Overview

The population of Château-d'Oex has changed to 3624. This amounts to a population change of 3.93%.

Demographic data

The 56’385 CHF. 14.42% of the population have a university degree, 9.92% have completed higher vocational education, 44.97% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 30.7% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. Consequently, this is a region with high social standards and an educated population. Approximately 1.1% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

The tax rate is 14.47%. The actual percentage of tax paid differs from person to person and depends on factors including specific income, marital status and the overall level of deductions. In Château-d'Oex, the tax burden for childless, single people is 20.5%. A retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 18.85%, a couple with two children 9.42% and a childless couple 13.28%.

New builds

Over the past 5 years, 106 new apartments have been constructed in Château-d'Oex. Of these newly built apartments, 2 are 1-room apartments, which are particularly suitable for people living alone. The number of newly built 2-room apartments totals 29. What's more, 45 3-room apartments and 23 4-room apartments have been created. Additionally, there are 3 5-room apartments and 4 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms available.

Housing stock

Château-d'Oex now has a total of 2992 apartments, following further growth in the housing stock as a result of new construction. As for 1-room apartments, a total of 152 properties are on the market. Additionally, there are 503 apartments with 2 rooms, 813 apartments with 3 rooms and 779 apartments with a full 4 rooms. There are 385 5-room apartments and 360 large apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Vacant apartments

The 1.44% of apartments in Château-d'Oex are empty. Of this figure, 0.8% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 1.24% of apartments with 3 rooms and 1.29% of the 4-room apartments are presently unoccupied. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.52%; of that number, 4.19% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

Rents for rental properties are, on average, around CHF 1350 per month. A quarter of all rents on the market are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1116 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equivalent to CHF 1770 (75th percentile).