Abstract

The number of inhabitants in Thalwil has changed to 18’561 over the last 3 years. This equates to a change of 1.55%.

Population statistics

On average, residents earn CHF 121’325 annually. 36.16% of the population have a university degree, 17.04% have a higher vocational training qualification, 35% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 11.8% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling and 0% of the population offered no information about their higher education qualifications. Approximately 1.63% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

The total 9.14% in the region is 9.14%. Aspects including income, marital status and the amount of deductions are used to calculate the tax rate. Married couples on a pension (over 65) pay an average of 12.09% tax in Thalwil, couples with two children 5.55% and couples without children 8.32%. The tax burden for a childless, unmarried person is 13.08%.

New builds

Over the past 5 years, 449 new apartments have been created in Thalwil. Of these new apartments, a total of 12 apartments have exactly one room to live in. There are also a total of 106 new 2-room apartments. 153 new apartments with 3 rooms and 134 apartments with 4 rooms were also constructed in the region. The newly built apartments include 31 5-room apartments and 13 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Newly built dwellings have further increased the pool of available housing in the area, so that there are now a total of 9360 apartments in Thalwil. The number of 1-room apartments totals 564. In addition, there are 1534 apartments with 2 rooms, 2697 apartments with 3 rooms and 2711 apartments with 4 rooms. A total of 1229 5-room apartments and 625 spacious apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms are also available on the market.

Empty apartments

The percentage of vacant apartments in Thalwil is 0.2%. Of this number, 0% of 1-room apartments, 0.2% of all 2-room apartments, 0.3% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.26% of 4-room apartments and 0% of 5-room apartments are unoccupied. For apartments with 6 rooms, the vacancy rate is 0.16%.

Housing market (rental only)

Rental properties are available for prices averaging around 2200 CHF per month. 25% of the rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of 1800 CHF (25th percentile). Finally, 75% of monthly rents are less than 2750 CHF, or are equal to this amount.