Overview

The number of inhabitants in Rapperswil (BE) has changed to 2712. This amounts to a change of 4.63% in 3 years.

Population statistics

On average, people earn CHF 87’090 per year. 11.79% of residents have a university degree, 24.61% have completed higher vocational training and 50.96% have an SEK II qualification. Additionally, 12.59% of residents are currently enrolled in school. At present, 0.52% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The tax burden is 15.18%. The actual percentage of tax paid differs from person to person and depends on factors including specific income, marital status and the amount of deductions. In Rapperswil (BE), single people without children pay an average of 20.04% tax, a retired, married couple pays 19.2%, a couple with two children pays 10.49% and a couple with no children pays 14.67%.

New construction

Rapperswil (BE) has seen the construction of 38 new apartments over the past 5 years. 2 of the new builds are 2-room apartments. 3 3-room apartments and 11 apartments with 4 rooms were additionally created. There are also 14 5-room apartments and 6 apartments with at least 6 rooms available. Given the large number of spacious apartments in Rapperswil (BE), it is certainly an appealing location for families to live.

Housing stock

The newly constructed dwellings are helping to ensure the continued growth of the region's housing stock, which totals 1288 apartments in Rapperswil (BE). As for 1-room apartments, a total of 31 properties are on the market. In addition, there are 88 apartments with 2 rooms, 257 apartments with 3 rooms and 337 apartments with 4 rooms. There are 348 5-room apartments and 227 large apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Empty apartments

The vacancy rate in Rapperswil (BE) is 1.4%. Of this total, 6.45% of 1-room apartments, 4.55% of the apartments with 2 rooms, 1.17% of all 3-room apartments, 1.49% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.86% of 5-room apartments are uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.7%; of that number, 0.44% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

On average, the rent for rental properties is CHF 1450 per month. A quarter of rents are lower than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1200 (25th percentile). Additionally, 75% of all monthly rents are less than or equal to CHF 1800.