Abstract

The number of residents in Hofstetten-Flüh has changed by 6.08% over the last 3 years, to 3401 inhabitants.

Population data

Average income is CHF 101’080. 15.73% of residents are currently in compulsory education, 44.14% have an SEK II qualification, 21.94% have a higher vocational education qualification and 18.16% of the population have a university degree. The current unemployment rate is 0.74%.

Taxes

The total tax percentage in the region is 13.63%. The actual amount of tax individuals pay depends on a number of factors, including actual income, marital status and the total amount of deductions. In Hofstetten-Flüh, unmarried people without children pay an average of 18.99%, a married couple on a pension pays 17.17%, a married couple with two children pays 9.14% and a couple with no children pays 13.03%.

New construction

Hofstetten-Flüh has seen the construction of 103 new apartments in the past 5 years. One-room apartments comprise 4 of the newly constructed apartments – an excellent option for people living alone. More 2-room apartments have also been created; 22 apartments of this size were added in total. 13 new apartments with 3 rooms and 39 apartments with 4 rooms were additionally built in the area. Additionally, there are 18 5-room apartments and 7 apartments with 6 rooms or more available.

Housing stock

New builds have further expanded the pool of available housing in the region, so that there are now a total of 1563 apartments in Hofstetten-Flüh. There are 20 1-room apartments on the housing market. In addition, there are 104 apartments with 2 rooms, 236 apartments with 3 rooms and 477 apartments with a full 4 rooms. Finally, the supply of 5-room properties comprises 417 apartments, and there are also 309 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

In Hofstetten-Flüh 1.73% of apartments are vacant. Of this figure, 5% of 1-room apartments, 2.88% of all 2-room apartments, 0.42% of apartments with 3 rooms, 1.47% of the 4-room apartments and 1.68% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 2.07%; 2.59% of this value applies to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

An average of CHF 1650 is needed to rent a property. 25% of all available rents are below a monthly rent of CHF 1380, or they are equal to this amount (25th percentile). Monthly rents are below CHF 1866 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.