Abstract

Naters has a population of 10’605. This amounts to a change of 3.06% in the past 3 years.

Population statistics

The 62’810 CHF. In the region, 14.07% of the population have a university degree, 12.97% of residents have completed higher vocational training, 49.5% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 23.46% are currently completing compulsory education. The residential area has high social standards and an educated population. 0.59% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

The region has an overall tax burden of 12.03%. The actual percentage of tax paid varies from person to person and is based on factors including actual income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. In Naters, for instance, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 16.46% tax, a couple with two children 6.2% and a couple without children 11%. The tax rate for a single person with no children is 19%.

New buildings

Naters has seen the construction of 287 new apartments over the last 5 years. Of these new apartments, a total of 3 apartments have exactly one room to live in. The total amount of newly built 2-room apartments is 36. Additionally, 100 3-room apartments and 85 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. In addition, there are 44 5-room apartments and 19 apartments with 6 rooms or more to choose from.

Housing stock

Naters now has a total of 7535 apartments, following additional expansion of the housing stock thanks to the construction of new dwellings. The number of 1-room apartments in the overall housing supply is 429. In addition, there are 1011 apartments with 2 rooms, 1841 apartments with 3 rooms and 2662 apartments with 4 rooms. In total, there are 1224 5-room apartments and 368 large apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Vacant apartments

There is a 1.84% vacancy rate in Naters. This means that 4.1% of the 1-room apartments, 2.86% of apartments with 2 rooms, 1.8% of apartments with 3 rooms, 1.9% of apartments with 4 rooms and 0.51% of 5-room apartments are unoccupied. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.56%; 0.56% of those empty properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

The average rent for a flat in the region is CHF 1473. 25% of all available rents are below a monthly rent of CHF 1215, or they are equivalent to this amount (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equal to CHF 1800 (75th percentile).