Overview

Birwinken has changed by 5.11% over the past 3 years, to 1398 inhabitants.

Population data

The average annual income level is CHF 68’975. 17.87% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory education, 50.23% have an SEK II qualification, 18.87% have a higher vocational education qualification and 13.04% of the population have a university degree. Consequently, this region has high social standards and an educated population. The unemployment rate is 0.5%.

Taxes

Overall, the tax rate in the area is 11.4%. The individual percentage of tax actually paid varies and is determined by aspects such as specific income, marital status, the amount of deductions and the like. In Birwinken, the tax percentage for childless, single individuals is 15.95%. A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 14.55%, a married couple with two children 7.64% and a childless couple 10.69%.

New builds

Over the last 5 years, 47 new apartments have been built in Birwinken. 0 of the newly built apartments is a one-room apartment. The number of newly built 2-room apartments is 2. In addition, 7 3-room apartments and 14 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. 20 apartments with 5 rooms and 4 apartments with 6 or more rooms have been added to the local housing stock. Consequently, Birwinken is a particularly desirable place for families to live.

Housing stock

The new builds have created further housing in the region. There are a total of 636 apartments in Birwinken. A total of 9 1-room apartments are available on the housing market. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing supply includes 37 apartments with 2 rooms, 79 3-room apartments and 159 with 4 rooms. The 5-room apartments also make up a total of 193 properties, while the apartments with 6 rooms or more account for 159.

Empty apartments

The 2.05% of apartments in Birwinken are unoccupied. This means that 33.33% of the 1-room apartments, 5.41% of all apartments with 2 rooms, 2.53% of the 3-room apartments and 1.9% of apartments with 4 rooms are currently vacant. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.52%; 1.27% of this value pertains to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for a flat in the region is CHF 1420. A quarter of rents are less than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1140 (25th percentile). Monthly rents are lower than CHF 1740 (75th percentile), or they are equal to this average price.