Overview

Spiez has registered a population has changed of 2.04%, to 13’190 inhabitants, over the last 3 years.

Demographics

The average annual income is CHF 68’975. 16.24% of residents are currently in compulsory education, 48.92% have an SEK II qualification, 19.39% have a higher vocational education qualification and 15.47% of the population have a university degree. 0.64% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

The total rate of taxation in the region is 15.1%. The actual amount of tax individuals pay depends on a range of factors, including actual income, marital status and the total amount of deductions. In Spiez, for example, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 19.09% tax, a couple with two children 10.43% and a childless couple 14.59%. The tax burden for an unmarried person without children is 19.93%.

New construction

In the past 5 years, 302 new apartments have been constructed in Spiez. A total of 5 1-room apartments have been built. Along with apartments that had already been built, 36 new 2-room apartments have been created. The 109 3-room apartments and 124 4-room apartments are also of particular interest to families. The newly built accommodation includes 20 5-room apartments and 8 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Spiez now has a total of 7633 apartments, following additional expansion of the local housing supply thanks to new construction. There are 372 1-room apartments available on the housing market. Additionally, there are 1107 apartments with 2 rooms, 2148 apartments with 3 rooms and 2419 apartments with 4 rooms. The 5-room apartments also constitute a total of 1062 properties, while the apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms account for 525.

Vacant apartments

In Spiez, 0.59% of apartments are empty. Of this number, 0.28% of 1-room apartments, 0.28% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 0.62% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.76% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.48% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently unoccupied. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.78%; 0.78% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

An average of CHF 1500 is required to rent a property. In terms of the available rents, a quarter of them are equal to or lower than a monthly rent of CHF 1280. And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equivalent to CHF 1769 (75th percentile).