Synopsis

Interlaken has recorded population has changed 4.91%, to 6000 inhabitants, in the past 3 years.

Demographic data

Average income totals CHF 61’015. 11.4% of residents hold a university degree, 18.66% have completed higher vocational education and 46.99% have an SEK II qualification. Additionally, 22.92% of residents are currently enrolled in school. According to the data, this is an area with high social standards and an educated population. 0.83% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

The residential area has an overall tax burden of 15.15%. The actual proportion of tax paid differs from person to person and depends on aspects such as current income, marital status, the overall level of deductions and so on. In Interlaken, unmarried people without children pay an average of 20.01% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 19.16%, a couple with two children pays 10.47% and a childless couple pays 14.64%.

New builds

Interlaken has seen the construction of 237 new apartments over the last 5 years. 50 of these newly built apartments have 2 rooms. 80 3-room apartments and 96 apartments with 4 rooms were also created. The newly built accommodation includes 8 5-room apartments and 2 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Due to new construction, the amount of housing available in Interlaken has changed, and there are now a total of 3710 apartments. There are a total of 436 1-room apartments available in the region. The total number of properties comes to 656 apartments with 2 rooms, 1113 apartments with 3 rooms and 1027 apartments with 4 rooms. A total of 315 5-room apartments and 163 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are also available in the region.

Empty apartments

The 0.3% of apartments in Interlaken are unoccupied. Of this total, 0.16% of the 2-room apartments, 0.37% of the 3-room apartments, 0.5% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.32% of 5-room apartments are vacant. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.21%; 0% of this figure refers to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

Rental properties are offered at an average price of CHF 1490 per month. 25% of the available rents are cheaper than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1190 (25th percentile). Finally, 75% of monthly rents are lower than CHF 1850, or are equivalent to this amount.