Abstract

In the past 3 years, the number of residents in Greifensee has changed to 5394, which is a population decline of 1.64%.

Demographics

Average income totals CHF 97’155. 17.53% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory education, 44.33% have an SEK II qualification, 14.8% have a higher vocational education qualification and 23.34% of the population hold a university degree. The unemployment rate is 0.87%.

Taxes

The overall tax percentage is 9.57%. This varies on an individual basis and is determined by income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. Married couples on a pension (over 65) pay an average of 12.64% tax in Greifensee, married couples with two children 5.83% and married couples with no children 8.72%. The tax burden for an unmarried person without children is 13.69%.

New buildings

More living space has been built in Greifensee in the last 5 years. For instance, 15 new apartments have been constructed. 4 of these newly constructed apartments are 2-room apartments. In addition, 2 apartments with 4 rooms have been created. The number of new apartments amounts to 4 5-room apartments and 5 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The newly constructed buildings have created more housing in the area. There are a total of 2399 apartments in Greifensee. A total of 56 1-room apartments are available on the market. What's more, there are 250 apartments with 2 rooms, 352 apartments with 3 rooms and 799 apartments with a full 4 rooms. Finally, the supply of 5-room properties comprises 700 apartments, and there are also 242 large apartments with 6 rooms or more.

Empty apartments

The vacancy rate in Greifensee is 0.83%. 0.8% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 1.14% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.75% of the 4-room apartments and 0.86% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.85%; of that total, 0.83% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

Rental properties are offered at an average rent of CHF 1930 per month. A quarter of all rents on offer are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1737 (25th percentile). 75% of monthly rents are less than CHF 2073 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.