Overview

Aarau has changed by 2.6% over the last 3 years, to 22’290 inhabitants.

Population statistics

The average annual income level is CHF 77’555. 33.31% of residents hold a university degree, 16.02% have completed higher vocational education and 35.62% have an SEK II qualification. Additionally, 15.06% of residents are currently attending school. At present, 1.19% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The overall 10.92%. This varies on an individual basis and depends on income, marital status and the total amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax burden for an unmarried person without children in Aarau is 15.49%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 13.72%, a married couple with two children 7.42% and a childless couple 9.92%.

New builds

The housing stock has changed by 832 apartments in Aarau in the past 5 years. 65 of the newly built apartments are 1-room apartments, which are ideal for people living alone. There are also a total of 299 new 2-room apartments. With 306 new 3-room apartments and 128 4-room apartments, the region is particularly attractive for families. The available housing stock was also expanded to include 28 5-room apartments and 6 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to an additional expansion of the housing supply, and there are now 12’404 apartments in Aarau. The number of 1-room apartments in the overall housing supply is 977. In addition, there are 1882 apartments with 2 rooms, 3589 apartments with 3 rooms and 3356 4-room apartments. There are 1630 5-room apartments and 970 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Vacant apartments

The rate of uninhabited apartments in Aarau is 0.41%. Consequently, 0.41% of the 1-room apartments, 0.32% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 0.64% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.39% of all 4-room apartments and 0.25% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently empty. The rate of vacancy is 0.19% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.1% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

Rental properties are offered at an average rent of CHF 1580 per month. 25% of all rents on the market are below a monthly rent of CHF 1300, or they are equivalent to this amount (25th percentile). In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are lower than or equal to CHF 1920.