Overview

The number of inhabitants in Goldach has changed to 9709 over the past 3 years. This is a change of 2.46%.

Population data

The 68’640 CHF. 8.81% of the population have a university degree, 19.31% have a higher vocational education qualification, 49.39% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 22.48% are completing compulsory schooling and 0% of the population did not specify their highest level of education. Consequently, the region has high social standards. The unemployment rate currently stands at 1%.

Taxes

Overall, the tax rate in the area is 10.36%. The individual share of tax actually paid varies and depends on factors such as specific income, marital status, the overall level of deductions and so on. The tax burden for a single person with no children in Goldach is 14.85%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 13.32% tax, a couple with two children 6.57% and a couple with no children 9.74%.

New buildings

In the last 5 years, 306 new apartments have been constructed in Goldach. 6 of the newly constructed apartments are 1-room apartments, which are particularly suitable for singles. In addition to the existing apartments, 46 new 2-room apartments have been created. Housing for families has also been built: For instance, 111 apartments with 3 rooms and 110 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. The pool of available housing was also expanded to include 22 5-room apartments and 11 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Goldach now has a total of 4860 apartments, following additional expansion of the pool of local housing as a result of new construction. There are a total of 101 1-room apartments in the region. In addition, there are 397 apartments with 2 rooms, 1181 apartments with 3 rooms and 1923 4-room apartments. Finally, the supply of 5-room properties comprises 844 apartments, and there are also 414 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

The rate of uninhabited apartments in Goldach is 2.88%. This means that 3.96% of the 1-room apartments, 1.76% of the 2-room apartments, 4.91% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 2.81% of 4-room apartments and 1.54% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently vacant. The vacancy rate is 1.35% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.97% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for a flat in the region is CHF 1373. Consequently, 25% of all available rents are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1176 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are cheaper than or equivalent to CHF 1611 (75th percentile).