Abstract

The number of residents in Eschenbach (SG) has changed by 5.77% in the past 3 years, to 10’169 inhabitants.

Population data

The average annual income level is CHF 71’125. 8.73% of the population are university graduates, 18.96% have a higher vocational education qualification, 48.73% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 23.56% are currently completing compulsory education. As a result, the residential area has high social standards. The total unemployment rate is 0.49%.

Taxes

The residential region has an overall tax rate of 11.47%. The actual proportion of tax paid differs from person to person and depends on factors including actual income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. In Eschenbach (SG), the rate of taxation for unmarried people with no children is 16.41%. A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 14.68%, a married couple with two children 7.33% and a childless couple 10.82%.

New construction

In the last 5 years, 420 new apartments have been constructed in Eschenbach (SG). Of these new apartments, a total of 12 apartments have exactly one room to live in. The number of newly built 2-room apartments amounts to 82. 138 new apartments with 3 rooms and 116 apartments with 4 rooms were additionally created in the region. Investments were also made in larger accommodation: 65 5-room apartments were built, offering lots of living space; 7 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms were also built.

Housing stock

Eschenbach (SG) now has a total of 4906 apartments, following additional growth in the local housing supply as a result of the construction of new dwellings. The number of 1-room apartments in the overall housing stock is 160. Additionally, there are 519 apartments with 2 rooms, 903 apartments with 3 rooms and 1278 apartments with 4 rooms. In total, there are 1194 5-room apartments and 852 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

The percentage of vacant apartments in Eschenbach (SG) is 0.22%. Consequently, 0% of the 1-room apartments, 0.19% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 0.44% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.23% of all 4-room apartments and 0.25% of 5-room apartments are presently empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.15%; of that figure, 0% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

Rent prices for rental properties average 1505 CHF per month. This means that 25% of all rents on offer are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of 1280 CHF (25th percentile). Finally, 75% of monthly rents are less than 1851 CHF, or are equivalent to this amount.