Abstract

The population of Lostorf has changed to 4088. This is equivalent to a population change of 3.15%.

Population statistics

Average income is CHF 81’945. 11.59% of the population are university graduates, 22.29% have a higher vocational education qualification, 53.84% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 12.24% are currently enrolled in compulsory education. The current unemployment rate is 0.93%.

Taxes

The residential region has an overall tax rate of 13.63%. The actual percentage of tax paid differs from person to person and is based on aspects including specific income, marital status, the total amount of deductions and so on. In Lostorf, single people with no children pay an average of 18.99% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 17.17%, a married couple with two children pays 9.14% and a couple without children pays 13.03%.

New buildings

The housing stock has changed by 97 in Lostorf in the past 5 years. For instance, 3 newly built 1-room apartment was added to the housing stock. A total of 8 new 2-room apartments have also been built. The 25 3-room apartments and 32 4-room apartments are also particularly attractive for families. Furthermore, the number of large apartments on offer includes 22 5-room apartments and 7 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The new buildings have created more housing in the area. There are a total of 1953 apartments in Lostorf. There are a total of 87 1-room apartments in the region. The total number of properties comes to 113 apartments with 2 rooms, 318 apartments with 3 rooms and 506 apartments with 4 rooms. In total, there are 556 5-room apartments and 373 large apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Empty apartments

The rate of unoccupied apartments in Lostorf is 2%. Consequently, 1.15% of the 1-room apartments, 1.77% of apartments with 2 rooms, 3.79% of apartments with 3 rooms, 2.38% of the 4-room apartments and 1.44% of 5-room apartments are empty. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 1.08%; 1.08% of those vacant properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

An average of CHF 1390 is needed to rent a property. In terms of the rents on offer, a quarter of them are equivalent to or less than a monthly rent of CHF 1150. Finally, 75% of monthly rents are lower than CHF 1670, or are equal to this amount.