Overview

Surses is a very popular residential area. In the past 3 years, the population has changed to 2424, which corresponds to a population change of 1.98%.

Demographic data

On average, residents earn CHF 62’875 annually. A total of 9.04% of the population hold a university degree, 20.15% have completed higher vocational education, 47.27% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 23.59% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. As a result, the area has high social standards. The current unemployment rate is 0.54%.

Taxes

Overall, the tax burden in the region is 10.55%. The individual share of tax actually paid will vary and is determined by factors such as specific income, marital status, the amount of deductions and the like. The tax percentage for an unmarried person without children in Surses is 15.54%. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pays 13.76%, a married couple with two children 6.58% and a couple with no children 9.51%.

New buildings

New living space has been created in Surses over the last 5 years. For example, 73 new apartments have been constructed. A total of 3 1-room apartments have been built. There are also 20 new 2-room apartments. In addition, 17 3-room apartments and 11 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. The pool of available housing was also expanded to include 12 5-room apartments and 10 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

New builds have additionally expanded the pool of available housing in the area, so that there are now a total of 4712 apartments in Surses. A total of 431 1-room apartments are available on the housing market. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing supply includes 951 apartments with 2 rooms, 1616 3-room apartments and 990 with 4 rooms. Finally, the supply of 5-room properties comprises 419 apartments, and there are also 305 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

There is a 0.32% vacancy rate in Surses. Of this total, 0.21% of the 2-room apartments, 0.19% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.3% of 4-room apartments and 0.72% of the 5-room apartments are presently uninhabited. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.55%; 0.33% of those empty properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for properties in the region is CHF 1250. Consequently, 25% of all rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 930 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equal to CHF 1600 (75th percentile).