Abstract

The number of inhabitants in Safnern has changed by 3.54% in the last 3 years, to 2020 inhabitants.

Demographic data

Average income is CHF 70’015. 57.84% of the population have an SEK II qualification, and 18.66% have a higher vocational education qualification. 8.34% are university graduates and 15.16% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory schooling. Consequently, the area has high social standards. Around 0.89% of the population is currently unemployed.

Taxes

The tax rate for the residential area is 14.4%. It differs from person to person and depends on aspects such as specific income, marital status and the total amount of deductions. In Safnern, childless, single people pay an average of 19.03% tax, a retired, married couple pays 18.24%, a couple with two children pays 9.92% and a couple without children pays 13.89%.

New builds

In the past 5 years, 32 new apartments have been built in Safnern. 0 of the new apartments have 1 room. 6 of the new apartments have 2 rooms. 3 new apartments with 3 rooms and 7 apartments with 4 rooms were also built in the region. The recently constructed housing also includes 16 5-room apartments.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to an additional expansion of the housing stock, and there are now 948 apartments in Safnern. There are a total of 13 1-room apartments available in the region. The total number of properties comes to 75 apartments with 2 rooms, 142 apartments with 3 rooms and 327 apartments with 4 rooms. A total of 276 5-room apartments and 115 spacious apartments with at least 6 rooms are also available in the region.

Empty apartments

The rate of vacant apartments in Safnern is 2.43%. Of this figure, 7.69% of 1-room apartments, 5.33% of apartments with 2 rooms, 4.23% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 1.83% of 4-room apartments and 1.09% of 5-room apartments are uninhabited. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 2.61%; 2.61% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

Rents for rental properties are, on average, about CHF 1518 per month. A quarter of rents are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1260 (25th percentile). Finally, 75% of monthly rents are lower than CHF 1742, or are equivalent to this amount.