Valais, for example, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 17.47% tax, a married couple with two children 6.7% and a childless couple 11.72%. The tax percentage for an unmarried person without children is 20.07%.

New builds

The housing market in the Canton Valais has shown positive growth in the past 5 years. A total of 12’917 apartments have been constructed. Of these new apartments, a total of 806 apartments have exactly one room to live in. More 2-room apartments have also been created; 2740 apartments of this type were added in total. Additionally, 3504 3-room apartments and 3161 4-room apartments have been added to the pool of housing available locally in recent years. For people looking for more spacious housing, 1927 5-room apartments and 779 apartments with at least 6 rooms have been built.

Housing stock

The new builds have contributed to an additional expansion of the housing stock, and there are now 274’487 apartments in the Canton Valais. There are 22’782 1-room apartments on the housing market. The total number of properties comes to 45’294 apartments with 2 rooms, 74’174 apartments with 3 rooms and 78’880 apartments with 4 rooms. Finally, the stock of 5-room properties comprises 35’945 apartments, and there are also 17’412 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

The 1.45% of apartments in the Canton Valais are vacant. Of this number, 2.21% of 1-room apartments, 1.68% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 1.52% of apartments with 3 rooms, 1.31% of 4-room apartments and 0.94% of all 5-room apartments are presently empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 1.04%; of that figure, 1.26% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

The average rent for properties is CHF 1370. 25% of all rents on the market are below a monthly rent of CHF 1100, or they are equal to this amount (25th percentile). In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are less than or equivalent to CHF 1640.