Synopsis

Having changed by -1.37%, the population in Gurtnellen has changed to 505 in the last 3 years.

Demographics

The average annual income is CHF 50’605. 9.16% of the population have a university degree, 11.75% have a higher vocational education qualification, 40.64% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 38.45% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling and 0% of the population provided no information about their higher education qualifications. Approximately 0.99% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

Overall, the tax percentage in the area is 10.71%. The individual share of tax actually paid will vary and is determined by factors including current income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. The tax burden for an unmarried person without children in Gurtnellen is 14.01%. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pays 13.93%, a couple with two children 7.2% and a childless couple 10.23%.

New builds

With a total of 9 apartments, additional housing has been constructed in Gurtnellen over the past 5 years. 3 apartments with 2 rooms have also been built. The 3 3-room apartments and 2 4-room apartments are also of particular interest to families. 1 5-room apartment is now also part of the local housing stock.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to a further increase in the housing stock, and there are now 499 apartments in Gurtnellen. The overall number of 1-room apartments amounts to 16. In addition, there are 92 apartments with 2 rooms, 103 apartments with 3 rooms and 138 4-room apartments. Finally, the supply of 5-room properties includes 85 apartments, and there are also 65 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The percentage of vacant apartments in Gurtnellen is 1.84%. Of this number, 1.98% of 3-room apartments, 2.22% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0% of all 5-room apartments are currently unoccupied. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.68%; 1.56% of this total refers to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

An average of CHF 1100 is required to rent a flat. In terms of the available rents, a quarter of them are equal to or lower than a monthly rent of CHF 880. Monthly rents are below CHF 1224 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.