Summary

The population of Gränichen has changed to 8625 in the last 3 years. This is equivalent to a population change of 5.87%.

Population data

The 67’755 CHF. 10.48% of the population have a university degree, 19.71% have completed higher vocational training, 49.68% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 20.14% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. Consequently, the region has high social standards. Currently, 1.32% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The tax rate in the region is 11.56%. However, the individual tax burden varies from person to person and is based on income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax rate for an unmarried person without children is 16.39%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 14.49%, a married couple with two children 7.9% and a couple without children 10.52%.

New buildings

Over the past 5 years, 326 apartments have been constructed in Gränichen. Of these newly built apartments, 23 are 1-room apartments, which are perfect for singles. Additional 2-room apartments have also been created; 81 apartments of this type were added in total. 91 new apartments with 3 rooms and 78 apartments with 4 rooms were also built in the area. There are also 37 5-room apartments and 16 apartments with at least 6 rooms to choose from.

Housing stock

Newly built dwellings have further increased the housing supply in the region, so that there are now a total of 3914 apartments in Gränichen. There are a total of 60 1-room apartments in the area. The total number of properties comes to 333 apartments with 2 rooms, 907 apartments with 3 rooms and 1229 apartments with 4 rooms. Overall, there are 913 5-room apartments and 472 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

There is a 1% vacancy rate in Gränichen. 2.71% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 1% of all 3-room apartments, 0.73% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 1.21% of 5-room apartments are unoccupied. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.87%; of that figure, 0.21% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

Rents for rental properties are, on average, about CHF 1600 per month. A quarter of all available rents are lower than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1390 (25th percentile). Finally, 75% of monthly rents are cheaper than CHF 1827, or are equal to this amount.