Summary

The population of Chur has changed by 4.02% over the last 3 years, to 39’242 inhabitants.

Population data

The 68’240 CHF. Of the population, 17.18% have a university degree, 16.62% have completed higher vocational training, 45.15% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 21% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. Consequently, this residential area has high social standards and an educated population. The 0.65%.

Taxes

Overall, the tax burden in the area is 11.2%. The individual percentage of tax actually paid varies and depends on factors including current income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. The rate of taxation for a single person with no children in Chur is 16.48%. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pays 14.57% tax, a couple with two children 7.01% and a childless couple 10.1%.

New construction

The housing available in Chur has changed by 1148 apartments in the past 5 years. Of these newly built apartments, 52 are 1-room apartments, which are perfect for singles. Additional 2-room apartments have also been constructed; 281 apartments of this type were added in total. A total of 419 new 3-room apartments and 300 4-room apartments were built. The new apartments include 66 5-room apartments and 30 apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Housing stock

Chur now has a total of 22’137 apartments, following additional growth in the local housing supply as a result of new construction. The total number of 1-room apartments amounts to 2017. Additionally, there are 3550 apartments with 2 rooms, 5769 apartments with 3 rooms and 7044 apartments with 4 rooms. Overall, there are 2475 5-room apartments and 1282 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

There is a 0.2% vacancy rate in Chur. Consequently, 0.45% of the 1-room apartments, 0.06% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 0.12% of all 3-room apartments, 0.19% of all 4-room apartments and 0.16% of 5-room apartments are uninhabited. 6-room apartments have a vacancy rate of 0.63%.

Housing market (letting only)

Rent prices for rental properties average 1540 CHF per month. In terms of the available rents, a quarter of them are equivalent to or lower than a monthly rent of 1180 CHF. In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are less than or equal to 1880 CHF.