Overview

The number of residents in Kriens has changed by 4.91%, to 29’632 inhabitants.

Demographics

The average income is CHF 67’840. 45.09% of the population have an SEK II qualification, and 18.6% have a higher vocational training qualification. 16.49% are university graduates and 19.82% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory education. Consequently, this residential area has high social standards and an educated population. 0.96% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

The tax rate in the region is 11.54%. Income, marital status and deductions are among the aspects that impact the actual tax burden. In Kriens, single people with no children pay an average of 15.68% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 15.15%, a married couple with two children pays 7.42% and a couple without children pays 10.77%.

New builds

The 1412 new apartments have been created in Kriens in the last 5 years. The 60 1-bedroom apartments are ideal for people living alone. 395 of the new apartments are also 2-room apartments. Living space for families has also been constructed: For instance, 627 apartments with 3 rooms and 247 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. The newly constructed accommodation includes 63 5-room apartments and 20 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The new construction has contributed to an additional increase in the housing stock, and there are now 15’070 apartments in Kriens. There are a total of 552 1-room apartments available in the area. Additionally, there are 2002 apartments with 2 rooms, 4607 apartments with 3 rooms and 5183 4-room apartments. The stock of larger properties with 5 rooms includes 1948 apartments, and there are 778 apartments with 6 rooms or more.

Unoccupied apartments

The vacancy rate in Kriens is 0.26%. Of this figure, 0.55% of 1-room apartments, 0.3% of the 2-room apartments, 0.31% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.15% of the 4-room apartments and 0.26% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently vacant. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.39%; 0.39% of those empty properties are apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

Rental properties are offered at an average price of CHF 1650 per month. A quarter of all rents on the market are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1385 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are cheaper than or equivalent to CHF 1973 (75th percentile).