Overview

The number of residents in Arth has changed to 12’476. This is equivalent to a change of 2.4% over 3 years.

Population statistics

Average income totals CHF 72’710. 13.59% of the population have a university degree, 16.36% have a higher vocational education qualification, 45.45% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or have completed an apprenticeship, 24.59% of residents have completed compulsory schooling and 0.01% of the population provided no information about their highest educational qualification. According to the data, this is a residential area with high social standards and an educated population. The overall unemployment rate is 0.51%.

Taxes

The tax rate for the region is 7.13%. It varies from person to person and is based on aspects such as actual income, marital status and the overall level of deductions. In Arth, the tax burden for single people with no children is 10.28%. A retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 9.73%, a married couple with two children 4.2% and a couple without children 6.35%.

New buildings

In the past 5 years, 233 apartments have been built in Arth. A total of 31 1-room apartments have been created. There are also a total of 30 new 2-room apartments. 50 3-room apartments and 62 apartments with 4 rooms were additionally constructed. The newly constructed accommodation includes 43 5-room apartments and 17 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Arth now has a total of 6117 apartments, following further expansion of the pool of local housing thanks to new construction. The total number of 1-room apartments is 217. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing stock comprises 689 apartments with 2 rooms, 1486 3-room apartments and 2106 with 4 rooms. Finally, 1074 5-room apartments and 545 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are available in the region.

Vacant apartments

The vacancy rate in Arth is 0.16%. Of this number, 0% of 1-room apartments, 0% of 2-room apartments, 0% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 0.19% of the 4-room apartments and 0.47% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently uninhabited. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.18%; 0.18% of those empty properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

Rental properties are offered at an average price of CHF 1700 per month. A quarter of rents are cheaper than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1434 (25th percentile). The 75th percentile of monthly rents is CHF 2080.