Summary

Willisau has changed by 2.68% over the last 3 years, to 9149 inhabitants.

Demographic data

The average annual income level is CHF 64’870. 8.17% of the population have a university degree, 19.17% have a higher vocational education qualification, 49.31% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or have completed an apprenticeship, 23.37% of residents have completed compulsory schooling and 0% of the population provided no information about their highest level of education. As a result, the area has high social standards. The unemployment rate currently stands at 0.51%.

Taxes

The region has an overall rate of taxation of 12.09%. The actual proportion of tax paid differs from person to person and is based on factors including actual income, marital status, the overall level of deductions and the like. In Willisau, the tax rate for unmarried people without children is 16.39%. A retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 15.83%, a married couple with two children 7.8% and a couple without children 11.29%.

New buildings

The housing stock in Willisau has changed by 211 apartments in the past 5 years. As for 1-room apartments, 0 properties were newly built. With 28 new 2-room apartments, 50 new 3-room apartments, and 71 new 4-room apartments, the residential area is ideal for families. Investments were also made in larger accommodation: 44 new 5-room apartments and 18 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms were also constructed.

Housing stock

The new builds are helping to ensure the continued growth of the region's housing stock, which totals 4325 apartments in Willisau. In terms of 1-room apartments, a total of 118 properties are on the market. Additionally, there are 485 apartments with 2 rooms, 765 apartments with 3 rooms, 1327 4-room apartments, 909 5-room apartments, and 721 spacious apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms are available in the region.

Empty apartments

In Willisau, 0.46% of apartments are uninhabited. Of this number, 0.85% of the 1-room apartments, 1.45% of the 2-room apartments, 0.39% of the 3-room apartments, 0.3% of 4-room apartments, 0.22% of 5-room apartments, and 0.42% of 6-room apartments are unoccupied.

Property market (rental only)

Rental properties are available at an average price of CHF 1420 per month. A quarter of all rents on offer are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1240 (25th percentile). 75% of monthly rents are cheaper than CHF 1700 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.