Overview

The population of Ayent has changed to 4350 in the last 3 years. This amounts to a population change of 5.15%.

Demographic data

Average income is CHF 50’935. 19.42% of the population have a university degree, 11.16% have completed higher vocational education, 45.78% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 23.64% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory schooling. This means the region has high social standards and an educated population. The overall unemployment rate is 1.13%.

Taxes

The tax burden in the region is 13.26%. However, the individual tax burden varies from person to person and is determined by income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax burden for an unmarried person with no children in Ayent is 20.66%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 18.1%, a married couple with two children 6.97% and a couple with no children 12.13%.

New buildings

Additional housing has been built in Ayent over the past 5 years. For example, 173 new apartments have been constructed. One-room apartments account for 5 of the newly constructed apartments – perfect for people living alone. There are also a total of 19 new 2-room apartments. Living space for families has also been created: For example, 22 apartments with 3 rooms and 55 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. The available housing stock was also expanded to include 51 5-room apartments and 21 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms. In view of the large number of spacious apartments in Ayent, it is certainly an attractive place for families to live.

Housing stock

Due to new construction, the housing stock in Ayent has changed, and there are now a total of 4238 apartments. There are 461 1-room apartments available on the housing market. The total number of properties comes to 582 apartments with 2 rooms, 1123 apartments with 3 rooms and 1166 apartments with 4 rooms. There are 619 5-room apartments and 287 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

The rate of vacant apartments in Ayent is 0.59%. Of this total, 0.86% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 0.81% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.17% of 4-room apartments and 0.65% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently uninhabited. The rate of vacancy for apartments with 6 rooms is 0.35%.

Housing market (letting only)

Rental properties are offered at average rental prices of about CHF 1150 per month. This means that 25% of all rents on the market are cheaper than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 850 (25th percentile). Monthly rents are below CHF 1350 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.