Summary

Wald (ZH) has changed by 3.55% over the past 3 years and currently has 10’562 inhabitants.

Demographics

The average income is CHF 67’035. In the region, 13.56% of the population have a university degree, 16.14% of residents have completed higher vocational training, 47.67% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 22.63% are currently in compulsory education. According to the data, this is a region with high social standards and an educated population. The current unemployment rate stands at 1.03%.

Taxes

The rate of taxation in the area is 10.67%. Income, marital status and deductions are among the aspects that influence the actual tax burden. In Wald (ZH), the tax burden for unmarried people without children is 15.23%. A retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 14.02%, a married couple with two children 6.55% and a childless couple 9.76%.

New buildings

In the last 5 years, 279 new apartments have been built in Wald (ZH). The 0 1-bedroom apartments are perfect for people living alone. A total of 51 new 2-room apartments have also been created. 91 3-room apartments and 100 apartments with 4 rooms were additionally constructed. The newly built apartments include 29 5-room apartments and 8 apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to a further expansion of the housing stock, and there are now 5058 apartments in Wald (ZH). The number of 1-room apartments in the total housing supply is 252. Additionally, there are 676 apartments with 2 rooms, 1208 apartments with 3 rooms and 1526 apartments with 4 rooms. Finally, the stock of 5-room properties includes 873 apartments, and there are also 523 large apartments with 6 rooms or more.

Empty apartments

The rate of vacant apartments in Wald (ZH) is 2.54%. Of this number, 5.58% of 1-room apartments, 4.01% of apartments with 2 rooms, 2.33% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 2.3% of apartments with 4 rooms and 1.49% of 5-room apartments are uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 1.72%; of that figure, 2.11% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

Rents for rental properties average 1540 CHF per month. In terms of the rents on offer, a quarter of them are equivalent to or lower than a monthly rent of 1280 CHF. 75% of monthly rents are cheaper than 1880 CHF (75th percentile), or they are equal to this average price.