Summary

The number of inhabitants in Obersiggenthal has changed to 8881 in the past 3 years. This equates to a change of 2.54%.

Demographic data

Average income totals CHF 82’570. 25.11% of the population have a university degree, 16.48% have a higher vocational training qualification, 39.66% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or have completed a vocational apprenticeship, 18.77% of residents have completed compulsory schooling and 0% of the population did not indicate their highest educational qualification. Around 1.51% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

Overall, the tax rate in the area is 11.52%. The individual percentage of tax actually paid varies and depends on aspects including specific income, marital status, the amount of deductions and the like. The rate of taxation for a single person without children in Obersiggenthal is 16.33%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 14.44%, a married couple with two children 7.86% and a childless couple 10.48%.

New buildings

Obersiggenthal has changed by 87 new apartments over the last 5 years. 18 of the new apartments are 2-room apartments. Housing for families has also been created: For instance, 43 apartments with 3 rooms and 12 4-room apartments were added to the local housing stock. Additionally, there are 9 5-room apartments and 5 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms available.

Housing stock

The newly built dwellings provide further living space in the region. There are a total of 4184 apartments in Obersiggenthal. There are a total of 173 1-room apartments in the area. In addition, there are 526 apartments with 2 rooms, 1108 apartments with 3 rooms and 1183 apartments with 4 rooms. A total of 781 5-room apartments and 413 spacious apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms are also available in the region.

Empty apartments

In Obersiggenthal, 1.34% of apartments are unoccupied. Consequently, 1.74% of the 1-room apartments, 1.33% of the 2-room apartments, 1.99% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 1.02% of the 4-room apartments and 1.28% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 1.01%; 0.49% of this figure pertains to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

An average of CHF 1590 is needed to rent a property. 25% of the rents on offer are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1350 (25th percentile). Additionally, 75% of all monthly rents are lower than or equivalent to CHF 1850.