Summary

The number of residents in Gossau (SG) has changed to 18’454 in the past 3 years. This amounts to a change of 2.58%.

Population statistics

Average income is CHF 67’180. 8.72% of residents hold a university degree, 18.46% have completed higher vocational training and 48.85% have an SEK II qualification. In addition, 23.98% of residents are currently attending school. Consequently, the residential area has high social standards. The current unemployment rate is 0.99%.

Taxes

The tax percentage in the region is 11.42%. Income, marital status and deductions are among the factors that affect the actual tax burden. In Gossau (SG), the tax rate for unmarried people without children is 16.35%. A retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 14.62%, a couple with two children 7.3% and a couple without children 10.77%.

New buildings

Over the last 5 years, 270 apartments have been constructed in Gossau (SG). A further 3 1-room apartments were built. There are also a total of 41 new 2-room apartments. Housing for families has also been created: For example, 89 apartments with 3 rooms and 97 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. The new apartments include 30 5-room apartments and 10 apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Housing stock

Gossau (SG) now has a total of 8968 apartments, following additional growth in the local housing supply as a result of new construction. The overall number of 240 1-room apartments amounts to 240. Additionally, there are 883 apartments with 2 rooms, 2258 apartments with 3 rooms and 3111 apartments with a full 4 rooms. In total, there are 1456 5-room apartments and 1020 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

In Gossau (SG), 2.02% of apartments are vacant. This means that 0% of the 1-room apartments, 5.45% of the 2-room apartments, 2.22% of all 3-room apartments, 1.77% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 1.72% of 5-room apartments are uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 1.13%; of that total, 0.29% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

An average of CHF 1490 is needed to rent a property. Consequently, 25% of all available rents are lower than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1290 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are cheaper than or equal to CHF 1793 (75th percentile).