Synopsis

The number of residents in Le Grand-Saconnex has changed to 12’806 in the past 3 years. This equates to a population change of 3.46%.

Demographics

The 91’865 CHF. 34.39% of the population hold a university degree, 7.35% have a higher vocational education qualification, 35.01% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or finished a vocational apprenticeship and 23.26% of residents are completing compulsory schooling. Around 1.63% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

The tax burden in the area is 12.61%. Income, marital status and deductions are among the factors that influence the actual tax burden. In Le Grand-Saconnex, the tax percentage for childless, single individuals is 19.99%. A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 15.91%, a couple with two children 7.2% and a couple with no children 12.01%.

New builds

Housing has changed by 353 in Le Grand-Saconnex over the last 5 years. One-room apartments comprise 10 of the new builds – an excellent option for people living alone. There are also a total of 87 new 2-room apartments. What's more, 106 3-room apartments and 130 4-room apartments have been created. 19 5-room apartments and 1 6+ room apartment were also newly constructed.

Housing stock

New builds have further increased the pool of available housing in the region, so that there are now a total of 5303 apartments in Le Grand-Saconnex. In terms of 1-room apartments, a total of 473 properties are on the market. The total number of properties amounts to 868 apartments with 2 rooms, 1471 apartments with 3 rooms and 1416 apartments with 4 rooms. Overall, there are 685 5-room apartments and 390 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The rate of vacant apartments in Le Grand-Saconnex is 0.45%. Of this total, 0% of 1-room apartments, 0.58% of apartments with 2 rooms, 0.34% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.49% of apartments with 4 rooms and 0.58% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently unoccupied. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.65%; of that number, 0.77% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for flats in the area is CHF 2445. In terms of the available rents, a quarter of them are equivalent to or less than a monthly rent of CHF 1810. Monthly rents are below CHF 3270 (75th percentile), or they are equal to this average price.