Overview

Having changed by -0.6%, the population in Arosa has changed to 3143 in the past 3 years.

Demographics

On average, people earn CHF 64’985 per year. 10.49% of the population have a university degree, 21.55% have a higher vocational education qualification, 52.22% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or finished a vocational apprenticeship and 15.74% of residents are completing compulsory schooling. Consequently, the residential area has high social standards. The unemployment rate is 1.15%.

Taxes

The 10.55% is the tax rate in the region. However, the individual tax burden differs from person to person and is based on income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. In Arosa, the tax burden for childless, single people is 15.54%. A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 13.76%, a married couple with two children 6.58% and a couple with no children 9.51%.

New construction

With a total of 35 apartments, additional housing has been constructed in Arosa over the last 5 years. 12 of the newly constructed apartments is a one-room apartment, which is perfect for people living alone. 2 of the new apartments are also 2-room apartments. 5 3-room apartments and 10 apartments with 4 rooms were additionally built. For people on the search for more spacious accommodation, 4 5-room apartments and 2 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms have been created.

Housing stock

New builds have further increased the housing supply in the area, so that there are now a total of 5964 apartments in Arosa. A total of 1151 1-room apartments are available on the housing market. Additionally, there are 1299 apartments with 2 rooms, 1578 apartments with 3 rooms and 1218 apartments with 4 rooms. The 5-room apartments also comprise a total of 463 properties, while the apartments with 6 rooms or more account for 255.

Vacant apartments

The 0.95% of apartments in Arosa are uninhabited. This means that 0.62% of the 1-room apartments, 0.86% of apartments with 2 rooms, 0.83% of apartments with 3 rooms, 1.08% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 1.09% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently empty. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 2.78%; 2.78% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

The average rent for a property is CHF 1264. 25% of the rents on offer are less than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 974 (25th percentile). In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are lower than or equal to CHF 1750.