Overview

The population of Grossaffoltern has changed by 1.45% over the past 3 years, to 3077 inhabitants.

Population statistics

The average income here is CHF 70’110. 12.73% of the population hold a university degree, 24.84% have completed higher vocational training, 50.98% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 11.45% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. At the time of reporting, 0.39% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

Overall, the tax rate in the region is 15.21%. The individual share of tax actually paid varies and is determined by aspects including current income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. In Grossaffoltern, unmarried people with no children pay an average of 20.08% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 19.23%, a married couple with two children pays 10.51% and a childless couple pays 14.7%.

New buildings

In the last 5 years, 53 new apartments have been constructed in Grossaffoltern. 4 of these new-build apartments are 2-room apartments. 16 apartments with 3 rooms and 21 4-room apartments were also built. 8 apartments with 5 rooms and 4 apartments with 6 or more rooms have been added to the supply on the housing market.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to a further expansion of the housing stock, and there are now 1507 apartments in Grossaffoltern. The number of 1-room apartments is 36. In addition, there are 98 apartments with 2 rooms, 291 apartments with 3 rooms and 476 apartments with 4 rooms. Overall, there are 379 5-room apartments and 227 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

There is a 0.86% vacancy rate in Grossaffoltern. Of this total, 0% of 1-room apartments, 0% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.63% of 4-room apartments and 0.53% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently uninhabited. The rate of vacancy for apartments with 6 rooms is 3.52%.

Property market (rental only)

Rental properties are available at average rental prices of about CHF 1670 per month. A quarter of all rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1345 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equal to CHF 1972 (75th percentile).